UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - Play-off round Play-off round Tue, Aug 18 · 20:00 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
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Our take

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Forecasts are published up to 21 days before kick-off.

Away travel1,615 kmRest days7.1 · ?Matches / 14d1 · 0
Real contextStrength only
Dinamo Zagreb—%
Draw—%
Viking—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Zagreb)

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Referee · NetherlandsSerdar Gozubuyuk
  • Cards per match 4.1
  • Penalties per match 0.28
  • Matches 106

Team strength

Dinamo ZagrebViking
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
43 Current StrengthIn forecast 16
33 AttackIn forecast 18
44 DefenceIn forecast 23
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Dinamo Zagreb

Attack—
Defense risk—

Viking

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Dinamo ZagrebViking
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def —
1.15 xGVia Att/Def —
1.61 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.85 Goals minus xGContext —
80% Scored inContext —
10% Clean sheetsContext —
13.75 ShotsContext —
4.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
28% On target shareContext —
8.71 Shots in the boxContext —
58% Box shareContext —
12% ConversionContext —
2.20 OffsidesContext —
13.00 Shots allowedContext —
5.25 On target allowedVia Att/Def —
4.38 BlocksContext —
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext —
57% Save rateContext —
49% PossessionIn forecast —
475 PassesContext —
392 Accurate passesContext —
83% Pass accuracyContext —
6.82 Team ratingContext —
11.56 FoulsContext —
12.56 Fouls sufferedContext —
1.90 Yellow cardsContext —
0.20 Red cardsContext —
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 0 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Dinamo Zagreb
Rest7.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km2,310 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Viking
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel1,615 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Dinamo Zagreb Viking
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Moderate · 20
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.1UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 11 Aug—
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,615 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways2,310 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one88

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Dinamo Zagreb Confirmed XI
4-1-4-1
33I. Nevistić(G)
22M. Vinlöf 26S. McKenna 36Sergi Domínguez 25Moris Valinčić
27J. Mišić
99M. Oršić 8M. Zajc 7L. Stojković 21M. Lisica
9D. Beljo
Viking Confirmed XI
4-3-3
1A. Østbø(G)
28K. Haugen 25H. Falchener 6G. Stensness 5H. Heggheim
7K. Askildsen 8J. Bell 29T. Moi
17E. Austbø 20P. Christiansen 10Z. Tripić

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Dinamo Zagreb Absences are shown before kick-off
Viking Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Dinamo Zagreb · Home No home games yet this season.
Viking · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Serdar Gozubuyuk Netherlands · 106 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.94
Red cards0.11
Cards 5+42%
Fouls23.0
Penalties0.28
Home wins49%
Dinamo Zagreb

No previous matches with this referee.

Viking

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Dinamo Zagreb
No complete event data.
Viking
No complete event data.
Dinamo Zagreb10 games · scored 20 · conceded 20
2 2 0-15
2 4 16-30
4 5 31-45
2 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
7 4 76-90
Viking2 games · scored 2 · conceded 4
1 0-15
16-30
1 1 31-45
1 46-60
61-75
2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.