This will be the ninth meeting between RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in all European competitions, the most either Salzburg or Zagreb have faced a single opponent in Europe; Salzburg have won four of the previous eight (D3 L1).

Dinamo Zagreb have played two away UEFA Champions League matches in Austria and have lost both games 1-0, against Sturm Graz in 1999 and RB Salzburg in 2022.

RB Salzburg are without a win in their last seven games in the UEFA Champions League (D1 L6), failing to score in five of those games, with their last victory in the competition coming courtesy of a 2-0 group stage away win over Benfica September 2023.

Dinamo Zagreb are looking for their first win in eight games in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L5), last tasting victory in September 2022 at home to Chelsea in the group stages.

RB Salzburg have lost each of their last five home games in the UEFA Champions League; the longest current run in the competition. This is as many defeats as they suffered through their first 15 home games in the competition (W5 D5 L5), between September 1994 and October 2022.

Despite shipping a record 11 goals over the first two Matchdays, Dinamo Zagreb have been working hard, with only Internazionale (878) applying more high pressures over the first two Matchdays than the Croatians (784).

Through the opening two matchdays of this season’s UEFA Champions League, RB Salzburg were the team who completed the most dribbles (29 in two games). Meanwhile, only three sides completed more than Dinamo Zagreb in the same period (23): RB Salzburg (29), Milan (25) and Crvena Zvezda (24).

Last time out against Brest, RB Salzburg’s starting XI had an average age of just 22 years and 93 days, the 10th youngest in UEFA Champions League history. Indeed, over the first two Matchdays, the Austrians have posted the youngest starting XI on average (22 years 112 days).

Against Monaco on Matchday 2, Martin Baturina became the first Dinamo Zagreb player to both score and assist in a game in the UEFA Champions League since Bruno Petkovic in November 2019 (vs Shakhtar Donetsk). No Dinamo Zagreb player has ever done so in more than one game in the competition.

Across the opening two matchdays of this season’s UEFA Champions League, only Morgan Rogers (9) completed more dribbles than RB Salzburg’s Amar Dedic (8). Indeed, the Bosnian has completed all eight of the dribbles he’s attempted in the competition this term (100%).