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Europa League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

Dinamo Zagreb 2-4 NEC Nijmegen: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Dinamo Zagreb crest Dinamo Zagreb
2-4Full time
NEC Nijmegen crest NEC Nijmegen
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

  • Result Dinamo Zagreb win59% 2-4
  • Double chance Dinamo Zagreb or draw (1X)81% 2-4
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.564% 6 goals
  • More corners Dinamo Zagreb63% Dinamo Zagreb (5-2)
  • Yellow cards Below average 3 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Under57% 4.5 Under76% 5.5 Under88%
  • Corners Around average 7 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 7 corners 8.5 Over55% 9.5 Under56% 10.5 Under66%

Match stats

Dinamo Zagreb NEC Nijmegen
  • 2 Goals 4
  • 1 Yellow cards 2
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 5 Corners 2

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Dinamo Zagreb vs NEC Nijmegen meets at Stadion Maksimir on Thursday 22 October 2026 in the Europa League league phase, where our model backs a Dinamo Zagreb win and takes Dinamo Zagreb win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model goes with a Dinamo Zagreb win, mainly because our strength rating places the home side clearly above NEC Nijmegen, who sit well below the Europa League average. The clearest argument the other way is Dinamo's own attacking output over their last five matches, with shots and big chances created both below the league average. That is offset by NEC's defensive numbers: they give up big chances at a rate well above the competition average, and their only European away day ended in a heavy defeat at Juventus. Maksimir adds another edge, and the goal model reads the matchup the same way, so we rate the call moderately clear.

Form guide

Dinamo Zagreb

  • W 5-1 at Slaven (A) HNL · 18 Oct
  • W 1-0 vs Anderlecht (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • L 1-2 at Hajduk Split (A) HNL · 10 Oct
  • W 3-2 vs NK Lokomotiva (H) HNL · 20 Sep
  • D 0-0 at Hapoel Beer Sheva (A) Europa League · 16 Sep

NEC Nijmegen

  • D 2-2 vs Fortuna Sittard (H) Eredivisie · 18 Oct
  • D 1-1 vs Levski Sofia (H) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • D 1-1 at Ajax (A) Eredivisie · 10 Oct
  • D 1-1 vs Go Ahead Eagles (H) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
  • L 0-5 at Juventus (A) Europa League · 17 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Dinamo ZagrebNEC Nijmegen
Attack 63 26 0.5 goals per match this season0.5 goals per match this season
Defence 37 11 0.0 conceded per match this season3.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

Dinamo Zagreb and NEC Nijmegen have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
14 Dinamo Zagreb 2 110 1:0 +1 4
27 NEC Nijmegen 2 011 1:6 -5 1

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Questions and answers

What was the score of Dinamo Zagreb vs NEC Nijmegen?

Dinamo Zagreb 2-4 NEC Nijmegen in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 3) on Thursday 22 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Dinamo Zagreb vs NEC Nijmegen right?

No: our result pick was Dinamo Zagreb win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-4. 8 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Dinamo Zagreb vs NEC Nijmegen?

3 yellow cards (Dinamo Zagreb 1, NEC Nijmegen 2), no red cards and 7 corners (Dinamo Zagreb 5, NEC Nijmegen 2).

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