On Wednesday, from 16:30, Dinamo Kiev will receive the visit of Shakhtar Donetsk, in a match for the 25th round of the Ukrainian championship. The match will take place at the “NSC Olimpiyskiy” stadium in Kiev.
Although the two groups have gone to the head lately, winning league matches in the championship, there is this solid advantage of seven points that Shakhtar holds at the top of the hierarchy. Basically, realistically speaking, we can consider the Wednesday night duel in Kiev as a crucial one for the hosts. If Dinamo is not approaching four points, which, however, represents a considerable handicap in the face of a Sahtior who is confusing very rarely, we could say that the Kiev group will say goodbye to the title this year as well. On the other hand, we have a balanced duel, at least after the first 45 minutes. The hosts will pull hard to stay in cards and not lose this duel, while Sahtior can not declare dissatisfied with a draw trapped in Kiev.
In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, Dinamo Kiev imposed five times, Sahtior in three other rows, while the other two duels ended in a tie;
The previous direct dispute took place less than three weeks ago in the quarter-finals of the Ukrainian Cup, when Sahtior qualified further, following the penalty shoot-outs;
The last match directly from “Olimpiyskiy” took place in the regular season tour, when Dinamo Kiev imposed the limit, score 1-0;
Given the circumstances of this game, we expect a balanced deployment of hostilities. In such a derby and such a hurry in the hierarchy of Ukraine, we think we will find a balance on the scoreboard, at least after the first 45 minutes.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,76
