One of the several Europa League games taking place on Thursday night will be played at the Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, as Club Brugge take on Dynamo Kiev. This is the second of the tie and the score is delicately poised at 1-1 following the first leg in Kiev.
Club Brugge fell a goal behind on the 62nd minute in the first leg but it took them only 7 minutes to respond and score the equalising goal. Following the draw in Ukraine, Club Brugge recorded a 3-0 home win over OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division A to cement their place at the top of the table.
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Trends show Club Brugge are undefeated in their last 12 matches in all competitions. They have won 11 of those 12 games, with the only draw coming in the Europa League last week.
The Belgian club find themselves at this stage of the Europa League having finished third in their Champions League group this season. In a group containing Borussia Dortmund, Zenit, and Lazio, Club Brugge did well to finish third, above Zenit thanks to two victories over the Russian club. Club Brugge also picked up a point home and away against Lazio.
Home form in the Europa League shows Club Brugge are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 games.
Dynamo Kiev will be disappointed to have conceded an away goal so soon after having taken the lead in the first leg. They were also held to a 1-1 draw at Desna in the Ukraine Premier League on the weekend but that result leaves them 1 point clear of Shakhtar Donetsk at the top of the table.
Trends show Dynamo Kiev are undefeated in each of their last 6 matches in all competitions. However, they have picked up just two victories in those 6 games.
Like their opponents, Dynamo Kiev started this season in the Champions League and finished third in their group behind Juventus and Barcelona.
With the Italian and Spanish giants in the same group, it was always going to be difficult for Dynamo Kiev to finish in the top two places but they did manage to finish above Ferencvaros, having picked up 4 points off the Hungarian club.
Dynamo Kiev have struggled to win matches in the Europa League and have won only 1 of their last 7 in the competition.
Team news and Club Brugge have been hit by COVID-19, with Mats Rits, Noa Lang, Hans Vanaken, Matej Mitrovic, and Stefano Denswil all out of this match because of the virus.
Dynamo Kiev travel without the injured trio of Tudor Baluta, Volodymyr Kostevych, and Mykyta Burda.
We expect to see another close game, in keeping with what we saw in the first leg. Both teams could find the back of the net and it may simply come down to away goals, with a 2-2 draw being enough for Dynamo Kiev to progress.