Football Bet of the Day: Expect a dynamic performance from the hosts

Dinamo Zagreb v Rosenborg
Wednesday 21 August, 20:00

Deportivo Pasto? Deportivo Pasting, more like. Our boys Atletico Huila were tanned 4-0 last night, and the less said about it the better.

We head to the Croatian capital of Zagreb now, because Dinamo Zagreb are up against Norwegian side Rosenborg in the Champions League qualifiers.

Rosenborg are the reigning Norwegian champions, although this season they are short of their best domestically. The Trondheim club are ten points adrift of top spot in the Eliteserien, having won just eight of their 18 league matches. On the road, they have won just twice.

Rosenborg seem to have saved their best performances for Europe, having knocked out Linfield, BATE and Maribor. However, a tie against Croatian champions Dinamo could be a bridge too far.

Dinamo have muscled their way past Georgian side Saburtalo and Hungarian giants Ferencvaros, and in the league they have collected 13 points from an available 15. In the Europa League group stage last season, they won all six of their matches.

Since losing at home to Young Boys a year ago in the UCL qualifiers, Dinamo have lost just once at home in all competitions, and against a Rosenborg side that’s in patchy form (one win in the last four away games) they should build up a first-leg lead.