Dynamo Kyiv vs PAOK Prediction: PAOK can pick up an advantage

Dynamo Kyiv meet PAOK in the Europa League second qualifying round with a place in Europe’s second competition on the line. The contest will take place at the Motor Lublin Arena in Poland, before the teams head for Greece in next week’s second leg.

Dynamo Kyiv needed penalties to get past Universitatea Cluj in the previous qualifying round and the Ukrainians will hope for more comfortable progress in round two.

Team News

Dynamo Kyiv left-back Kostyantyn Vivcharenko sustained a knee injury in the previous round of Europa League qualifiers and has undergone surgery.

Mykola Mykhaylenko continues his recovery from a knee operation, Vladyslav Zakharchenko is out with ankle ligament damage, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Reshat Ramadani, Roman Salenko and Vladyslav Kabaev are all set to miss out.

Football Odds

PAOK forward Fedor Chalov is struggling with a meniscus injury and the visitors also look set to be without Shola Shoretire.

Dynamo Kyiv vs PAOK Odds

Dynamo Kyiv are 15/8 to win in Poland, with PAOK 13/10 and the draw available at 2/1. Under 2.5 goals is fancied at 8/13, while both teams to score is a 10/11 chance.

PAOK to beat Dynamo Kyiv @ 13/10 

Dynamo Kyiv could only finish fourth in the Ukrainian top flight last season and this is not a time of progress for the Blue and Whites.

Ihor Kostyuk’s men needed penalties to get past a pretty poor Universitatea Cluj in the previous round of Europa League qualifiers and Dynamo failed to score a single goal across those two matches.

Kostyantyn Vivcharenko, Mykola Mykhaylenko, Vladyslav Zakharchenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Reshat Ramadani, Roman Salenko and Vladyslav Kabaev are all on the injury list for the Blue and Whites and those absent players make the task against PAOK even more difficult.

The Greeks were good enough to get out of the league stage of the Europa League last year, before losing to Celta Vigo in the playoff round, which isn’t an awful effort, considering Dynamo Kyiv failed to reach the knockout phase of last term’s Conference League.

Dikefalos have beefed up their squad in the summer and Alessio Lisci's men can take a first-leg advantage in Poland.

PAOK to win 1-0 @ 11/2

At 11/2, a small play on PAOK to win 1-0 could also pay dividends. Dikefalos kept clean sheets against Rijeka, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Young Boys and Real Betis in Europe last season and Dynamo Kyiv are lacking in attack.

The Blue and Whites failed to score a single goal in the two legs of their first Europa League qualifying round contest against Universitatea Cluj and the Ukrainians managed just five shots on target and two corners in the second leg of that tie.

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