It's game one of two in the Champions League as Ludogorets host Dinamo Zagreb. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Dinamo Zagreb when visiting Ludogorets as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ludogorets form and stats
Ludogorets have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Shamrock Rovers and Sutjeska. Last season, Ludogorets's Champions League journey ended in the play-offs against Malmö FF.Perfect Parva Liga season at home so far for Ludogorets 2 wins from 2 appearances. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Ludogorets has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Ludogorets's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Spartak Varna. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ludogorets played a great game against Spartak Varna and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Ludogorets perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ludogorets as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Ludogorets has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ludogorets as they are travelling to their away game against Slavia Sofia in the Parva Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Ludogorets has scored 7 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shkupi in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Dinamo Zagreb's mission in Champions League last season failed in the play-offs against Sheriff.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Zagreb playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.
Dinamo Zagreb go into this game after a win, the home game against Istra 1961 that ended 4-1. Bočkaj, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.13. Bočkaj scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Dinamo Zagreb in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Dinamo Zagreb, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Dinamo have another match away from home in just three sleeps, a 1. HNL match vs Varazdin. A demanding itinerary for the visitors!
5 goals so far away for Dinamo Zagreb, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings featuring these contenders: Ludogorets won two, Dinamo Zagreb were winners in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Oliveira Souza 3 goals |  B. Tekpetey 3 goals |   J. Drmic 3 goals |
Ludogorets missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Ludogorets | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 57 | 43 | Scored | S | 14 | 51 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 42% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | CSKA Sofia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Cherno More | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Arda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Botev Vratsa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Beroe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Septemvri Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Slavia Sofia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Hebar 1918 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Spartak Varna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
| 16 | Botev Plovdiv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 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 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Sibenik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Osijek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Gorica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
