Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Partizan will try to make a miracle in the tie with Dynamo Kyiv when they face each other in Belgrade on Wednesday evening. The Black and Whites will try to overcome a four-goal deficit and they have no other choice but to go all guns blazing at the Ukrainian vice-champions. Experienced Israel midfielder Bibars Natcho should start following his excellent performance in a 4-0 win over Jedinstvo Ub, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Dynamo Kyiv, on the other hand, proved their worth in the 6-2 crushing of Partizan in Lublin. As a result, Andriy Yarmolenko and Co. are with one foot in the Champions League third qualifying round. As Partizan are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach in the second leg, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. Oleksandr Shovkovsky is unlikely to make changes to the team that outplayed the Serbian side in the first leg.
Highlighted Player (Andriy Yarmolenko):
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Arguably the most exciting Ukrainian player at the moment, Andriy Yarmolenko is the 26-year-old forward, who can play wide as a winger and fill in numerous positions in attack. Over the past few years there has been a gathering feeling that the player has outgrown the Ukrainian League and that with the player surpassing the 200-game mark for Dynamo Kyiv Yarmolenko should be heading west to Europe’s brighter stage.
Wanted and scouted by Spanish giants Barcelona, Yarmolenko attracted interest from many other clubs, predominantly from the Premier League, and was even close to joining Everton in summer 2016, but the Goodison outfit’s offer came too late to the Ukrainian club.
Talented forward is a free-scoring machine who has already scored more than 115 goals for the club he spent his entire career with. The two-footed winger is equally adept through the middle and is a versatile force that would be a good addition to any self-respecting European side.
Yarmolenko made hi Ukraine debut in 2009 and has so far been capped 63 times, during which he scored 26 goals for the national set-up.
Highlighted Team (Partizan):
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Partizan are a Serbian football club founded by Yugoslav People’s Army on October 4, 1945. The Crno-beli (Black and Whites) play their home games at Partizan Stadium and the capacity of the venue is 32.710. During the 20th century Partizan were in the shadow of their bitterest rivals Crvena zvezda, who won the European Cup in 1991, but nowadays the Crno-beli are the dominant force in the Serbian Super League, with the team winning their 11th domestic trophy of the 21st century in the 2016/2017 season.
Partizan face Crvena Zvezda in Veciti derbi (Eternal derby) which is considered one of the greatest derbies in the world. Speaking of the club’s European success, Partizan did well to make it to the European Cup final in the 1965/1966 season, but Real Madrid proved to be a big catch for the Serbian champions in the title game at Heysel Stadium.
The likes of Predrag Mijatovic, Miroslav Djukic, Savo Milosevic, Danko Lazovic, Stevan Jovetic, Matija Nastasic, Albert Nadj, Mateja Kezman and Adem Ljajic are the notable footballers who played for Partizan in the past.