Dinamo Zagreb host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Omonia Nicosia will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Neo GSP before the return leg in 10 days.
Dinamo have less rest than Omonia Nicosia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. HNL game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion Maksimir. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Omonia Nicosia have had more rest.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Omonia Nicosia, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Dinamo, as the manager D. Krznar led his troops to eliminate Valur, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Dinamo Zagreb was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Dinamo Zagreb have to build on here at Stadion Maksimir in the 1. HNL.
The Dinamo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Slaven Koprivnica here at Stadion Maksimir in a 1. HNL match. Rasmus Lauritsen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.72 out of 10. The defender Lauritsen hit two key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Valur and winning 2-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dinamo Zagreb home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager D. Krznar will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hrvatski Dragovoljac in only three days.
Dinamo Zagreb has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Nicosia's mission in Champions League last season failed in the play-offs against Olympiakos Piraeus.It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nicosia, as they have won on their previous two travels.
There were no winners in Omonia Nicosia's previous match, a 1. Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Apollon. As mentioned above, Nicosia drew the match against Apollon. Manager H. Berg brought on A. Kakoullis to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Apollon in the 1. Division.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nicosia played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
Head 2 Head
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 55 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Osijek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Gorica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |