Dynamo Kiev v AEK Athens Betting Tips: 1 AH-0.25, 2018-02-22

Dynamo Kiev to see off goal-shy AEK in 2nd leg

Europa League Tips

DYNAMO KIEV v AEK ATHENS

Thursday 22nd February 2018 – Kickoff: 2100hrs

Football – Europe – Europa League Betting Tips

Dynamo Kiev achieved a good result away at Greek side, AEK Athens, in last week’s first leg 1-1 draw in the round of 16 in the Europa League, and they’ll now be looking to secure their passage through to the quarter-finals with this second leg at their NSK Olimpijs’kyj in Kiev.

Dynamo Kiev made light work of the group stages in Group B of the Europa League as they suffered just one defeat on their way to finishing top with a five point lead over second placed Partizan, along with four wins and a draw to win the group.

The hosts scored a total of 15 goals throughout the group phase with a home record reading  2-1-0  9/4 which included wins over Skenderbeu and runners-up Partizan, 3-1 and 4-1 respectively. Forward, Junior Moraes (6 goals) leads the goalscoring charts in the Europa League to date.

AEK Athens finished runners-up in Group D behind group winners AC Milan by virtue of remaining undefeated throughout the group stages, beating Rijeka 2-1 away in the opening group match, and then racking up five draws thereafter.

A notable 0-0 draw at home with the Italian side, AC Milan, was undoubtedly their highlight on home turf, but an apparent lack of cutting edge up front may well hold them back from progressing any further in this competition.

A 1-1 draw at home in the first leg of this contest also underlines their goalscoring problems, and whilst they’ve made themselves hard to beat, they now need to go on the front foot in order to make it through to the quarter-finals, and I have doubts as to whether they can achieve this.

I had earmarked this second leg as a home win, but in light of AEK’s propensity to draw matches, I’ll give the quarter-ball on the hosts here.

Pick: Dynamo Kiev AH-0.25 @ 1.57 Bet Victor