Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round between Dinamo Zagreb and AEK Athens. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These teams have little in common geographically as AEK Athens have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Dinamo Zagreb, as the manager Bišćan led his troops to eliminate Astana, and reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Dinamo Zagreb participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Dinamo Zagreb have played 2 1. HNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Gorica last time out and are looking for a win here. The forward Petković was announced as "man of the match" for Dinamo with the rating of 7.83/10. Petković hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that, a strong away victory at Astana. A Champions League game.
Dinamo Zagreb has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
AEK Athens form and stats
The supporters enjoyed AEK Athens's previous game versus PAOK, a Greek Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that one, the win at home against PAOK in the Greek Cup (2-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AEK Athens playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 AEK Athens wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A new game in only four days for AEK Athens, the Super League home match versus Panaitolikos. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Ivanušec 1 goals |  B. Petković 1 goals |  M. Mədətov 1 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rijeka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Osijek | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Gorica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 7 | Varazdin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
| 10 | Rudes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
