Champions League full preview and statistics: Dinamo Zagreb to fight Salzburg at Stadion Maksimir

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 11.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (35423 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Dinamo Zagreb at Stadion Maksimir when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Salzburg with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Tipico Bundesliga. That game was also an away game, at Rheindorf Altach. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Dinamo Zagreb was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Champions League. Sheriff was too strong.

Dinamo Zagreb have been very solid at home in the 1. HNL so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. 5W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Dinamo Zagreb.

The supporters are hoping that Dinamo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Salzburg. Defender Perić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.14/10. Perić won 10 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a 1. HNL home match hosting Slaven Koprivnica in a game that was won 4-1.

It's goals goals goals for Dinamo Zagreb who have scored 23 goals from 6 league home games. Dinamo Zagreb have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Salzburg form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Bayern München drew the shortest straw.

4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Salzburg in their Tipico Bundesliga matches away. Total Champions League statistics for Salzburg: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Salzburg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Rheindorf Altach. Wöber was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.54. The defender Wöber scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that match, the win at home hosting Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League (1-0).

Salzburg 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 records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Salzburg - Dinamo 1-0. Dinamo Zagreb-Salzburg H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Dinamo Zagreb one win, Salzburg four wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo ZagrebM. Oršić
M. Oršić
6 goals
SalzburgN. Okafor
N. Okafor
5 goals
Dinamo ZagrebB. Petković
B. Petković
4 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Salzburg missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Salzburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   8 25
19 12   Won W   6 15
3 2   Drew D   1 5
3 0   Lost L   1 5
67 48   Scored S   22 52
28 18   Conceded C   5 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
76% 93%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 60%
60% 86%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
40% 64%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 20%
72% 86%   BTTS BTTS   38% 60%
20% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 40%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.7 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6.4
4.1 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   1.9 3.2
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
13.7 15   Shots (avg) S (   15 15.8
6.9 7.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 7
37% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 29%
 
10.4 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 9.2
4 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salzburg 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
2 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
3 Milan 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 4
4 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 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 11 10 1 0 34 12 6 6 0 0 23 8 5 4 1 0 11 4 22 31
2 Hajduk Split 11 7 2 2 21 12 5 4 1 0 13 5 6 3 1 2 8 7 9 23
3 Osijek 11 5 3 3 18 14 6 3 3 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 7 8 4 18
4 Slaven Koprivnica 11 5 2 4 9 18 5 2 1 2 4 9 6 3 1 2 5 9 -9 17
5 Varazdin 12 4 4 4 15 16 6 1 3 2 6 8 6 3 1 2 9 8 -1 16
6 Istra 1961 11 3 4 4 13 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 6 2 3 1 9 7 -1 13
7 Sibenik 12 1 9 2 9 10 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 0 6 0 4 4 -1 12
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 12 3 1 8 17 23 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 1 0 5 9 15 -6 10
9 Gorica 10 1 3 6 8 14 5 1 1 3 3 6 5 0 2 3 5 8 -6 6
10 Rijeka 11 1 3 7 6 17 6 0 2 4 2 8 5 1 1 3 4 9 -11 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 Salzburg 11 8 2 1 26 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 5 4 0 1 15 4 19 26
2 Sturm Graz 10 6 3 1 17 5 5 3 1 1 8 2 5 3 2 0 9 3 12 21
3 LASK Linz 11 5 4 2 20 15 6 3 1 2 11 11 5 2 3 0 9 4 5 19
4 Austria Klagenfurt 11 5 2 4 20 20 5 2 1 2 6 7 6 3 1 2 14 13 0 17
5 Rapid Wien 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 3 1 1 9 3 4 14
6 Wolfsberger AC 10 4 2 4 21 20 5 1 1 3 9 13 5 3 1 1 12 7 1 14
7 Austria Wien 10 4 3 3 18 17 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 10 10 1 12
8 Austria Lustenau 11 3 3 5 14 21 5 2 1 2 8 12 6 1 2 3 6 9 -7 12
9 Wattens 10 3 2 5 13 19 5 1 2 2 5 11 5 2 0 3 8 8 -6 11
10 Hartberg 10 3 1 6 12 18 5 2 0 3 6 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -6 10
11 Rheindorf Altach 11 2 2 7 14 26 6 1 1 4 9 14 5 1 1 3 5 12 -12 8
12 Ried 10 1 2 7 6 17 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 0 1 4 1 8 -11 5

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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.