Prva HNL
The champion Dinamo Zagreb may not be able to defend their title. In the last round, they suffered a heavy 0:4 defeat as guests from the leader Rijeka and fell seven points behind the top. During the week, they were also eliminated from the cup tournament after a 0:1 loss at home to Osijek. Fabio Cannavaro and company will now look to avoid a third consecutive loss to Hajduk this season, after losing the previous two meetings between them by 0:1 in the current campaign.
Hajduk Split is just one point behind the top and will look to keep up. They were also eliminated from the cup tournament during the week after a 1:3 loss at home to Rijeka. Four days earlier, Genaro Gattuso and company had defeated Osijek 4:0 at home in a championship match, and now they will try again to find a way to victory against their big opponent.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals, X2 double chanceThe derbies between them have been low-scoring lately. Apart from the two minimal wins for Hajduk this season, there have been six consecutive clashes between the two teams with no more than one goal in the match. With few goals, I would rather give a slight advantage to the team from Split in this duel.
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