Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Dnipro-1 and Panathinaikos

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 25.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dnipro Arena (31003 seats)

Dnipro-1 and Panathinaikos 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 Panathinaikos have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Dnipro-1 form and stats

Dnipro-1 was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League. AEK Larnaca was too strong.

Dnipro-1 have performed here at Dnipro Arena this season with 11 wins from 15 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

Dnipro-1's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Hirnyk. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Ahead of that match, Dnipro-1 won a home game hosting Hirnyk (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Dnipro-1 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dnipro-1 as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Dnipro-1 has won 0 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Goals decide football matches and Dnipro-1 are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 15 league matches. Dnipro-1 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dnipro Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

Panathinaikos played 1-1 against Aris in their previous match. Midfielder Kleinheisler was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.22. Kleinheisler scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Aris in the Super League.

Head 2 Head

Dnipro-1 missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dnipro-1 Panathinaikos
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   10 25
15 10   Won W   6 14
4 3   Drew D   2 8
6 2   Lost L   2 3
49 36   Scored S   10 34
25 14   Conceded C   4 11
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 84%
72% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   40% 64%
64% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   20% 20%
36% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 12%
20% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
48% 53%   BTTS BTTS   20% 32%
40% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   60% 56%
16% 13%   Failed to Score F T   40% 28%
 
4.6 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.8
2.4 1.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 3.4
1.4 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.8 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.8
3.7 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.3
53% 73%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 41%
 
4.6 3.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10 7.4
2.3 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.1 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 22 6 2 69 21 15 12 3 0 30 9 15 10 3 2 39 12 48 72
2 Dnipro-1 30 21 4 5 61 27 15 11 2 2 34 13 15 10 2 3 27 14 34 67
3 Zorya 30 21 4 5 64 31 15 11 3 1 35 17 15 10 1 4 29 14 33 67
4 Dynamo Kyiv 30 18 6 6 51 25 15 7 4 4 22 13 15 11 2 2 29 12 26 60
5 Vorskla 30 13 6 11 38 37 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 5 3 7 19 24 1 45
6 Oleksandria 30 10 14 6 42 39 15 6 6 3 26 22 15 4 8 3 16 17 3 44
7 Hirnyk 30 12 5 13 26 30 15 8 2 5 14 13 15 4 3 8 12 17 -4 41
8 Kolos Kovalivka 30 10 6 14 23 36 15 6 2 7 14 16 15 4 4 7 9 20 -13 36
9 Chornomorets 30 9 8 13 35 40 15 2 4 9 12 22 15 7 4 4 23 18 -5 35
10 Minai 30 8 9 13 22 33 15 3 5 7 10 17 15 5 4 6 12 16 -11 33
11 Rukh Vynnyky 30 7 11 12 31 37 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 12 22 -6 32
12 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 6 14 10 23 42 15 4 5 6 13 26 15 2 9 4 10 16 -19 32
13 Veres 30 8 7 15 35 45 15 3 4 8 15 22 15 5 3 7 20 23 -10 31
14 Inhulets 30 8 7 15 22 34 15 5 2 8 10 15 15 3 5 7 12 19 -12 31
15 Metal Kharkiv 30 5 7 18 27 58 15 2 5 8 14 31 15 3 2 10 13 27 -31 22
16 Lviv 30 3 4 23 18 52 15 2 2 11 10 26 15 1 2 12 8 26 -34 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 22 6 2 69 21 15 12 3 0 30 9 15 10 3 2 39 12 48 72
2 Dnipro-1 30 21 4 5 61 27 15 11 2 2 34 13 15 10 2 3 27 14 34 67
3 Zorya 30 21 4 5 64 31 15 11 3 1 35 17 15 10 1 4 29 14 33 67
4 Dynamo Kyiv 30 18 6 6 51 25 15 7 4 4 22 13 15 11 2 2 29 12 26 60
5 Vorskla 30 13 6 11 38 37 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 5 3 7 19 24 1 45
6 Oleksandria 30 10 14 6 42 39 15 6 6 3 26 22 15 4 8 3 16 17 3 44
7 Hirnyk 30 12 5 13 26 30 15 8 2 5 14 13 15 4 3 8 12 17 -4 41
8 Kolos Kovalivka 30 10 6 14 23 36 15 6 2 7 14 16 15 4 4 7 9 20 -13 36
9 Chornomorets 30 9 8 13 35 40 15 2 4 9 12 22 15 7 4 4 23 18 -5 35
10 Minai 30 8 9 13 22 33 15 3 5 7 10 17 15 5 4 6 12 16 -11 33
11 Rukh Vynnyky 30 7 11 12 31 37 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 12 22 -6 32
12 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 6 14 10 23 42 15 4 5 6 13 26 15 2 9 4 10 16 -19 32
13 Veres 30 8 7 15 35 45 15 3 4 8 15 22 15 5 3 7 20 23 -10 31
14 Inhulets 30 8 7 15 22 34 15 5 2 8 10 15 15 3 5 7 12 19 -12 31
15 Metal Kharkiv 30 5 7 18 27 58 15 2 5 8 14 31 15 3 2 10 13 27 -31 22
16 Lviv 30 3 4 23 18 52 15 2 2 11 10 26 15 1 2 12 8 26 -34 13

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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.