Overview
Last weekend, Dinamo Zagreb, despite their dominant performance, could only share points with Slaven Belupo. This draw meant that coach Nenad Bjelica's team went through their 5th consecutive match without knowing the taste of victory in all competitions (lost 2, drew 3).
Notably, the home team Maksimir has only scored 1 goal in the last 4 matches and failed to score 3 times. In the most recent match in the Champions League, Dinamo Zagreb lost 3-0 to Dortmund.
Meanwhile, Celtic are on a 14-match unbeaten run, including 11 wins. This impressive record has helped the Celtic Park team take sole possession of the top spot in the Scottish Premiership.
Coach Brendan Rodgers' team has only lost once in the last 5 matches in the Champions League, winning 2 (Slovan Bratisalava, RB Leipzig) and drawing 2 (Atalanta, Club Brugge).
The attack is the basis for Celtic to think about a victory in Croatia. Rodgers currently has formidable strikers such as Nicholas Kuhn (11 goals), Daizen Maeda (10 goals), Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah (8 goals).
In the last 10 away matches, Celtic have had impressive form with only 1 defeat, the rest are 8 wins, 1 loss. On the contrary, at home, Dinamo Zagreb have had poor form with a series of 5 matches without knowing the taste of victory (3 draws, 2 losses).
In terms of head-to-head record, in the last 2 meetings, each side won 1 victory.
Human resources situation
Celtic have no new injury concerns following their win over Hibernian, with Odin Thiago Holm - who is still recovering from a calf injury - their only absentee.
On the other side of the front line, Dinamo Zagreb's attack line has been affected by the injury of veteran striker Bruno Petkovic. This player is suffering from muscle pain and may miss the match against Celtic.
In addition, Celtic's Juan Cordoba, Petar Sucic and Josip Misic will all be unable to play.
Expected lineup:
Dinamo Zagreb: Zagorac, Ristovski, Theophile-Catherine, Torrente, Pierre-Gabriel, Ademi, Pavic, Mbuku, Baturina, Pjaca, Kulenovic.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Valle, Bernardo, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn, Furuhashi, Maeda.
The match between Dinamo Zagreb and Celtic takes place at 0:45 am on December 11 (Vietnam time).
