Will the Modri confirm their opening victory?
Dinamo Zagreb has made a strong start to the Europa League group stage. The Modri recorded a 3-1 home win over Fenerbahce, continuing where they left off in last year’s Champions League group stage, in which they defeated AC Milan 2-1. Away from home, they won in Salzburg (2-0) and Bratislava (4-1). Against this backdrop, we believe that Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Dinamo Zagreb is likely to be another good result for the Croatians, especially since the Israelis have to relocate to Backa Topola in Serbia for this home game due to the global political situation.
The fact that the players from the Israeli Mediterranean metropolis have not had any real home games for quite some time has not been a problem recently. In the Europa League, they have won their last three “home” games. In fact, the Yellow-and-Blacks have won five of their last six Europa League games. The only setback came in the 2025/26 Champions League qualifiers, when Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 2-1 on aggregate to Cypriot side Paphos. Basically, we expect the Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Dinamo Zagreb prediction to be a high-scoring Israeli-Croatian duel, which is why we see a lot of value in playing the match combo on the double chance X2 with over 1.5 goals.
Given the strong form of the visitors, who recently confirmed their opening victory against Fenerbahce with a confident 4:1 win over Slaven Belupo in league play, it would even be conceivable to bet directly on an away win for Modri.
However, as the probability of 38 percent suggested by the Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Dinamo Zagreb odds is not significantly exceeded by us, we recommend hedging this bet with a “draw no bet” as an alternative tip. After all, the two previous encounters between the two clubs ended in draws.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Dinamo Zagreb Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
Head to head: 0 – 2 – 0
Two international competitive matches have taken place between the two clubs so far, both of which date back to the first round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup. At that time, both matches ended in a draw. Due to the away goals rule – the first leg in Croatia ended 2–2, before the second leg in Israel ended 1–1 with only one goal from Modri – Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced against Dinamo Zagreb.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Dinamo Zagreb Tip
Basically, we are leaning towards another win for the visitors. The Israelis have played out two consecutive 0-0 draws in the Europa League (against PAOK) and at national level against Sakhnin, and now face a club in impressive form that beat Fenerbahce 3-1 on the first matchday.
Modri also underlined their form at the weekend in the league with a 4-1 win over Slaven Belupo and have scored in all eleven competitive games of the 2025/26 season – in ten of the eleven games they have even scored at least twice. On neutral ground in Backa Topola, Serbia, the game could therefore tend to be high-scoring.
Against this backdrop, the combined tip on double chance X2 with over 1.5 goals is very interesting, especially as Modri’s recent away form has been quite good. In the Champions League last season, they suffered heavy defeats at Arsenal and Bayern, but also won in Salzburg and Bratislava – against teams that are more comparable to today’s hosts from Israel.
