Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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14.04. (Thu) 21:05 Sporting Braga - Dynamo Kiev



DID YOU KNOW?

* Dynamo Kiev have played 11 games against Portuguese sides, winning three, losing seven, and drawing one.

* The White-Blues have a very poor record in Portugal. They have recorded only one win, against Porto in 2008, and four losses in which they scored two goals and conceded 13.

* Roman Eremenko and Andriy Yarmolenko have played in every Europa League game for the Ukrainian outfit since the start of the season.

* Artem Milevskiy is Dynamo Kiev's top goalscorer in the competition with five goals.

* Oleg Gusev's own goal in the first leg was the 50th conceded by Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League and Uefa Cup.

* Braga have won six of their seven home games in Europe this season without conceding a single goal.

* All of Braga's four goals in the Europa League this season have been scored in the first half.

* Braga midfielder Hugo Viana played against Dynamo Kiev during his time at Newcastle United. The Portuguese played in the 2-0 loss to the White-Blues in Ukraine in 2002-03 Champions League first group stage.

* Braga have never been involved in a European penalty shoot-out.

* Alan is Braga's top goalscorer in the Europa League this season with two goals.

LAST MEETING

April 7, 2011: Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Braga

The hosts stormed into the lead through a superb Andriy Yarmolenko header, but Braga forced their way back into the game when Oleg Gusev deflected a shot from Lima past his own goalkeeper. Dynamo Kiev sent in Milan legend Andriy Shevchenko to turn the tables at half-time, but instead the striker got himself sent off and the home side had to settle for a 1-1 draw.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy; Silva, Yussuf, Almeida, Popov; Vukojevic; Eremenko, Gusev, Yarmolenko; Kravets; Milevskiy.

Braga: Artur; Paulao, Garcia, Kaka, Silvio; Hugo Viana, Vandinho, Salino; Paulo Cesar, Alan, Lima.

Prediction

  Braga 1-1 Dynamo