Champions League preview and statistics: Dinamo Zagreb vs Milan full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (35423 seats)

Dinamo Zagreb and Milan get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.

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 Milan.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Dinamo Zagreb participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Sheriff.

This stadium, Stadion Maksimir, has been a fortress for Dinamo Zagreb in the 1. HNL so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0. 5W-2D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Dinamo Zagreb.

The Dinamo Zagreb coach Čačić and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hajduk Split. The forward Petković edged out all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Petković scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Dinamo had a 1. HNL home game versus Varazdin which ended with a victory 3-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dinamo Zagreb as they are travelling to their away game against Osijek in the 1. HNL. That match is four days after this one.

It's goals goals goals for Dinamo Zagreb who have scored 26 goals from 7 league home games. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Milan form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Milan playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.

Milan won their last game, 4-1 versus Monza played at home. The attacker Origi got a match rating of 8.31 in that game. Origi scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away Serie A victory against Hellas Verona with the score of 2-1.

Milan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Milan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Milan - Dinamo Zagreb 3-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo ZagrebB. Petković
B. Petković
7 goals
DinamoM. Oršić
M. Oršić
6 goals
MilanR. Leão
R. Leão
5 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Milan missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Milan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   15 25
18 11   Won W   10 18
4 2   Drew D   3 3
3 0   Lost L   2 4
63 43   Scored S   34 56
27 16   Conceded C   15 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 92%
68% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 64%
56% 85%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 36%
36% 62%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 24%
76% 92%   BTTS BTTS   67% 60%
16% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   13% 12%
 
4.8 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.2
4 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   15.3 15.7
6.6 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 5.7
36% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%
 
10.3 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.5
3.7 3.8   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 Chelsea 4 2 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 7
2 Salzburg 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
3 Milan 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 4
4 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 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 Dinamo Zagreb 13 11 2 0 38 14 7 7 0 0 26 9 6 4 2 0 12 5 24 35
2 Hajduk Split 13 8 3 2 23 13 6 4 2 0 14 6 7 4 1 2 9 7 10 27
3 Osijek 14 7 3 4 25 18 7 4 3 0 13 6 7 3 0 4 12 12 7 24
4 Slaven Koprivnica 13 6 2 5 11 22 6 2 1 3 4 13 7 4 1 2 7 9 -11 20
5 Varazdin 14 5 4 5 20 20 7 2 3 2 10 9 7 3 1 3 10 11 0 19
6 Istra 1961 12 3 4 5 13 16 5 1 1 3 4 7 7 2 3 2 9 9 -3 13
7 Lokomotiva Zagreb 14 4 1 9 19 27 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 1 0 6 9 18 -8 13
8 Sibenik 13 1 9 3 9 12 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 0 6 0 4 4 -3 12
9 Rijeka 13 3 3 7 11 17 7 1 2 4 5 8 6 2 1 3 6 9 -6 12
10 Gorica 13 1 3 9 9 19 7 1 1 5 3 9 6 0 2 4 6 10 -10 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 Napoli 10 8 2 0 25 9 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 13 5 16 26
2 Atalanta 10 7 3 0 16 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 10 24
3 Milan 10 7 2 1 20 10 5 4 0 1 12 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 10 23
4 Roma 10 7 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 4 1 1 7 7 4 22
5 Lazio 10 6 3 1 21 5 6 4 1 1 12 4 4 2 2 0 9 1 16 21
6 Udinese 10 6 3 1 19 10 5 3 2 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 9 7 9 21
7 Juventus 11 5 4 2 17 7 6 4 2 0 15 3 5 1 2 2 2 4 10 19
8 Inter 10 6 0 4 18 14 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 2 0 3 8 11 4 18
9 Sassuolo 10 3 3 4 12 12 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 1 2 2 4 7 0 12
10 Torino 10 3 2 5 8 12 5 1 2 2 2 3 5 2 0 3 6 9 -4 11
11 Empoli 11 2 5 4 9 15 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 1 3 2 5 9 -6 11
12 Salernitana 10 2 4 4 12 16 5 2 1 2 9 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -4 10
13 Fiorentina 10 2 4 4 8 12 5 2 2 1 6 7 5 0 2 3 2 5 -4 10
14 Monza 10 3 1 6 9 15 5 2 0 3 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 10
15 Spezia 10 2 3 5 9 19 5 2 3 0 9 7 5 0 0 5 0 12 -10 9
16 Lecce 10 1 5 4 9 12 5 0 4 1 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 6 -3 8
17 Bologna 10 1 4 5 10 17 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 0 1 4 5 12 -7 7
18 Hellas Verona 10 1 2 7 9 19 5 1 0 4 6 11 5 0 2 3 3 8 -10 5
19 Cremonese 10 0 4 6 9 21 4 0 1 3 2 10 6 0 3 3 7 11 -12 4
20 Sampdoria 10 0 3 7 5 18 6 0 2 4 2 9 4 0 1 3 3 9 -13 3

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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.