On Friday, starting with 15:00, the match Olimpik Donetk – Dinamo Kiev will be played, within the first stage of Ukraine, the first league. Dinamo Kiev is unbeaten in the last 6 direct matches with Olimpik Donetk, and in the previous season, it obtained four points out of six. The vice-champion of Ukraine drew at home, score 1-1, but won away with 3-1. However, Friday’s match is scheduled in Kiev, at the “Valeri Lobanovsky” stadium.
Olimpik Donetsk is in the 7th consecutive season in the first league in Ukraine, where it finished 9th in the previous season. Since 2017, the Donetsk group has been playing its home matches in Kiev, on the multifunctional stadium “Valeri Lobanovsky”. The team coached by the local Ihor Klymovskyi, has in the group 7 foreigners, among which stands out the Frenchman Maxime Do Couto Teixeira, former at Tours and international U19 of France.
Mircea Lucescu begins his adventure at Dinamo Kiev with an interesting duel in Ukraine. The vice-champion has not lost in the last 6 direct meetings, but she has not scored more than 3 goals per match in this interval. Analyzing the debuts of “Il Luce” at Sahtior Donetsk, Zenit St. Petersburg and the Turkish national team, his teams did not score more than 1 goal in the first match. However, Olimpik Donekt is quite defensive with the “giants” of Ukraine, and the dispute with Dinamo Kiev is pragmatic.
Olimpik Donetsk won the second league in Ukraine in 2013/2014;
The “whites” have 7 consecutive seasons in the first league;
Dinamo Kiev won 15 Ukrainian championship titles;
Mircea Lucescu’s team has not won the title since 2015/2016;
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,55
