ŠIBENIK. Dinamo Zagreb overcame Šibenik to win 2-1. It was Dinamo Zagreb to strike first with a goal of L. Ivanusec at the 35′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Petkovic gave the win to Dinamo Zagreb in the 68′ minute with a penalty. Dinamo Zagreb was truly better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion Šubićevac stadium in Šibenik on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Dario Bel with the collaboration of Kruno Šarić and Kristijan Novosel. The 4th official was Jakov Titlić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28 degrees Celsius or 82.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dinamo Zagreb was in firm control of the ball 70% while Šibenik was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dinamo Zagreb was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dinamo Zagreb won the contest.​

Šibenik shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Šibenik received 4 yellow cards (B. Matic, I. Vidovic, I. Delic and D. Skorup). On the opposite side, Dinamo Zagreb received 1 yellow card (E. Dilaver).

Standings

After this contest, Šibenik will stay with 7 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb will have 19 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Šibenik will host Gorica on the 15th of April with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Gorica (2 draws).

Dinamo Zagreb will host Gorica on the 3rd of June with a 15-1 head to head stats in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (1 draw).

Šibenik – Formation

Šibenik started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Damir Canadi decided to play with the following team: Lovre Rogić (6.6), Stefan Perić (6.6), Juan Mesa (7.2), Marcos Mina (7.1), Patrick Salomon (5.9), Ivica Vidović (5.7), Bernardo Matić (6.5), Josip Kvesić (7.0), Mario Ćurić, Marcel Čanadi (6.5), Haruki Arai (7.0) and Ivan Delić (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Đaković, Matija Rom, Martin Pajić, Dino Skorup (6.7), Nace Koprivnik, Niko Rak (6.5), Sacha Marasović, Karlo Špeljak (6.2) and Leon Kreković (6.6).

Substitutions

Šibenik made 5 changes: I. Vidovic for K. Speljak (71′), M. Canadi for L. Krekovic (71′), B. Matic for N. Rak (79′), P. Salomon for D. Skorup (79′) and H. Arai for N. Koprivnik (90′).

Best player: Juan Mesa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Šibenik was Juan Mesa.

His rating is (7.2) with 28 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Dinamo Zagreb – Formation

Dinamo Zagreb started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Ante Čačić played with: Dominik Livaković (6.8), Sadegh Moharrami (6.9), Boško Šutalo (6.7), Dino Perić (7.1), Petar Bočkaj (7.6), Josip Mišić (7.1), Dario Špikić (5.8), Luka Ivanušec (8.1), Martin Baturina (7.1), Antonio Marin (6.8), Josip Drmić (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Ivan Nevistić, Daniel Štefulj, Emir Dilaver (6.7), Amer Gojak, Robert Ljubičić, Marko Bulat, Mislav Oršić (7.4), Bruno Petković (7.1), Mahir Emreli and Luka Menalo (6.8).

Dinamo Zagreb could not rely on the presence of E. Dilaver (injured).

Substitutions

Dinamo Zagreb made 5 changes: B. Sutalo for E. Dilaver (34′), D. Spikic for M. Orsic (46′), J. Drmic for B. Petkovic (63′), A. Marin for L. Menalo (63′) and L. Ivanusec for R. Ljubicic (89′).

Best player: Luka Ivanušec​

The most impressive player for Dinamo Zagreb was Luka Ivanušec.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 53 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.​

• Šibenik – Dinamo Zagreb – 1-2
• Osijek – Hajduk Split – 2-1