Dinamo Zagreb and Shkupi will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
These teams have little in common geographically as Shkupi have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dinamo Zagreb have less rest than Shkupi in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. HNL game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiva Zagreb, was also a home game here at Stadion Maksimir. The away team is better rested.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the play-offs against Sheriff.All-inclusive 1. HNL statistics playing at home this season for Dinamo Zagreb are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Dinamo Zagreb's last game was hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb and winning 3-2. A very satisfying win for Dinamo against Lokomotiva Zagreb last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Menalo's goal in the 90th minute. A late climax in the match against Lokomotiva Zagreb as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Menalo. Drmić, a natural forward, was the champion performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.85 (out of 10). Drmić scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Hajduk Split.Dinamo Zagreb are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion Maksimir with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 4 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Dinamo Zagreb has won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Dinamo Zagreb has won by at least two goals 3 times when in this position.
Dinamo Zagreb are traveling soon after this match as the 1. HNL match at Slaven Koprivnica awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Dinamo Zagreb's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Shkupi form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lincoln Red Imps in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.Two away games in a row for Shkupi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Lincoln Red Imps in the Champions League.
Nobody expects Shkupi to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 5 times before, with the overall statistics of won 1, draw 2 and lost 2. When defeated, 2 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Adetunji 21 goals | F. Álvarez Rodriguez 8 goals | K. Trapanovski 4 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Shkupi missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Shkupi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 14 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | ||
| 8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gorica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Istra 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Osijek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
