UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 Thu, Oct 2 · 20:00 TSC Arena, Bačka Topola
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Our take

Dinamo Zagreb were slight favourites.

Dinamo Zagreb were the stronger side on L90 Strength (55 vs 22). Maccabi Tel Aviv had 8.1 days of rest, Dinamo Zagreb 8 and had to travel 283 km.

Away travel283 kmRest days8.1 · 8Matches / 14d1 · 1
Maccabi Tel Aviv24%
Draw25%
Dinamo Zagreb51%
Expected goals 1.12 – 1.72
Maccabi Tel Aviv24%
Draw26%
Dinamo Zagreb50%
Expected goals 1.08 – 1.66
Maccabi Tel Aviv24%
Draw25%
Dinamo Zagreb51%
Expected goals 1.10 – 1.70
Maccabi Tel Aviv19%
Draw23%
Dinamo Zagreb59%
Expected goals 1.00 – 1.93
Maccabi Tel Aviv24%
Draw25%
Dinamo Zagreb50%
Expected goals 1.10 – 1.68
Over 2.5 54% Both score 56% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Bačka Topola)

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Referee · PortugalAntonio Nobre
  • Cards per match 5.4
  • Penalties per match 0.35
  • Matches 66

Team strength

Maccabi Tel AvivDinamo Zagreb
22 L90 StrengthIn forecast 55
19 Current StrengthIn forecast 43
19 AttackIn forecast 33
20 DefenceIn forecast 44
— 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

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Attack—
Defense risk—

Dinamo Zagreb

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Maccabi Tel AvivDinamo Zagreb
— 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
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.70
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
0.82 xGVia Att/Def 0.93
1.73 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.88
+0.38 Goals minus xGContext +0.77
60% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
9.33 ShotsContext 9.40
4.17 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.22
45% On target shareContext 31%
5.00 Shots in the boxContext 5.78
60% Box shareContext 56%
11% ConversionContext 18%
1.83 OffsidesContext 2.00
12.00 Shots allowedContext 14.60
3.67 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.50
4.00 BlocksContext 4.10
2.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.20
64% Save rateContext 58%
49% PossessionIn forecast 38%
396 PassesContext 340
329 Accurate passesContext 268
83% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.91 Team ratingContext 6.91
11.67 FoulsContext 10.40
12.00 Fouls sufferedContext 10.40
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 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

Maccabi Tel Aviv
Rest8.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel—0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Dinamo Zagreb
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel283 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
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
Maccabi Tel Aviv Dinamo Zagreb
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8.1UEFA Europa League 2025-2026 - League phase, 24 Sep8UEFA Europa League 2025-2026 - League phase, 24 Sep
Travel to venuefrom home stadium—283 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 1
Next matchdays after this one2121

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. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

Maccabi Tel Aviv Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
90R. Mishpati(G)
3R. Revivo 5M. Camara 4Heitor 6T. Asante
28I. Sissokho 23B. Lederman
10K. Andrade 17K. Belić 29Hélio Varela
34S. Abu Farkhi
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Dinamo Zagreb Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
33I. Nevistić(G)
3B. Goda 26S. McKenna 28K. Théophile-Catherine 25Moris Valinčić
27J. Mišić 8M. Zajc
11A. Hoxha 77D. Ljubičić 21M. Lisica
9D. Beljo
+4 more reported missing outside this XI

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
Maccabi Tel Aviv Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Dinamo Zagreb Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv+0.2 pp
  • Draw-0.2 pp
  • Dinamo Zagreb+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Maccabi Tel Aviv · Home No home games yet this season.
Dinamo Zagreb · 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 · Antonio Nobre Portugal · 66 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards5.03league 4.19
Red cards0.41league 0.19
Cards 5+56%league 41%
Fouls28.2league 26.3
Penalties0.35league 0.30
Home wins61%league 37%
Maccabi Tel Aviv

No previous matches with this referee.

Dinamo Zagreb

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

Maccabi Tel Aviv1 games · scored 0 · conceded 0
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
Dinamo Zagreb1 games · scored 3 · conceded 1
0-15
1 1 16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Maccabi Tel Aviv10 games · scored 12 · conceded 11
2 1 0-15
1 16-30
2 4 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 3 61-75
3 1 76-90
Dinamo Zagreb10 games · scored 17 · conceded 20
1 2 0-15
3 2 16-30
2 3 31-45
7 3 46-60
2 4 61-75
2 6 76-90

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

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