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Dinamo Zagreb v Celtic: Key stats

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  • This will be the seventh meeting between Dinamo Zagreb and Celtic in European competition (including qualifiers), with both teams sharing three wins each in the previous six.

  • The last time these teams met was back in December 2014, with Dinamo Zagreb winning 4-3 at home to Celtic in the Europa League group stage. This remains the most goals they've scored in a game against a British side in major European competition.

  • Daizen Maeda has netted three goals for Celtic in the Champions League this season. The last player to score more for the club in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign was Joseph Craig back in 1977-1978 (four).

  • All three of Marko Pjaca's goals for Dinamo Zagreb in European competition have been scored against Celtic, courtesy of a hat-trick he netted against them back in December 2014. Indeed, he remains the youngest player to score a European hat-trick for the Croatian side.

  • Dinamo Zagreb have been the most direct side in possession in the Champions League this season, progressing the ball upfield (in open play) quicker than every other team on average (2.02 metres per second).

  • Dinamo Zagreb had an expected goals total of just 0.14 in their previous Champions League game (0-3 v Borussia Dortmund). Only one side has had a lower total in a home match in the competition so far this season: Slovan Bratislava (0.1) v Manchester City.

  • Unbeaten in their last three (W1 D2), Celtic will be looking to go four games unbeaten in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League for the first time since October 1986.

  • Both of Dinamo Zagreb's victories in the Champions League this season have come away from home (2-0 v RB Salzburg and 4-1 v Slovan Bratislava). On home soil, they've only won two of their last 13 games in the competition (D3 L8) and are winless in their last four (D2 L2).

  • Among teams to have played 50+ games in the Champions League, Dinamo Zagreb (68%) and Celtic (57%) are two of the three sides who've lost the highest percentage of their games (along with Anderlecht – 58%).