It's game one of two in the Champions League as Bodø / Glimt host Dinamo Zagreb. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Dinamo Zagreb when visiting Bodø / Glimt as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Glimt nor Dinamo Zagreb as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
Bodø / Glimt have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Linfield, Zalgiris and KI. Bodø / Glimt participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Legia Warszawa.Bodø / Glimt are steadily winning Eliteserien games and points here at Aspmyra Stadion. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. 3W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Bodø / Glimt.
Happy days for Bodø / Glimt in their previous game, a fixture away at Sarpsborg 08 that ended with a 4-1 victory. Attacking player Pellegrino bested all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 9.14 out of 10. Pellegrino scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as HamKam are coming to town in four days.
Glimt always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Aspmyra Stadion with 29 goals in 9 league games. It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bodø / Glimt are not conceding a lot of goals here at Aspmyra Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shkupi and Ludogorets in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Dinamo's mission in Champions League last season failed in the play-offs against Sheriff.Four points from two away games for Dinamo Zagreb, meaning one draw and one victory in the 1. HNL so far. Total Champions League statistics for Dinamo Zagreb: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Dinamo Zagreb had fun at their own home (Aspmyra Stadion) last time out, beating Hajduk Split 4-1. Oršić, Gojak, Baturina and Ademi scored. Mišić was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Mišić hit six key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dinamo Zagreb playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Dinamo Zagreb wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Dinamo Zagreb are hosting Osijek in the 1. HNL only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Dinamo Zagreb has managed 6 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 17 goals |  H. Vetlesen 7 goals |
Bodø / Glimt missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Bodø / Glimt | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 67 | 38 | Scored | S | 16 | 58 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.5 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 55% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| 10.1 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Molde | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Bodø / Glimt | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 37 |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 34 |
| 5 | Viking | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Vålerenga | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Haugesund | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sandefjord | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | Aalesund | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Odd | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Sarpsborg 08 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | HamKam | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Tromsø | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Jerv | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -25 | 11 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -21 | 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 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Sibenik | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Gorica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Osijek | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
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