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Dynamo Kiev meets Stoke City in the first game of the group stage of Europa League on September 15th 2011 at 18:00 UK time
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Dynamo Kiev
Dynamo Kiev reached the group stage of Europa League, after starting from the Play-off round. They had to face the Bulgarian champion from last season Litex Lovech. A victory in Bulgaria with the minimal 1:0 and a victory in Ukraine with 2:1 sent the team in the Group E, where Dynamo will have to face Stoke, Besiktas and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Dynamo has a positive record against English opponents at home in Europe, overall record of W4 D4 L2. Last 5 home matches in Europe brought 3 victories, a draw and a loss to Manchester United in 2007-8 in CL. Last home loss was back in 1992/93, so close to 18 years.
Stoke City
Stoke City started from the third qualifying round of Europa League facing Hajduk Split. Two minimal victories with the score 1:0 placed the team in the play-off stage. Next opponent was FC Thun, who had previously eliminated Palermo. However Stoke met no resistance, winning the first match away with 1:0 and at home with 4:1. This is the first time Stoke City will meet an Ukrainian team, and therefore they have no statistics against any. Stoke is back in Europe after the enormous 37 years of absence.
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Prediction
Despite the fact that there is no statistics for this game, Dynamo is the clear favorite here. Unbeaten at home for over 18 years, the team has recorded six wins and eight draws.
Stoke City is a tough opponent and has not conceded an away goal in the past 3 away games in Europe. The odds for a home victory in this game are @ 1.80 while the draw and the away victory are priced respectively at 3.50 and 4.50 (Paddy Power)
My prediction, both teams will be more focused not to lose their first match, than to try to win it, therefore a draw with very few goals.
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