Dynamo Kiev vs RFS Prediction 30 January 2025

🔊 Will Dynamo Kyiv secure their first victory in the Europa League? The Ukrainian team is currently at the bottom of the standings, which clearly does not match their status. Even if RFŠ wins, they still can't catch up. On the other hand, the visitors are also not in contention for a playoff spot. Therefore, the upcoming match will be the last in the tournament for both sides. It will take place in Hamburg at the “Volksparkstadion.” We will consider various options to make the prediction optimal.

📊 Head-to-Head

The opponents have previously met only in friendly matches. In 2022, Dynamo Kyiv defeated RFŠ with a minimal difference (2:1). Two years later, a single goal brought success to the Ukrainian team. On both occasions, Mykola Shaparenko scored, who is still an integral part of the main squad.

⚪ Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv leads the Ukrainian championship, which is on pause and will resume only at the end of February. The team is five points ahead of Oleksandriya and has twice the advantage over Shakhtar, who are competing in the Champions League and even have a chance to advance to the playoffs. In the Europa League, the “white-blues” play all their matches essentially away. Moreover, they faced quite serious opponents. The team lost to Lazio, Hoffenheim, Roma, and Real Sociedad without scoring a single goal. They also failed to score against Ferencváros (0:4), but on that occasion, Kyiv was down a man as early as the 17th minute. In the last round, Dynamo Kyiv sensationally earned their first point in the Europa League by drawing with Galatasaray (3:3). The team trailed by two goals twice during the match but managed to level thanks to Andriy Yarmolenko's brace. Notably, in the upcoming match, Brazhko and Popov will not play due to injuries, and Shaparenko will miss the match due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

🔵 RFŠ

RFŠ is making their debut in the Europa League. All five points were earned at home. Most of them came from a sensational victory in the last round over Ajax (1:0). Before that, the Latvians drew at home against Galatasaray (2:2) and Anderlecht (1:1). They did not achieve success away but only lost by more than one goal to FCSB (1:4). Notably, the Latvian championship concluded back in November with RFŠ's victory. Therefore, they maintain their form through friendly matches. In the upcoming match, Kigurs and Diomande, who scored in half of RFŠ's national championship matches, will not play due to injuries.

⚽️ Goal Prediction

Both teams score less than one goal per match in the Europa League. Moreover, Dynamo Kyiv ranks only above Ludogorets in terms of goals scored. RFŠ is also among the underperformers in this metric, with no more than one goal scored in five consecutive matches in the current tournament. Dynamo Kyiv exceeded this mark only recently against Galatasaray. All of this indicates a low-scoring nature for the upcoming match. Therefore, it's worth choosing total goals under 2.5.

🚩 Corner Prediction

Dynamo Kyiv has an advantage in corners in the Europa League - 4.1 compared to 3.4. Meanwhile, RFŠ has no more than four corners in 8 out of their last 9 matches in this tournament including qualification. Considering the lack of motivation for the visitors, we note as a potential bet total corners for RFŠ under 4.5.

📝 Match Prediction

Dynamo Kyiv is considered the favorite for the upcoming match. The team will do everything possible to leave the last place in the standings. To do this, they need to win the upcoming match. Considering that RFŠ hasn't earned any points away, we suggest a potential exact score of 1:0.

However, many goals are not expected. Both teams have lost their match sharpness, and there are clear motivation issues as well. We find more motivation with Dynamo Kyiv, but the loss of Mykola Shaparenko seems quite significant. Both teams have scored only 10 goals combined in seven rounds. Therefore, as a key bet, we suggest total goals under 2.5.