There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Play-offs meeting between Dinamo Zagreb and Bodø / Glimt. Game on!
Dinamo Zagreb's stadium, Stadion Maksimir, has a grass surface. Bodø / Glimt have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Bodø / Glimt when playing on grass; 8 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 35 goals in these games and conceded 28.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Dinamo nor Bodø / Glimt 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.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Dinamo Zagreb, as the manager Čačić led his troops to eliminate Shkupi and Ludogorets, and reach the Play-offs. Dinamo Zagreb participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Sheriff.4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Dinamo Zagreb have to build on here at Stadion Maksimir in the 1. HNL. 3W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Dinamo Zagreb.
A nice win for Dinamo last time playing, versus Osijek. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-2 with Oršić, Perić (2) and Petković scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for Dinamo Zagreb, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Osijek. Fun stuff to watch! Perić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.01/10. Perić scored two goals and had 54 successful passes (of 59 total).
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 Dinamo Zagreb have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dinamo Zagreb as they are travelling to their away game against Sibenik in the 1. HNL. That match is four days after this one.
It's goals goals goals for Dinamo who have scored 16 goals from 4 league home games. Dinamo Zagreb have conceded 6 from these games.
Bodø / Glimt form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Linfield, Zalgiris and KI in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round, when Legia Warszawa drew the shortest straw.Bodø / Glimt's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Bodø / Glimt collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Eliteserien. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Total Champions League statistics for Bodø / Glimt: 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Glimt played 2-2 against HamKam in their previous match. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Pellegrino and that is impressive! The attacker Pellegrino got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Pellegrino scored two goals and hit two key passes.
The schedule is very tough for Bodø / Glimt now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eliteserien game at Jerv is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Bodø / Glimt are regular goalscorers on their travels. Bodø / Glimt have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Bodø / Glimt - Dinamo 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pellegrino 19 goals |  H. Vetlesen 7 goals | V. Boniface 6 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Bodø / Glimt missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Bodø / Glimt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 60 | 44 | Scored | S | 29 | 70 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 17.4 | ||
| 6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 55% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11 |
| 3 | Sibenik | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Gorica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Osijek | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -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 |
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 38 |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 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 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Strømsgodset | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Odd | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 23 |
| 9 | Haugesund | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Tromsø | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Sandefjord | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Aalesund | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | HamKam | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Jerv | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -24 | 14 |
| 16 | Kristiansund | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -22 | 6 |
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