The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam AEK Athens will try to edge Dinamo Zagreb in their own ballpark.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the 1. HNL.
AEK Athens form and stats
Athens's previous match was a Greek Cup game also played at home, ending 2-0 against PAOK. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Ahead of that game, a home win hosting PAOK in the Greek Cup.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Astana in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Dinamo Zagreb's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL.
There were no winners in Dinamo's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Gorica. Petković, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Petković hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that, the Champions League win away at Astana.
The schedule is very tough for Dinamo Zagreb now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 1. HNL game at Lokomotiva Zagreb is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Dinamo Zagreb has managed {3 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Ivanušec 1 goals |  B. Petković 1 goals |  M. Mədətov 1 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| AEK Athens | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Osijek | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Gorica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Rudes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
