This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Wolfsberger AC at Lavanttal Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Dinamo Zagreb with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wolfsberger AC form and stats
Wolfsberger was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.Three Tipico Bundesliga home games done for Wolfsberger AC, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Wolfsberger AC has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. With Wolfsberger having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager F. Feldhofer.
Happy days for Wolfsberger in their previous game, a Tipico Bundesliga match away at Rheindorf Altach that ended with a 2-0 victory. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dinamo Zagreb.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wolfsberger have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wolfsberger AC as they have a new game in only three days, a Tipico Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Ried are visiting.
The Wolfsberger manager F. Feldhofer has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Wolfsberger have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Benfica turned out to be too strong.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the 1. HNL. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Dinamo Zagreb are travelling again after losing away to Osijek in their previous match (0-2). Before that, Dinamo secured a home win against Istra 1961 with the score 5-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dinamo Zagreb playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were zero Dinamo wins, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hajduk Split in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dinamo have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC 1-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gavranović 8 goals |  M. Oršić 6 goals |   D. Baumgartner 3 goals |
Wolfsberger AC missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Wolfsberger AC | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 48 | ||
| 42 | 27 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 262 | 158 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 281 | ||
| 105 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 130 | ||
| 45% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 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 | Salzburg | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 19 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Wattens | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Hartberg | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Ried | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Admira | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 4 |
| 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 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Osijek | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Gorica | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -10 | 8 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 8 |