Porto vs Dynamo Kyiv – Match preview, Team news & Live Stream info
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Porto have been excellent in the Champions League and at home they have been perfect putting away both Chelsea and Maccabi. They have only conceded one goal in nine competitive games at home and have not lost at home since losing to Benfica in December 2014, almost a full year unbeaten at home. If Porto avoid defeat in the home game against FC Dynamo Kyiv they will qualify for the knockout rounds.
Dynamo Kyiv were desperately unlucky to lose to Chelsea last time out, a brilliant free kick from Willian with seven minutes to go was the difference between the teams in the end. A 2-1 loss at Chelsea left them third in Group G, two points behind the Blues and they travel to Portugal knowing that failure to win, coupled with a Chelsea victory at Maccabi Tel Aviv, will see them eliminated from the competition.
Head to head
This will be the eighth meeting between the sides in the Champions League/European Cup, with Porto losing just one of the previous seven against Dynamo Kyiv.
On matchday one, Vitaliy Buyalskiy scored a last-minute equaliser on his UEFA Champions League debut to rescue a2-2 draw for Dynamo after Vincent Aboubakar had grabbed his second of the night for Porto. Oleh Gusev had put the home side ahead.
Match facts
- Porto have drawn their last four in a row against Ukrainian opposition in the Champions League, this after winning four in a row before that.
- The Portuguese side are unbeaten in their last eight home games in the competition (W6 D2), with no team finding the net more than once against them in that run.
- Dynamo Kyiv have won just one of their last nine away games in the Champions League (D3 L5), however their one victory in that run came this season.
- Dynamo Kyiv are one of just five teams to have won away to Porto in the last 10 Champions League seasons.
- Just 48.9% of Kyiv’s passes have been in the opposition half thus far; the lowest share of any team in this season’s competition.
- The Ukrainian team have conceded more fouls than any other team (73).
- Porto have scored four headed goals during this edition of the Champions League; twice as many as any other team.
Team news
Porto will be without Maicon (tigh) and Dynamo Kyiv will be without Vida (unspecified) and Morozyuk (illness).
Danilo and Maxi Pereira are a booking away from a ban for Porto, while Antunes and Buyalskiy will also incur a suspension for Kyiv with their next bookings.
Possible Line-ups
Porto: Casillas; Maxi Pereira, Marcano, Martins Indi, Layún; Danilo, Rúben Neves, Imbula; André André, Aboubakar, Brahimi.
Dynamo Kyiv: Shovkovskiy; Danilo Silva, Dragovic, Khacheridi, Antunes; Rybalka, Sydorchuk, Garmash, González, Yarmolenko; Kravets.
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