It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Dinamo Zagreb and Legia Warszawa

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 04.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (35423 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Dinamo Zagreb will try to edge Legia Warszawa in their own ballpark.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dinamo Zagreb and Legia Warszawa.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Dinamo have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Valur and Omonia Nicosia. Dinamo Zagreb participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.

Two 1. HNL home games so far for Dinamo Zagreb, who are yet to win here at Stadion Maksimir. Only 1 point so far. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

The spoils were shared in Dinamo's previous game, also at home. Visiting Rijeka travelled back with a draw after a 3-3 scoreline. Mislav Oršić, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.34 (out of 10). Oršić scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times. A goal frenzy last time out for Dinamo Zagreb, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Rijeka. Fun stuff to watch!

A strong away win before that one, visiting Omonia Nicosia and winning 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Dinamo Zagreb's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

There will be little rest for Dinamo after this match as they are travelling to Istra 1961 for a 1. HNL game in only three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dinamo Zagreb at home in the league. 3 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Flora and Bodø / Glimt in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Warszawa's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Legia Warszawa have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far. Total Champions League statistics for Legia Warszawa: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Two away games in a row for Warszawa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Radomiak Radom in the Ekstraklasa.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Flora at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zagebie Lubin in just three days.

1 goal so far away for Legia Warszawa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

DinamoL. Majer
L. Majer
3 goals
Dinamo ZagrebD. Perić
D. Perić
1 goals
Dinamo ZagrebM. Gavranović
M. Gavranović
1 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Legia Warszawa missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Legia Warszawa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
17 9   Won W   8 16
5 2   Drew D   2 6
3 2   Lost L   1 3
56 29   Scored S   16 40
21 15   Conceded C   6 21
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 84%
84% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   45% 60%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 40%
32% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 28%
20% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 20%
44% 46%   BTTS BTTS   27% 44%
48% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   73% 52%
8% 15%   Failed to Score F T   18% 20%
 
6.5 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5
4.1 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.3
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
14.1 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 11.9
6.1 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.8
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rijeka 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 7
2 Osijek 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Lokomotiva Zagreb 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Gorica 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 6
5 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 4
6 Slaven Koprivnica 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 4
7 Hajduk Split 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
8 Istra 1961 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Šibenik 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 -7 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wisa Krakow 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
2 Jagiellonia Biaystok 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
3 Lech Poznan 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Pogon Szczecin 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Radomiak Radom 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Slask Wrocaw 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Piast Gliwice 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Zagebie Lubin 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
9 Legia Warszawa 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
10 Rakow Czestochowa 2 1 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 3
11 Nieciecza 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 Warta Poznan 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Lechia Gdansk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Cracovia Krakow 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Gornik eczna 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
16 Stal Mielec 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
17 Wisla Plock 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Gornik Zabrze 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

Read more about Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.