Renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of Football magazine Artem Frankov has prepared a forecast for the Ukrainian championship match between Dynamo and Vorskla.
Artem Frankov"The final match of the 7th round of the Ukrainian championship, the long-awaited return of Dynamo not only to Kyiv at their home stadium named after Lobanovskyi, but also after a kind of European Cup holidays - in total, three Dynamo matches have already been postponed, however, I do not see any problems with their completion now - there is plenty of time! There are no more European Cups for Kyiv this season.
Dynamo's position in the UPL standings is very peculiar. Despite the defeat to Chornomorets (2-3), who were beaten by Vorskla (2-1), the Kyiv team is in first place in terms of points lost and with one hundred per cent of the points they can overtake Shakhtar, who are confidently in the lead. Unfortunately, Dynamo's defensive performance this season has been so unconvincing that it is hard to believe that they will be able to play catch-up. However, Dynamo, like everyone else, hasn't played for two and a half weeks, so maybe something has changed in this regard. But you do believe that Kyiv's defence has become more reliable without Sydorchuk...
That's the problem here. Yes, there were matches in the European Cups when Dynamo conceded no more than one goal, just like in the first round against Minaj. But in the UPL, Mircea Lucescu's team will have to attack and, accordingly, open up. At least some of the teams are able to take advantage of this - perhaps not in the same way as Besiktas in Bucharest or Chornomorets in Odesa, but quite convincingly and effectively.
"Vorskla is a serious opponent, and I think the first-round elimination of Dila from Gori in the Conference League is forgotten. In the league, after two defeats at the start, Viktor Skrypnyk's team won three in a row, demonstrating quite strongly that the team has some powder in its guns: Stepaniuk is still formidable in attack, and Isenko is quite reliable in the frame (despite the match in Gora, where he was scored on and even more).
Nevertheless, the bookmakers see Dynamo as the clear favourite in the match. I will agree with them with reservations: the hosts will most likely score more than once, but how much will they get in return? Even on TV 3, the coefficient is only 2.0, which is quite low - not the German championship, where they can charge 1.5, but still.
My bet: TB 4.0 for 3.50 - in three of their league matches, Dynamo confidently hit this bet," said Frankov.
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