Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League Play-offs between Dinamo Zagreb and Sheriff. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
These are busy days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the 1. HNL. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiva Zagreb, was also a home game here at Stadion Maksimir. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sheriff, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Action has already taken place for Dinamo in Champions League as they have defeated Valur, Omonia Nicosia and Legia Warszawa to reach the Play-offs. Dinamo Zagreb was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.The story so far in the 1. HNL for Dinamo Zagreb at their home stadium (Stadion Maksimir) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. Dinamo has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Maksimir, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic not having conceded a league goal in 227 minutes.
The Dinamo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lokomotiva Zagreb in 1. HNL and win 1-0. The goalie Dominik Livaković was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.44 out of ten. Livaković stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. The victory against Lokomotiva Zagreb came after Mislav Oršić's winning goal. The Dinamo manager D. Krznar was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Heartbreak before that as Dinamo Zagreb lost 0-3 at Sheriff's place.Dinamo Zagreb are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost zero.
Dinamo are traveling soon after this match as the 1. HNL match at Osijek awaits in four days.
The Dinamo Zagreb fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Dinamo have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Sheriff form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Crvena Zvezda, Alashkert and Teuta Durres in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Sheriff's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.As the visiting team in National Division matches, Sheriff have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Sheriff are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from Dimitrios Kolovos and Adama Traore (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Dinamo Zagreb in their previous game. Midfielder Adama Traore was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.61. Traore scored two goals and hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League.You'll want to know how Sheriff managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and zero home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Sheriff now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National Division game at CSF Balti is waiting in only three days.
3 goals so far away for Sheriff, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Sheriff - Dinamo 3-0 was the end result in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Dinamo four wins, two draws and Sheriff one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Majer 3 goals |  M. Oršić 2 goals |   L. Bizjak 2 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 12 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 50 | 29 | Scored | S | 46 | 83 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 85% | 76% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Gorica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 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 | Milsami | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | CSF Balti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Sheriff | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Zimbru | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Dinamo-Auto | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -16 | 4 |
| 8 | Floresti | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -17 | -6 |