The first of two encounters in the Champions League Play-offs, as the hometeam Dynamo Kyiv will try to edge Benfica in their own ballpark.
These teams have little in common geographically as Benfica have to travel 4100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Benfica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Casa Pia. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Action has already taken place for Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League as they have defeated Sturm Graz and Fenerbahce to reach the Play-offs. Dynamo participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Dynamo Kyiv are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Dynamo Kyiv has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Dynamo Kyiv are returning here after visiting Sturm Graz in a Champions League fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. The attacking player Tsygankov was declared "man of the match" for Dynamo Kyiv with a rating of 8.82/10. Tsygankov scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).
The Dynamo Kyiv manager Lucescu has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Dynamo have only let in 3 goals at home.
Benfica form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Midtjylland in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Benfica's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Benfica playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
Benfica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Two away games in a row for Benfica, whose manager Schmidt could celebrate last time after the win against Casa Pia. Midfield player Fernández was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Fernández hit one key pass and had 102 successful passes (of 113 total).
hometeam won
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Benfica has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Benfica have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Dynamo.Top Goalscorers
  V. Tsygankov 11 goals |  V. Buyalskyy 9 goals |  D. Harmash 7 goals |
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
Benfica missing players
| Dynamo Kyiv | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 6 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 4 | Scored | S | 21 | 56 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 34% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 45 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Zorya | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Veres | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Lviv | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Minai | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Porto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Estoril | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Boavista | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Vizela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Casa Pia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Chaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Arouca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Rio Ave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
