Dinamo Zagreb vs Celtic Match Analysis and Prediction

Dinamo Zagreb vs Celtic Match Analysis & Prediction

Dinamo Zagreb

10/12/2024 8:45 pm

Celtic

by Vincent

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Unbeaten in their last three Champions League matches, Celtic will test their European mettle in a tough away assignment at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night.

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Celtic sit three spots and one points abover their Croatian hosts in the 36-team UCL table, with both sides currently on course to enter the playoffs through the unseeded route.

Discounting the qualifying rounds – which Celtic are all too familiar with – Tuesday’s visitors could now achieve something that no Bhoys team has managed since 1986, going unbeaten in four successive matches in Europe’s premier competition.

Brendan Rodgers has led his side to five points from the last nine on offer in the league phase, masterminding a statement 3-1 home victory over German giants RB Leipzig either side of a goalless draw with Atalanta BC and a 1-1 stalemate with Club Brugge on matchday five.

Eight points from five matches so far sees Celtic sit in 20th position in the standings, which would provide access to the knockout round playoffs as an unseeded team, and such is the congested nature of the table that they are just two points off the coveted top eight.

Since October’s humiliating 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, Celtic have put together an unbeaten 13-game run across all competitions, but not since beating Anderlecht 3-0 in 2017 have they won a Champions League league/group phase game on the road.

Dinamo Zagreb and Celtic can empathise when it come to being beaten by Dortmund in the Champions League, although the Blues’ defeat to the 2023-24 runners-up on matchday five was not so chastening.

Nenad Bjelica’s side suffered a 3-0 home defeat through goals from Jamie Gittens, Ramy Bensebaini and Serhou Guirassy, just their second loss of the current tournament following their infamous 9-2 beating at the hands of Bayern Munich on matchday one.

Sandwiched in between their two losses to the German powerhouses is a pleasing set of European results – wins over Red Bull Salzburg and Slovan Bratislava and a stalemate with Monaco – putting them just inside the playoff spots with seven points to their name.

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Celtic Head to head

In the previous two meetings between these two teams, they have claimed a victory apiece.

02/10/2014

Celtic

1

Dinamo Zagreb

0

Europa League
11/12/2014

Dinamo Zagreb

4

Celtic

3

Europa League
10/12/2024

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10/12/2024

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10/12/2024

Dinamo Zagreb

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Celtic

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Champions League

Dinamo Zagreb Team News

As Celtic did not sustain any fresh fitness woes in the win over Hibernian, only Odin Thiago Holm – who is still working his way back from a calf injury – should be absent through injury on Tuesday.

Dinamo Zagreb's Last 5 Matches

09/11/2024

HNK Gorica

2

Dinamo Zagreb

2

HNL
23/11/2024

Dinamo Zagreb

0

Rijeka

0

HNL
27/11/2024

Dinamo Zagreb

0

Borussia Dortmund

3

Champions League
01/12/2024

Hajduk Split

1

Dinamo Zagreb

0

HNL
06/12/2024

Dinamo Zagreb

1

Slaven Koprivnica

1

HNL

Celtic Team News

Dinamo Zagreb’s attacking endeavours have been harmed by an injury to experienced striker Bruno Petkovic, who is experiencing adductor pain and may not be able to lead the line on Tuesday.