Premier League prediction: Dynamo Kyiv should edge out Minai on their own turf

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: NSK Olimpijs'kyj (70050 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new campaign for Dynamo Kyiv and Minai. The page is blank, the opportunities unlimited.

It's quite the trip for Minai when visiting Dynamo Kyiv as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Dynamo Kyiv form and stats

The previous season, Dynamo Kyiv's league stats were 18 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, ending with 4th place in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored {51 goals} and let in 25. Playing at home in the former season Dynamo Kyiv produced 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 13 conceded.

Dynamo have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dynamo Kyiv scored {20 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these five games.

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Minai form and stats

Let's have a look at how Minai performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Minai as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Minai have played seven with the results W2-D2-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Minai has scored {10 goals} and conceded 11 times.

Head 2 Head

The 8 most recent games featuring these sides have all finished as Dynamo wins. Will history repeat itself?

Dynamo Kyiv missing players

Minai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dynamo Kyiv Minai
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Dynamo Kyiv Last season Minai
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
18 7   Won W   5 8
6 4   Drew D   4 9
6 4   Lost L   6 13
51 22   Scored S   12 22
25 13   Conceded C   16 33
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 57%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 23%
23% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 7%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
43% 33%   BTTS BTTS   47% 43%
47% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 27%
17% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 37%
 
6.3 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.7
3.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.4
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.4 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 6.7
4.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 2.8
42% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 26%
 
5.3 5.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.6
2.7 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4

Last season 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 30 22 6 2 69 21 15 12 3 0 30 9 15 10 3 2 39 12 48 72
2 Dnipro-1 30 21 4 5 61 27 15 11 2 2 34 13 15 10 2 3 27 14 34 67
3 Zorya 30 21 4 5 64 31 15 11 3 1 35 17 15 10 1 4 29 14 33 67
4 Dynamo Kyiv 30 18 6 6 51 25 15 7 4 4 22 13 15 11 2 2 29 12 26 60
5 Vorskla 30 13 6 11 38 37 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 5 3 7 19 24 1 45
6 Oleksandria 30 10 14 6 42 39 15 6 6 3 26 22 15 4 8 3 16 17 3 44
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 12 5 13 26 30 15 8 2 5 14 13 15 4 3 8 12 17 -4 41
8 Kolos Kovalivka 30 10 6 14 23 36 15 6 2 7 14 16 15 4 4 7 9 20 -13 36
9 Chornomorets 30 9 8 13 35 40 15 2 4 9 12 22 15 7 4 4 23 18 -5 35
10 Minai 30 8 9 13 22 33 15 3 5 7 10 17 15 5 4 6 12 16 -11 33
11 Rukh Vynnyky 30 7 11 12 31 37 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 12 22 -6 32
12 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 6 14 10 23 42 15 4 5 6 13 26 15 2 9 4 10 16 -19 32
13 Veres 30 8 7 15 35 45 15 3 4 8 15 22 15 5 3 7 20 23 -10 31
14 Inhulets 30 8 7 15 22 34 15 5 2 8 10 15 15 3 5 7 12 19 -12 31
15 Metal Kharkiv 30 5 7 18 27 58 15 2 5 8 14 31 15 3 2 10 13 27 -31 22
16 Lviv 30 3 4 23 18 52 15 2 2 11 10 26 15 1 2 12 8 26 -34 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tigres UANL W 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 8 6
2 Toluca W 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Querétaro W 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
4 America W 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
5 Pachuca W 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 Leon W 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Cruz Azul W 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
8 Pumas UNAM W 2 1 0 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9 Guadalajara W 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Tijuana W 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Monterrey W 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Juarez W 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 1
13 Atletico San Luis 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 1
14 Santos Laguna W 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Necaxa W 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Atlas W 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Mazatlan W 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 Puebla W 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.