Dynamo Kiev – Everton

In form Dynamo Kiev hosts Everton in the Europa League, hoping to overturn a 2-1 first leg deficit.

Dynamo was very close to get a scoring draw in England, but lost due to a late goal of Lukaku and now find themselves needing to win at home … far from an impossible task looking at the fact that they are still undefeated in all competitions in Kiev this season. Actually Dynamo lost just three games all season, all in Europa League: vs. Aalborg, Guingamp and Everton. In Ukraine the hosts are virtually champions and have won all three games since the league and the cup restarted, playing good football … including 5-0 vs. Illychivets last weekend. Dynamo has some problems in the lineup again, missing 5 players and probably also key forward Jermaine Lens.

Dynamo Kiev lineup: Shovkovskiy – Vida, Silva, Dragovic, Antunes – Veloso, Rybalka – Yarmolenko, Kravets, Gusev – Mbokani

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Everton is an atypical English team this season in the sense that Europa League is all they have and they are focusing all their energy on it. The league has been a total disaster for the visitors and they are sitting on the 14th place … but they showed some improvements lately with a 3-0 win over Newcastle in the weekend. Hibbert, McGeady, Oviedo and Pienaar are unavailable for selection for Everton today.

Everton lineup: Howard – Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Baines – McCarthy, Barry – Naismith, Barkley, Mirallas – Lukaku

Dynamo Kiev is the team in form, but I feel that Everton will be the team to qualify. Hosts miss a lot of players at the moment, while Everton is on a 2 game winning streak, improving their level of football and gaining conficence. Looking at Everton’s offense, they have the required quality to punish Dynamo Kiev if the hosts get restless and start leaving open spaces at the back. Overall, it looks like the odds on Dynamo Kiev have gone much lower than they should considering the first leg result and the new found form of Everton … so my tip will be Everton to qualify. Correct score prediction: Dynamo Kiev – Everton 1-1.

Pick: Everton to qualify
Odds: 1.59 @ 10Bet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 4.72
Event date: 19 March