The game will start at 22:05 at the NSC Olimpiyskyi.
Dynamo: to prove that defeat in Denmark was accidental
Dynamo played two games between fixtures against Aalborg. At first the White-Blues defeated FC Karpaty Lviv within the Ukrainian Cup round of 16 second leg (1:0). After that they opposed FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk away in the Ukrainian Premier League top match of the first half of the season.
Kyivans flattened home side (0:3) and came out on top in standings, which means that Serhiy Rebrov’s men didn’t have psychological problems after defeat against Aalborg. The White-Blues will have a chance to prove that failure in Denmark was accidental on Thursday.
Still Dynamo skipper Olexandr Shovkovskyi doesn’t consider the forthcoming game to be a possibility to gain revenge: “We got a serious slap, but now we are just getting ready for the match. We want to demonstrate our best qualities to the maximum. Nobody thinks of revenge. Our main task is to win and to get out of the group eventually”.
“Such games are necessary as they don’t let us relax. I guess winning run made us think that we do everything properly and we stopped working as hard as possible. We’ve made conclusions and I hope such games won’t happen again. That’s good that we lost points in the Europa League, where we can change situation for better”, - stated Oleh Husiev.
“I’m sure that the game in Denmark was an accident, - assures Serhiy Rybalka. - We’ve analyzed in detail what went wrong in away fixture. Danish side main distinctive features are discipline and orderly teamwork. Every performer played for defense. Still I’m sure we must defeat them at home arena. I don’t think Aalborg will change tactics. They’ll focus on counterattacks”.
Ten Dynamo performers took the field in three previous Europa League fixtures: Olexandr Rybka, Aleksandar Dragovic, Domagoj Vida, Mykyta Burda, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Serhiy Rybalka, Younes Belhanda, Jeremain Lens, Andriy Yarmolenko and Artem Kravets.
Aalborg: winning run that started with the game against Dynamo
After the home match against FC Dynamo Kyiv Aalborg BK played three games – two in domestic league and one in the national cup. Kent Nielsen’s men won each of them and didn’t concede a single goal.
It should be mentioned that Kyivans had one more day than Danish side to get ready for the forthcoming fixture.
Nielsen has taken 19 performers to Kyiv:
goalkeepers Nicolai Larsen, Carsten Christensen;
defenders Kenneth Petersen, Donny Gorter, Rasmus Thelander, Jakob Blåbjerg, Kasper Pedersen;
midfielders Thomas Enevoldsen, Rasmus Würtz, Thomas Augustinussen, Mathias Wichmann, Kasper Risgård, Nicolaj Thomsen, Andreas Bruhn;
forwards Nicklas Helenius, Andres Jacobsen, Søren Frederiksen, Henrik Dalsgaard, Viktor Ahlmann.
Face-to-face matches statistics on European arena
The White-Blues have won three matches against Aalborg while Danish side – one. One more game ended in a draw. Goal difference is 8:7 for Kyivans.
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