Low-Block Fortress
HNK Gorica
HNK Gorica handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 33.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 33.0%
- Shots blocked
- 3
- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 1
HNL · Matchday 6
Dinamo Zagreb
D. Beljo 28'
1 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
HNK Gorica
HNL
Matchday 6Dinamo Zagreb1–0HNK Gorica
1.70
Expected goals
0.79
28′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: DZ 1.70, HG 0.79.
Match report
Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 HNK Gorica
Dinamo Zagreb edged out HNK Gorica 1-0 at Stadion Maksimir in HNL. Beljo opened the scoring for Dinamo Zagreb on 28'.
Expected goals finished Dinamo Zagreb 1.70, HNK Gorica 0.79. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Dinamo Zagreb held 67.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. HNK Gorica graded out for low-block fortress — 33.0% possession and 3 shots blocked. Dinamo Zagreb graded out for box occupation — 11 of 15 shots in the box and 0.11 xg per shot.
Renato Josipović came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.7 for HNK Gorica across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Dinamo Zagreb conceding the most free-kicks (20).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
67%Possession33%
15Shots9
1.70xG0.79
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 11 of 15
- Share
- 73%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Timeline
🔄13'
J. Frigan ↑ S. Kucis ↓
🟨18'
Patrik Mijić
Foul
🔄25'
F. Braut ↑ S. Peric ↓
D. Beljo
⚽28'
Half-time
🔄46'
D. Pavicic ↑ K. Custovic ↓
Kirill Kravtsov
Foul
🟨49'
Matteo Pérez Vinlöf
Foul
🟨64'
M. Orsic ↑ A. Hoxha ↓
🔄64'
L. Kacavenda ↑ M. Zajc ↓
🔄65'
L. Ivanusec ↑ L. Stojkovic ↓
🔄71'
🔄71'
F. Brodic ↑ J. Pranjic ↓
🔄71'
L. Vrzic ↑ T. Lacoux ↓
🟨79'
Dušan Stevanović
Foul
N. Galesic ↑ D. Beljo ↓
🔄81'
S. Prevljak ↑ M. Lisica ↓
🔄81'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadion Maksimir, Zagreb
RefereePatrik Kolarić, Croatia
CompetitionHNL
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished