Benfica vs Dinamo Zagreb
Benfica will continue their struggle in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 leg 2 leg where it is their turn to get home advantage to host Dinamo Zagreb in Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Although in the 1st leg match Dinamo Zagreb defeated Benfica with a score of 1-0 but it didn’t mean that Dinamo Zagreb had put 1 step in the next round.
Opportunities to qualify for the next round are still as great, because the advantage of 1 point is still not enough for Dinamo Zagreb. You could say also that Dinamo Zagreb won lucky, because they scored through a white spot which was executed by B. Petković in the 38th minute even though during the course of the match Benfica who actually controlled the ball more.
Recorded Dinamo Zagreb controlled 37% of possession while Benfica was 63%, this is indeed very interesting because basically Dinamo Zagreb who usually controls the ball more when in the Croatian League but against Benfica actually relies on a counter-attack strategy and this makes the match belong to Benfica is just less fortunate in maximizing the opportunities that exist.
Both teams got the news that was less soothing, namely on the side of the visitors they had to lose Marin Leovac and Ivan Sunjic due to a play ban while for Benfica there was Eduardo Salvio who was injured but the coach Bruno Lage still had the option to replace Eduard Salvio with Florentino Luís or Pizzi.
Dinamo Zagreb is not an easy team to win away matches, even in the last 2 away games it failed to win differently compared to Benfica which is still labeled as one of the home team. With the ball possession like yesterday and also the fortune of the home, it does not rule out the possibility that Dinamo Zagreb will be eliminated in this round.
Prediction Today: 1
Odds: 1.47