Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Dinamo Zagreb Betting Tips & Preview

Dinamo Zagreb to win

Hapoel Be'er Sheva host Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League league stage, and the pick here is the visitors to win it. That's a projection built off historical head-to-head bragging rights and the general standing of the Croatian side in this competition, even though neither team is exactly flying right now. Dinamo Zagreb are available at 2.02 with site-listed bookmakers, and while our model puts the win probability at 41.7%, comfortably below what that price implies, the case for Zagreb still rates as the most likely single outcome of the three when you weigh up everything on record here. This isn't a case of chasing a number on a coupon — it's simply the result that looks most probable given what we know.

Recent Form

Hapoel Be'er Sheva's form line looks strong on the surface: four wins from their last five, including back-to-back victories over Crvena Zvezda both home and away, plus a home win over Víkingur Reykjavík and another over Sabah. But that run was broken up in the most recent fixture, when Sabah turned the tables and won the reverse meeting after extra-time, a reminder that this squad can be undone when a game goes the distance. Momentum is there, but it's fragile, and the manner of that last defeat — needing extra-time to be settled — suggests a team that can be pushed all the way.

Dinamo Zagreb's recent form tells a rockier story. They beat Varaždin at home and got the better of Gorica more recently, but sandwiched in between and either side of those wins are a defeat at Viking, a draw away at Istra 1961, and — most recently — a loss at Osijek. That's one win from five in isolation if you strip out the Gorica result, and two defeats and a draw scattered through the sequence. Zagreb arrive without any real rhythm, and their away form in that run, in particular, has been shaky.

Head-to-Head

The two sides have met twice before, both occasions back in 2018, and the record slightly favours Zagreb. The first meeting, in Croatia, ended in a win for Dinamo Zagreb after full-time. The return fixture in Israel finished level, a draw that denied Hapoel Be'er Sheva anything more than a share of the spoils on home soil. So across the two known meetings, Zagreb have a win and a draw, and Hapoel Be'er Sheva have yet to beat them. It's a thin sample size given how long ago those games were played, but it's the only h2h evidence available, and it points slightly Zagreb's way.

Team News

Hapoel Be'er Sheva have two players unavailable. Igor Zlatanovic has been out since late August with a groin injury, and Dan Biton has been sidelined since the start of April with a heart problem — a long-term absence that will have nothing to do with matchday sharpness at this point, but it does confirm he remains unavailable for selection. Dinamo Zagreb's only listed absentee is Bruno Petkovic, who has been out since January 2025 with an unspecified injury — another long-standing situation rather than a fresh team-news line, but he's not in the frame for this one either. Beyond those three names, there's nothing further listed for either side, so no other notable absences have been reported.