Down To Ten
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb played the closing 95 minutes a man down after a -5′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- -5′
- Player
- Duje Reić
HNL · Matchday 8
Dinamo Zagreb
N. Galesic 11'
D. Beljo 26', 58'
3 – 2
FT
HT 2–1
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
D. Vukovic 28'
L. Belcar 75'
HNL
Matchday 8Dinamo Zagreb3–2NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
1.88
Expected goals
1.42
11′26′28′58′69′75′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: DZ 1.88, NLZ 1.42.
Match report
Dinamo Zagreb 3-2 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb edged out NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 3-2 at Stadion Maksimir in HNL. Galesic opened the scoring for Dinamo Zagreb on 11', Beljo made it 2-0 to Dinamo Zagreb on 26', Vukovic pulled one back for NK Lokomotiva Zagreb on 28', Beljo added his second on 58' and Belcar pulled one back for NK Lokomotiva Zagreb on 75'.
Expected goals finished Dinamo Zagreb 1.88, NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 1.42. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Dinamo Zagreb held 57.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Reić was sent off on -5', leaving NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 95 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Dinamo Zagreb graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.88 expected goals. NK Lokomotiva Zagreb graded out for box occupation — 11 of 14 shots in the box and 0.10 xg per shot.
Dion Drena Beljo came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.2 for Dinamo Zagreb from 2 goals, 1 key pass and 3 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 33 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Dinamo Zagreb conceding the most free-kicks (17).
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
57%Possession43%
19Shots14
1.88xG1.42
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.88 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.88
- Overperformance
- +1.12
Box Occupation
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb kept getting bodies into the area — 79% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 11 of 14
- Share
- 79%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Cynical Press
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 16 fouls and 4 bookings.
- Fouls
- 16
- Yellow cards
- 4
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
🟥-5'
Duje Reić
Argument
Niko Galešić · Goal confirmed
📺11'
N. Galesic — assist: S. Radeljic
⚽11'
D. Beljo — assist: P. Tabinas
⚽26'
⚽28'
D. Vukovic
🟨32'
Athanasios Triantafyllou
Foul
Lukas Kačavenda
Foul
🟨35'
🟨43'
Fran Karačić
Foul
Half-time
🔄46'
M. Subotic ↑ I. Katic ↓
D. Beljo — assist: L. Stojkovic
⚽58'
🔄59'
M. Maric ↑ N. Djurkovic ↓
🔄61'
D. Thaqi ↑ D. Vukovic ↓
M. Zajc ↑ L. Kacavenda ↓
🔄63'
K. Kravtsov ↑ L. Stojkovic ↓
🔄63'
🟨64'
Feta Fetai
Foul
M. Valincic ↑ P. Tabinas ↓
🔄66'
A. Hoxha ↑ L. Ivanusec ↓
🔄66'
Josip Mišić
Argument
🟥69'
I. Almena ↑ M. Lisica ↓
🔄74'
⚽75'
L. Belcar — assist: A. Triantafyllou
🔄79'
M. Antunovic ↑ F. Fetai ↓
🟨82'
Marko Vešović
Argument
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadion Maksimir, Zagreb
RefereePatrik Kolarić, Croatia
CompetitionHNL
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished