Thursday evening, at 17:55, Chelsea must perform a simple formality in moving from Dinamo Kiev, second hand to the optimum UEFA Europa League. The English team won 3-0 on their own and the guests will be very careful in Ukraine.
Without having to win the qualifying, Chelsea hopes to continue the good road trip in the European Cups. This season, Maurizio Sarri’s team won the Malmo, PAOK and BATE Borisov victories and drew to Mol Vidi (2-2), but he has not crashed in the Europa League for more than six years! The last failure was suffered in 2013 on Rubin Kazan’s field, and since then we have witnessed 5 wins and a draw for white-blue.
In the tour, Pedro’s rapid defeat defeated Aleksandr Khatskevich’s defensive plans, and Chelsea had a definite new success. It was for the third time in the last four matches in the Europa League where the Londoners win with at least three scored goals but without cashing! The difference in value between the two batches is obvious, even if Maurizio Sarri will use more reserves again. We expect Chelsea to pass calmly and patiently, given the advance on the tour, and the game of construction of the guests should give them big headshots from the Dinamo Kiev midfielder.
Both teams come after a good domestic run, even if Chelsea was lucky with a draw from home, with Wolverhampton (1-1) in the final round of the championship. Besides the weekend draw, Chelsea has won convincing victories with Dinamo Kiev (3-0), Fulham (2-1) and Tottenham (2-0), and the Europa League stake is huge for the band on Stamford Bridge. Given that the top 4 fight in England is very difficult, Chelsea can qualify for the next edition of the Champions League if it wins the UEL trophy. Dinamo Kiev comes after victories with Zoria (5-0), Desna (2-1) and Arsenal Kiev (4-0), and midfielder Denis Garmash will be an important danger to Willy Caballero’s gate.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS AT DINAMO KIEV – CHELSEA
Dinamo Kiev: Boyko – Kedziora, Burda, Shabanov, Mykolenko – Sydorchuk, Garmash – Tsyganov, Shaparenko, Buyalskiy – Sidcley
Chelsea: Caballero, Zappacosta, Christensen, Luiz, Alonso, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Barkley, Willian, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,82
