Dinamo Zagreb vs Shkupi Predictions

• Dinamo Zagreb have won six and drawn three of their last ten home Champions League qualifiers.
• Shkupi lost 2-0 to Lincoln Red Imps in the away leg of their first qualifying round tie and could easily have been eliminated.
• Croatian clubs have won eight and drawn one of their nine games against North Macedonian sides in major European competitions.

Shkupi shaken by Red Imps scare

Dinamo Zagreb can take a big step into the third qualifying round of the Champions League by recording a comfortable win over Shkupi at Stadion Maksimir on Tuesday night.

The Blues have enjoyed a good summer of business in the transfer market and got the defence of their domestic crown off to a winning start against Lokomotiva at the weekend.

They start as red hot favourites to win at home to the North Macedonian champions, who scraped through against Lincoln Red Imps 3-2 on aggregate last week. Shkupi coach Goce Sedloski faced some issues ahead of that game after one player had no passport and another was refused an entry visa while his team failed to deal with the artificial surface in Gibraltar.

Back Blues to blow North Macedonians away 

They might face less off-field problems this week, but the quality of Dinamo is up several levels from what they have experienced before. Teams from North Macedonia have fared badly against Croatian clubs in Uefa’s major competitions, losing eight of nine and conceding 25 goals across those games.

The expectation here is that Ante Čačić’s men will have too much in attack for the visitors and could score multiple goals, but Sedloski has promised his side won’t come to Zagreb to surrender, so a lively affair could ensue.

Backing Dinamo to win with at least three goals in the game ought to bear fruit and a 3-0 victory should certainly be within the scope of the hosts for correct score backers.

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