Dinamo Zagreb vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

Mixed form on both sides

Leverkusen's wider sample shows 14 wins from 20 matches, scoring 52 and conceding just 21, which is a strong overall return. But the picture close to this fixture is shakier: they lost 3-0 away to Hoffenheim and 4-0 away to Lech Poznan within their last five games, either side of a couple of wins.

Dinamo Zagreb: 20 completed matches; Bayer Leverkusen: 20 completed matches.

Dinamo Zagreb

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

49

Conceded

25

Difference

+24

Bayer Leverkusen

20 matches

Win

70% 14 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

52

Conceded

21

Difference

+31

Dinamo's record over a similar sample reads 12 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, with 48 scored and 25 conceded. Recent results have swung about too, with a 5-1 away win over Slaven Belupo sitting alongside a 2-4 home defeat to NEC Nijmegen in the Europa League.

Neither side's recent run points clearly one way.

Comparative Team Statistics: Dinamo Zagreb vs Bayer Leverkusen

Leverkusen well clear early in the league phase

In the Europa League standings supplied here, Leverkusen sit 2nd with six points from two games, both wins, and a goal difference of plus six. Dinamo are down in 14th with four points from the same two fixtures, built on a win and a draw.

It's only two rounds of league-phase football, so there's plenty of the competition left to shape things. Still, the early gap in position is notable, even if it says little on its own about how a one-off tie like this will go.

Leverkusen's league-phase placing looks solid, though early tables can move fast.

What could shape this one

Both teams have shown they can leak goals heavily in matches outside their usual rhythm. Leverkusen's heaviest recent defeats both came on the road, while Dinamo's biggest loss in this sample came at home to NEC Nijmegen, also in the Europa League.

With kickoff a month out from when this form was recorded, squads and form could look quite different by the time the sides actually meet. Nothing here should be read as a fixed script for how the match plays out.