This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Salzburg at Red Bull Arena when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Dinamo Zagreb with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
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.
Salzburg form and stats
Salzburg was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. FC Bayern München was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Red Bull Arena as Salzburg have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Tipico Bundesliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Salzburg drew their last game, also a home match. LASK Linz was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Seiwald got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Seiwald hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).
In the match before that, Salzburg hosted Rapid Wien and drew the Tipico Bundesliga game 1-1.There will be little rest for Salzburg after this match as they are travelling to Rheindorf Altach for a Tipico Bundesliga game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Salzburg in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Salzburg have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Sheriff drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Dinamo Zagreb are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against Slaven Koprivnica. Attacker Oršić got a player rating of 7.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Oršić hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).
Previously, the Croatia Cup victory away at Borinci Jarmina.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dinamo are regular goalscorers on their travels. Dinamo Zagreb 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
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Salzburg wins - draws - Dinamo Zagreb wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oršić 6 goals |   N. Okafor 5 goals |  B. Šeško 4 goals |
Salzburg missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Salzburg | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 33 | Scored | S | 21 | 69 | ||
| 23 | 20 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.2 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.8 | ||
| 7.3 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Austria Wien | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Austria Lustenau | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 8 | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Wattens | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Hartberg | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 11 | Ried | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 5 |
| 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 | Osijek | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 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 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 9 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 10 | Gorica | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
