Match Report
Salzburg went into the game 34th in the table on 3 points; Dinamo Zagreb sat 25th on 11 — an 8-point gap. Dinamo Zagreb's recent output outran their position: 17th on form over five rounds, 25th in the table. Per game in the league, Salzburg were scoring 0.63 and conceding 3.38, Dinamo Zagreb 1.5 and 2.38, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Dinamo Zagreb in 5 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Salzburg, 3 draws and 1 for Dinamo Zagreb, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 88% of the meetings.
The venue was Red Bull Arena in Wals-Siezenheim, with room for 30,188 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Dinamo Zagreb: Sandro Kulenović (49'), B. Petković (84')