Sheriff host the first leg in this deciding Champions League Play-offs game. Dinamo Zagreb will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadion Maksimir before the return leg in 9 days.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the 1. HNL.
It's quite the trip for Dinamo Zagreb when visiting Sheriff as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Crvena Zvezda, Alashkert and Teuta Durres. Sheriff was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.Only two National Division home games for Sheriff so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Sheriff's previous game was a Champions League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Crvena Zvezda. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Previous to that game, a National Division home match hosting Dinamo-Auto in a game that was won 7-1.The manager Y. Vernydub will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sfintul Gheorghe in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sheriff at home in the league. 7 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Valur, Omonia Nicosia and Legia Warszawa in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL. Total Champions League statistics for Dinamo Zagreb: 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Dinamo are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 13 in a row without losing.
Dinamo won their last game, 1-0 versus Gorica played at home. Midfield player Lovro Majer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Majer hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 60 successful passes (of 66 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Legia Warszawa at their stadium, the result 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Dinamo are hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1. HNL only four days away.
Dinamo Zagreb have the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Sheriff-Dinamo Zagreb H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Sheriff zero wins, Dinamo Zagreb four wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Majer 3 goals |   L. Bizjak 2 goals | D. Arboleda Hurtado 1 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Sheriff | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 84 | 38 | Scored | S | 23 | 54 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | ||
| 49% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | CSF Bălți | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Dinamo-Auto | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 4 |
| 8 | Floreşti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -15 | -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 | Osijek | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Gorica | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 0 |