Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League 16th Finals between Club Brugge and Dynamo Kyiv. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's no vacation for neither Brugge 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 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Club Brugge form and stats
Last season, Brugge's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.Club Brugge have performed here at Jan Breydelstadion this season with 10 wins from 14 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. Ever since the Gent game Brugge has been unbeatable here at Jan Breydelstadion producing five straight wins. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Club Brugge has won nine games in a row. The Gent match was the last time out without a victory.
Brugge are confident in defense, having played 267 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Dynamo Kyiv that finished 1-1.
There will be little rest for Club Brugge after this match as they are travelling to Gent for a Pro League game in only three days.
Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 27 goals in 14 league matches. Brugge are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Dynamo Kyiv so far, with 6-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. Dynamo are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Desna in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Club Brugge in the Europa League.
Dynamo Kyiv has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Lviv in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Dynamo manager M. Lucescu has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 7 league matches. It's not easy to score on Dynamo Kyiv as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dynamo Kyiv - Brugge 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Brugge one win, two draws and Dynamo Kyiv zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Lang 11 goals |   V. Tsygankov 9 goals |  H. Vanaken 6 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Club Brugge | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 40 | 63 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Genk | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | KV Oostende | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | -3 | 40 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | -5 | 40 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Mechelen | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting Charleroi | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 39 |
| 12 | Gent | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 31 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -19 | 26 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -23 | 25 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Zorya | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Desna | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Lviv | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 12 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Minai | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 10 |