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Steaua Bucharest will take on Dynamo Kiev at the National Arena knowing that they can qualify only if they win and Aalborg does not defeat Rio Ave. Dynamo Kiev will finish first in the standings if they do not lose this game.
Steaua has been far from impressive lately and in all honesty they should be in a big crisis right now if not for some huge refereeing errors and fixed match suspicions that allowed them to escape with a couple of narrow wins in the last few games in Romania. The level of football is just not there for the hosts and they find themselves in a very tough situation after losing 1-0 to Aalborg last round. The hosts are also in an unpleasant situation as their brand and trophies have been taken away in court by an old society, so there`s a little uncertainty about the future.
Dynamo Kiev is already qualified, but the visitors will not rest any players and have dominated this group so clearly that you have to fancy them tonight even in the current situation. Dynamo will qualify from the first place with a draw, but can also do it with a loss as long as Aalborg does not defeat Rio Ave. Dynamo is in great form with 4 consecutive wins and they are on the first place in Ukraine, 5 points clear of Shakhtar.
Bet on Steaua vs. Dynamo Kiev with the highest Europa League odds at Pinnacle.
Team news & lineups
Steaua is healthy ahead of this game, no major injuries or suspensions. Dynamo Kiev misses Garmash, Vida and Makarenko but the Ukrainians are expected to field the best available lineup today, no more than 1-2 permutations (if any).
Steaua: Arlauskis – Papp, Szukała, Varela, Latovlevici – Prepeliţă, Sânmărtean – Ad. Popa, Chipciu, Tănase – Keserü
Dinamo Kiev: Rybka – Danilo Silva, Khacheridi, Dragović, Burda – Sydorchuk, Rybalka – Yarmolenko, Belhanda, Lens – Kravets
Steaua has much more motivation today but I doubt they can win this game even in these circumstances. Dynamo Kiev is miles better in terms of quality (as seen in the 3-1 first leg win) and level of football right now, they made it clear they want to win this game and I fully expect the visitors to punish a desperate and out of form Steaua side. The visitors will be focused to get at least a draw in order to end the group standings in the first place. Look for Dynamo Kiev to hit on counters when Steaua will try to go forward. If Aalborg gets an advantage early in Rio Ave, Steaua will be totally deflated and the Ukrainians can capitalize on this. My tip is Dynamo Kiev +0,5 handicap and I`m staking 9 units on this bet. Prediction: Steaua Bucharest – Dynamo Kiev 1-2.
Pick: Dynamo Kiev (+0,5 handicap)
Odds: 1.74 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 6.66
Event date: 11 December
Man, Steaua played better in Kiev than Dynamo till they conceded! Also in Aalborg they played very well but were unlucky!
first statement – I don`t agree at all. Dynamo was 1 class above Steaua, no doubt about that, Steaua had some stretches of good play but that`s it – and Steaua was in better form back then.
second statement – true (in the sense that they deserved a draw, but I don`t think they played ‘very well’).
I don’t understand why you always find these complicated games where it’s close match up…It’s like you don’t want people to make money…anyone can win here…
Bet on Dinamo vs Celtic, Dinamo should win good odds and amazing bet in my opinion. Napoli should win too…
I view things differently. This is the match on which I had the most information on, so I chose to analyze it, ending up with the +0,5 prediction.
I think it`s a matter on opinion. What might look like a solid match to you can look like a bad one to be (and viceversa). Anyway, mine and yours won, so it`s all good :).