It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
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.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens are returning here after visiting Dinamo Zagreb in a Champions League fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that result, a home win hosting PAOK in the Greek Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how AEK Athens have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Astana in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Dinamo was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL. Total Champions League statistics for Dinamo Zagreb: 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home defeat versus AEK Athens with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Gorica.It's early days yet, but Dinamo Zagreb has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought previously this season: Dinamo Zagreb - AEK Athens 1-2.
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 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.7 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Osijek | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Varazdin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gorica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 10 | Rudes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
