On August 6, from 19:30 pm, Club Brugge receives the visit of Dinamo Kiev, at Jan Breydel Stadium, in the first leg of the preliminary round 3 of the UEFA Champions League. The Belgians come after a categorical victory in the championship, having the first chance at victory against a rigorous and disciplined opponent.
Brugge comes to this match without going through the caudinous forks of the UEFA Champions League preliminaries. Also, Dinamo Kiev is in the first European match this season, which could bring some caution on both sides. On the other hand, Brugge has had excellent performances lately, from an offensive point of view.
In the championship, Brugge prevailed with 3-1 in front of Waasland and with 6-0 in own field, in front of St. Truidense. In the friendly of the summer, the Belgians scored automatically in the matches with St. Gilloise (3-2) and Sporting Lisbon (3-2), and the presence of players such as Vanaken, Okereke or Dennis should be a threatening factor for Ukrainians.
Without impressing in Europe in recent years, those from Dinamo Kiev will come to think of a more precise defense, so as not to complicate the qualification mission even more, before returning from Kiev. We rely on a game dominated by Brugge, but Dinamo is a good level team that can defend effectively. Ukrainians recently won the Super Cup in their country, after 2-1 with Sahtior Donetk, a match in which the decisive goals were scored by Burda (’80) and Garmash (’83), after Alan (’45 +3) opened the scoring for “miners”. A balanced duel is announced at Brugge, between two well-organized teams.
PREDICTION: Club Brugge KV to win @ 2,00
