Dinamo Zagreb vs Astana

Dinamo Zagreb are the reigning Croatian champions after an excellent campaign last season. However, the new season has not started in the best way and the team is now aiming to win Kazakhstan.

In a close and complicated knockout round, Astana managed to win and qualify for the quarterfinals, but will struggle to reach the semi-finals as they face one of the group stage contenders.

Dinamo Zagreb have won 24 of their 36 games this season, losing just three, and have won the Croatian championship by a margin of 10 points.

The team was able to score at a high offensive level, averaging more than two goals per game, and at a high defensive level, averaging less than one goal per game.

It should be noted that his best performances have been in home games, as he has not lost any of the games he has played and has managed to score most of the goals he has scored.

After playing a series of friendlies, four in total, without losing any, the team started the current season by winning the Croatian Super Cup, after beating Hadjuk Split, but lost the first game of the tournament against the same opponent by 1-2.

After being crowned Kazakhstan champions by a small margin of one point, Astana managed to keep their chances of qualifying for the Champions League group stage alive.

Repeating the title this season seems to be a difficult task for the team, which currently occupies second place despite a total of 12 wins in 17 games and only two defeats.

The truth is that the team had a difficult first round, beating Dinamo Tbilisi with a tight 2-3 aggregate result, but the team's situation does not seem to be evolving much from this stage.