There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Astana and Dinamo Zagreb. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 5000 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.
Astana form and stats
Astana have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Dinamo Tbilisi.Astana have performed here at Astana Arena this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 193 minutes without scoring a league goal. Darboe was the last player to find the net.
The club members are hoping that Astana will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Kyzyl-Zhar.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Astana, as the Premier League home game vs Okzhetpes is only two days away.
The Astana fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in 1. HNL matches, Dinamo Zagreb have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Two away matches in a row for Dinamo Zagreb, whose manager Bišćan could celebrate last time after the win against Istra 1961. Attacker Ivanušec got a player rating of 9.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Ivanušec scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).
A home victory as predicted against Astana preceding that, in the Champions League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gorica in just three 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
The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the result Dinamo Zagreb - Astana 4-0 logged in the official records. Last three meetings with these participants: Astana won zero, Dinamo Zagreb were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. Ivanušec likes to face Astana and have scored 3 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aymbetov 6 goals | D. Darboe 3 goals |  M. Tomasov 3 goals |
Astana missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Astana | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ordabasy | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Astana | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Kairat | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Tobol | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Kaisar | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Zhetysu | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Maqtaaral | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Okzhetpes | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Aksu | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 14 | Kaspiy | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gorica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Osijek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Rudes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
