Dynamo Kyiv Host First Leg in Poland

Still No Matches on Home Soil for Dynamo Kyiv

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine over two years ago, Dynamo Kyiv haven’t been playing any matches at home. That’s set to continue, at least in European competition, as they host Partizan in Poland in a second-round Champions League qualifier on Tuesday.

Partizan got their Serbian Superliga season underway with a win on Friday and they’ll look to build on their momentum here. However, Partizan have never beaten Dynamo Kyiv and the latest Dynamo Kyiv vs Partizan odds list Dynamo as favorites once again. We’ll check out the rest of the odds ahead of Tuesday’s match.

Dynamo Kyiv vs FK Partizan Head-to-Head

Dynamo Kyiv and Partizan have met four times in their history and Dynamo hold a perfect 4-0 record in this fixture. This is the first chance to bet on Dynamo Kyiv vs Partizan odds since the 2017-18 Europa League.

The now-retired Junior Moraes scored five goals for Dynamo over two matches as they picked up 3-2 and 4-1 wins over Partizan in Group B. In the 1976-77 European Cup, Dynamo Kyiv beat Partizan 3-0 and 2-0 in the first round.

Dynamo Kyiv: Struggling in European Home Matches

Last season, Dynamo Kyiv finished in second place in the Ukrainian Premier League, just two points behind winners Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo Kyiv scored 72 goals in 30 games, which was the most in the league. Striker Vladyslav Vanat scored 14 goals for Dynamo last season, which was good enough for the Golden Boot.

Dynamo Kyiv had three players in the top ten, as captain and midfielder Vitaliy Buyalskyi scored 10 times and Andriy Yarmoleko found the net on eight occasions.

Yarmolenko has scored four career Champions League goals and the winger has a lot of big-game experience. He, Vanat, Buyalskyi, goalkeeper Heorhiy Bushchan, defender Oleksandr Tymchyk, and midfielder Mykola Shaparenko were all part of Ukraine’s squad at Euro 2024.

Last season, Dynamo failed to reach the group stage of a European competition, as they fell 4-2 to Besiktas in the UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round, on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv last contested Champions League qualifiers, in 2022-23. The Champions League scores show they beat Fenerbahce and Aris before falling to Benfica in the playoff round.

However, Dynamo Kyiv have only won two of their last 13 home games in European competitions. This can scarcely be considered a home game given it’s in Poland, but no away fans are allowed due to security concerns. In their final preseason warmup, Dynamo Kyiv lost 3-2 to Union Berlin.

Partizan: Vulnerable Defensively

FK Partizan, who hail from Belgrade, finished in second place in the Serbian Superliga behind archrivals Crvena Zvezda in 2023-24. Partizan went 24-6-7 and Brazilian forward Matheus Saldanha won a share of the Golden Boot by scoring 17 league goals in just 27 matches.

Like Dynamo Kyiv, Partizan lost in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers. Partizan beat Azerbaijani club Sabah in penalties in the third qualifying round but fell 6-0, on aggregate, to Nordsjaelland in the playoff round. Partizan haven’t played in a Champions League qualifier since 2017 and last reached the group stage of the UCL in 2010.

Most Champions League predictions don’t have them going very far and Partizan are just 2-2-5 in their last nine UEFA road matches. They have conceded over two goals per game and won’t have any road fans in attendance on Tuesday.

While Partizan scored the second-most goals in the Serbian Superliga last season, they had just the sixth-best defensive record. Over the Summer, they brought in center back Nihad Mujakic, from the Turkish side Ankaragucu to try to fix the issue.  However, promising young talent Samed Bazdar left for Real Zaragoza.

In any case, Partizan managed to pick up a 1-0 victory over Napredak in their season opener on Friday. Saldanha scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to seal all three points.

Dynamo Kyiv vs FK Partizan Match Analysis & Odds

Currently, the best price on a Dynamo Kyiv win for Tuesday’s Champions League qualifier is -125. Dynamo have some talented attacking players and an impressive European pedigree. They played in the Champions League in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and have three European trophies, the last of which was the 1986 European Cup Winners’ Cup.

However, Dynamo have failed to score in five of their eight European “home” games since the war began. Meanwhile, the Dynamo Kyiv vs Partizan odds price a draw as high as +290 and it’s certainly a possibility. We don’t expect either team will want to risk much in the first leg, which is also their first European match of the season.

Partizan do have the advantage of having a competitive match under their belt this season, though. Regardless, the UCL odds price the Steamrollers as high as +475 underdogs. Notably, Partizan are unbeaten in their last six road Champions League qualifiers, with a 2-4-0 record, which could encourage bettors to take Partizan +0.5 at +100.

Meanwhile, under 2.5 goals are priced at -110 odds. Even so, both teams to score sits at -125 odds for this one.

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