Gent host the first leg in this deciding Champions League Play-offs game. Dynamo Kyiv will try their very best to bring a solid result back to NSK Olimpijs'kyj (old) before the return leg in 9 days.
It's no vacation for neither Gent nor Dynamo Kyiv as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dynamo Kyiv have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Gent form and stats
Action has already taken place for Gent in Champions League as they have defeated Rapid Wien to reach the Play-offs. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Gent's two home games in the Pro League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at GHELAMCO-arena.
Gent are returning here after visiting Royal Excel Mouscron in a Pro League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. N. Dorsch scored the goal(s). Before that, Gent had a Champions League home game versus Rapid Wien which ended with a victory 2-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gent have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus OH Leuven in only three days. This game is also played here at GHELAMCO-arena.
At GHELAMCO-arena, Gent has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated AZ in order to reach Play-offs of Champions League. Dynamo's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Dynamo Kyiv had fun at their own home (GHELAMCO-arena) last time out, beating Lviv 3-1. Viktor Tsygankov, Vladyslav Supryaga and Mykola Shaparenko scored. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs AZ.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Dynamo manager M. Lucescu as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Minai.
Dynamo Kyiv have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Gent victories, zero draws and two Dynamo Kyiv wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Plastun 2 goals |   V. Tsygankov 2 goals |  V. Supriaha 2 goals |
Gent missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Gent | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 52 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 70% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 201 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 235 | ||
| 96 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 100 | ||
| 32% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Kortrijk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Antwerp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Genk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Mechelen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vorskla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Mariupol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | Desna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Minai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Zorya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Lviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |