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Din. Zagreb (CRO) vs Kauno Zalgiris

Tip: Home Win

Odds 1.50

Confidence 96%

Dinamo kicked off the defence of their Croatian title with a 2-0 victory over Slaven Belupo on Friday. That was the third match of the season for Mario Kovačević’s men, who progressed to this stage of the UCL by dramatically coming from 3-1 down to defeat Swiss side Thun 4-3 on aggregate. The Blues have reached the main draw of a European competition in each of the last eight years, so will understandably start this fixture as strong favourites as they look to get back to Europe’s top table after a season hiatus. The fact that they have lost only one of their last 16 home continental qualifiers (W11, D4) should inspire confidence of that being the case, while a ten-game unbeaten streak at Stadion Maksimir (W8, D2) is another positive omen working in their favour.

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Lithuanian outfit Kauno Žalgiris have already come through two-legged ties against Drita and Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag to reach this stage of the UCL, beating the latter of those opponents 1-0 on aggregate courtesy of an 85th-minute winner. The 0-0 draw in the first leg ended the Green-Whites’ seven-game run without an away clean sheet in Europe (W2, D1, L4), while it forms part of a nine-match streak without defeat across all competitions (W6, D3). Conceding just four goals in the process further underlines how defence forms the base of their success, which has already ensured they’ll be in the league phase of a major European competition this season for the first time ever regardless of how they fare in this tie. football tips today