Benfica vs Dynamo Kyiv: prediction for the Champions League match

Benfica vs Dynamo Kyiv: prediction for the Champions League match

Over the past five years opponents have played three matches. The advantage in this confrontation is on the side of Benfica, who have two wins and one draw. It happened in September, in the first round of the group stage of the current Champions League. Then none of the sides managed to distinguish themselves.

Benfica

Benfica found themselves in a difficult group, where they were the clear favorite in the person of Bayern, as well as the crisis Barcelona and seriously inferior in the class to Dynamo. Definitely, the team of Jorge Jesus had hoped for second place initially, but in the first match they stumbled in Kyiv, having scored a goalless draw with Dynamo.

However, in the second round the Eagles were much more convincing. In the home match with Barcelona they scored three times, having managed to keep their gates shut. Two defeats to Bayern with a total score of 2:9 did not leave Benfica the right to make mistakes in the away match with Barcelona. The Eagles did not take full advantage of their chances. A zero draw left them on the third line, but the blue pomegranate have only two points more.

Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo, finding themselves in a very difficult group, where all opponents have superiority in class, could only count on a miracle, but it did not happen. However, the start for Mircea Lucescu's team turned out to be quite solid. In the home match with Benfica they had many chances and even scored a goal at the end of the match, but his referee canceled and recorded a goalless draw.

Having lost 0:5 without a chance in Munich to Bayern Munich, the Kyivans in the confrontation with Barcelona had to take points in order to be able to compete for at least third place. But the difference in the class was too great. Twice "blue-garnet" were stronger. The 1:2 defeat from the unmotivated Bayern Munich in the last round put an end to Dynamo's chances of catching on to the third line.

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