Day: July 15, 2022

Dinamo and Lokomotiva will lock horns in this derby on the opening day of the Croatian league season.

Both clubs have had a very long break and will now hope to have a campaign to remember.

Dinamo is one of the powerhouses of European football and arguably the best club in Croatia now, but the start of the season is always tricky and could end in them losing if they are too complacent.

Dinamo beat Hajduk Split 1-0 to win the Super Cup last week and that has set the tone for them in this campaign.

We expect them to build on that and earn yet another win from this fixture, but that would be too easy to say.

Lokomotiva has had one of the worst preseasons by any club after they lost their last three friendlies before this game.

It is easy to think they are in bad shape because of that, but competitive fixtures come with a different spirit and we can trust them to put up a big fight in this fixture.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv will visit Ludogorets for the second round of the Parva Liga and it promises to be an interesting game.

The host has been one of Bulgaria’s strongest clubs and they enter this campaign hopeful of winning yet another title.

Plovdiv will feel they have nothing to lose in this game which should spur them to aim for a surprising result.

The visitors didn’t win any of their last two friendly games, but they beat Pirin Blagoevgrad in their first league game of the season.

The close victory ended 2-1 in their favour, but they will know that Ludogorets are a tougher opponents and will beat them in this game if they slip up for a second.

The host has won all their last four competitive games, including three in the Champions League, so they are in shape for this game.

They have also won the last two head to heads between these clubs, although Plovdiv had won two of the previous three and lost none.