Dynamo Kiev will be looking to overcome recent history when they face Fiorentina in the Europa League quarter-finals first leg on Thursday. The Ukrainian side have never been able to beat the Italians in four previous meetings. Fiorentina have met Ukrainian sides eight times before and never lost, they recorded five wins and three draws. Dynamo have won just two of their 18 matches against Italian sides, both against Roma in 2004.
Dynamo Kiev have knocked out Everton in the previous round and they are also dominating their domestic league as they are five points clear at the top of the table. They have been defeated just once in their last 11 matches. They have also won their last five home matches in Europe by at least two goals.
Fiorentina are coming from two consecutive defeats in the Serie A, results that might leave them out of next season's Champions League. However, if they win the Europa League they will secure a qualification spot in Europe's elite competition. They are unbeaten in their last 11 away matches in Europe. Moreover, they have never lost a quarter-final tie in this competition. In the last round Fiorentina marched past fellow Italian side Roma.
Probable line-ups:
Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy - Danilo Silva, Khacheridi, Dragovic, Vida - Rybalka, Belhanda, Garmash, Yarmolenko, Lens - Mbokani
Fiorentina: Neto - Richards, Basanta, G Rodriguez, Alonso - Borja Valero, Pizarro, Badelj - Ilicic, Salah, Gomez
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Dynamo win - 2.37 Draw - 3.30 Fiorentina win - 3.30
galata86 8 years ago
Fiorentina is great team, they were better in this match and maybe they deserved more than 1-1 but that is not bad result for them and I am sure that with their quality they won't have any problems at home. Dynamo Kiev showed that this is great team in last round against Everton but I think that here is the end of their...
Fiorentina is great team, they were better in this match and maybe they deserved more than 1-1 but that is not bad result for them and I am sure that with their quality they won't have any problems at home. Dynamo Kiev showed that this is great team in last round against Everton but I think that here is the end of their playing in Europe this year.
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Shumar4life 8 years ago
Fiorentina got's the result which they want and I strongly believe that they have more quality then Dinamo. They will play next match on their own turf, they will have support of their fans, and they are huge favorits. Dinamo played bravely but I think that they have nothing to search for in next match.
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rikimartin4444_115925 8 years ago
Wow, congratulations! You have predicted the exact result of the match. It was an interesting game, it is obvious that Fiorentina is favorite in the two matches. They had a lot of shots on goal, they tried everything possible to get to equalizing and eventually succeeded. They will try to win the trophy Europa League and...
Wow, congratulations! You have predicted the exact result of the match. It was an interesting game, it is obvious that Fiorentina is favorite in the two matches. They had a lot of shots on goal, they tried everything possible to get to equalizing and eventually succeeded. They will try to win the trophy Europa League and come to play Champions League next season.
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mdacic 8 years ago
This is another interesting match in Europa League. We all know that teams from eastern Europe love to play this competition and Dynamo Kiev is one of them. They were better than Everton in last round and now they are leading 1-0 at half time against Fiorentina. They have great squad and I think that they can surprise everyone...
This is another interesting match in Europa League. We all know that teams from eastern Europe love to play this competition and Dynamo Kiev is one of them. They were better than Everton in last round and now they are leading 1-0 at half time against Fiorentina. They have great squad and I think that they can surprise everyone and go to the end and maybe win trophy.
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sharpe 8 years ago
Dynamo Kiev is a way bigger team in terms of tradition in the European football, but if we see the current codition of those two Fiorentina have to be consider for a favourite in this clash. The Ukrainians are very good home team as the proved in the last round and Fiorentina will have a tough first game.
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seculla 8 years ago
When you see which teams will play and their line ups maybe you'll think that Fiorentina is big favorite in this quarter final in Europa League. But I'm not so sure of that, yes, Fiorentina are favorites but Dynamo Kiev is very strong team and they prove that this season in this competition. If Dynamo can't stay unbeaten...
When you see which teams will play and their line ups maybe you'll think that Fiorentina is big favorite in this quarter final in Europa League. But I'm not so sure of that, yes, Fiorentina are favorites but Dynamo Kiev is very strong team and they prove that this season in this competition. If Dynamo can't stay unbeaten on their own stadium there will be no chance for them in Italy.
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