Manchester City vs GNK Dinamo Zagreb Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 29/09/2018, 09:16  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 29/09/2019 at 09:43 in Champions League Predictions

Manchester City are enjoying a fine season so far, only blighted by the shock loss to Norwich City in the Premier League, but their form at home has been perfect. Manchester City have not scored less than three goals since their loss to Norwich, netting 17 goals in four matches and Dinamo Zagreb, who have also been scoring a lot lately will want to offer a big test. Zagreb have scored 11 in their last two matches though the quality of opposition they have faced don’t match to Manchester City. A 4 – 0 win over Atalanta saw Zagreb go top of Group C and this is what they will be looking to extend to Manchester City who hit Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 0 away from home in the opening games. In each of their last nine matches, Manchester City have scored at least two goals and kept five clean sheets.

Zagreb have kept four clean sheets in the last five matches, and facing a side as free scoring as City, will call for very good organization to keep a clean sheet. They are unbeaten in the last seven Champions League matches but most of that has been against weaker opposition, in the qualifiers and away from home they have lost to each of the elite sides they have faced in the last 10 away matches in the Champions League – Juventus, Sevilla and Olympique Lyon. They however have an unbeaten run of six away matches in the Champions League, though it has mostly been against the lower ranked sides in Europe. Mislav Orsic scored a hat trick in the 4 – 0 win over Atalanta and will also go to this game after scoring in the 4 – 0 win over Lokomotiv Zagreb back in Croatia. For Manchester City, Riyad Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus, who scored in their win over Shakhtar, were on the score sheet again this weekend and City saw off Everton 3 – 1. This will be the first ever meeting between these two sides.