Champions League Tips Dynamo Kiev vs Ajax
On Tuesday, 28 August 2018, Dynamo Kiev will host Ajax Amsterdam at 21:00 (CET) in the UEFA Champions League second leg 2018/19 play-offs. After the 3-1 home victory in the first leg last Wednesday, the Dutch runner-up is already one leg in the group stage of the premier class, must be in the Olympic Stadium in Kiev (NSK Olimpiyskyi), where just in May this year, the Champions League 2017/18 Final has been held, once again put a lot of effort. Even a 2-0 home win would be enough for the Ukrainians to grab the ticket for the preliminary round. In terms of the odds, Kyiv against Ajax is extremely thin in the outsider role and also the bet that it still works with the survival of these play-offs is not very promising. But: the Dutch would already be able to live very well here with a 1: 2 or 2: 4 defeat, if they had survived the qualifying phase safely. All the more interesting is the question of whether a nice win would be possible here, at least in this second leg with the tip on the Ukrainian runner-up. And how the best possible tip looks concrete, we want to find out for you now. Let us now go into the detailed analysis of this encounter, before we have in the forecast to Kiev against Ajax also a final bet recommendation for you.
This is an incredible amount, because who now prevails in this match, receives alone for the participation in the Champions League group phase, an entry fee of 15.25 million euros. And there come alone per point 900,000 euros in premiums, before there were already 9.5 million euros for the qualification for the second round. Not to mention the revenue that is generated with three home games in the group stage, as well as the television money when the games are broadcast internationally. In short, money that makes up only a small percentage of the budget of a high-earning Premier League club, but that would be enough for a club like Dynamo Kiev to pay the first-team salaries for the entire season on their own. All the more, both opponents now have to throw in this match, because the loser will be found next Friday in the lottery pots for Europa League group stage, where instead of the very big money then but rather the financially small buns are baked.
So who can make it to the group stage, where Kiev were represented for the last time in 2016/17 and Ajax for the last time in the 2014/15 season? For this we want to take a closer look at the squad and take a close look at the current form of the teams.
Dynamo Kiev – Thrown off track by the play-offs?
Three Brazilians were able to land the 15-time Ukrainian champion on the transfer market this summer and thus strengthen themselves on paper very well. And actually the start of the season for Dynamo Kiev went very well afterwards. In the Ukrainian Supercup they drew against Shakhtar Donetsk, but they started with four 1-0 victories in series outstanding in the new season in the Premier League, before they could compete in the third qualifying round of the premier class against Slavia Prague , After the 3-1 defeat in the play-offs against Ajax Amsterdam, the three-time Champions League semi-finalist (most recently in 1998/99) seems to have gotten a little out of steam, as the dress rehearsal at Chornomorez Odessa last Saturday was bad , as you had to accept a goal just before the match to equalize the 1-1 final score. Now it is important for the still in third place in the national league club, not to get completely out of the train by these two setbacks, and turn against the Dutch again the sheet. In any case, a very strong home record in European competitive matches, where Dynamo Kiev won six out of the last nine games (two draws, one defeat). And after all: the recent 2-0 home win against Slavia Prague in the last qualifying round would be enough again …
Ajax Amsterdam – The dress rehearsal is more than successful
Ajax Amsterdam defeated FC Emmen 5-0 on Saturday, with Dusan Tadic scoring once again in the scorers’ list, who had already scored the 3-1 final score in the first leg against Kiev. The new signing from Southampton FC has now met in three competitive games in series and justified the transfer fee of the equivalent of just over eleven million euros as well as Daley Blind, which has brought Manchester United back into the Eredivisie. Apart from the 1-1 draw on Matchday 1, the reigning runner-up is already back on track, taking second place in the table with seven points from the first three games. The fact that this summer and also a year ago, a series of hopeful young players had to give up, following the lure of money to supposedly larger clubs have changed – last was up-and-coming talents Justin Kluivert to AS Roma – is now compensated by the fact that coach Erik Hagen AG increasingly relies on seasoned pros, who have, however, been expanded with players such as the 19-year-old Hassane Bandé also for more promising talents. This is true to the line that has led the Dutch record champions (33 titles) only a year ago in the final of the Europa League, where they lost under Peter Bosz 0-2 against Manchester United and thus in the end quite clearly on the second Overall victory in this competition had failed. With the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1987 and four Champions League wins (most recently in 1995), Ajax Amsterdam is still one of only four clubs to ever win all three UEFA titles. All the more important, therefore, that after four years of abstinence, you qualify for the group stage of the premier class again.
Kiev – Ajax – Previous meetings
After facing each other in the 2010/11 season in the Champions League play-offs, including the match last week, there have already been three international competitive games between Dynamo Kiev and Ajax Amsterdam. The Dutch traditional club has won both their home games and could eight years ago in Kiev celebrate a 1-1 draw, which had been enough for the Champions League participation in the end. The balance speaks so clearly for the reigning runner-up of the Eredivisie.
Dynamo Kiev vs Ajax Prediction Football Betting Tips
In terms of quotas, Kiev is at least minimally penalized against Ajax, although the bookmakers have quite high odds for all three exits in the classic 3-way system. This makes a bet even more interesting, because after all, Ajax Amsterdam can afford to touch concrete in the back with a 1: 2 backpitch, when there is not much time left on the clock, while Dynamo Kiev will step on the accelerator right from the start got to. In our opinion, Tip 1 speaks in particular of the fact that the Dutch have lost none of their eight competitive matches in the 2018/19 season so far, have eliminated two clubs in the Champions League qualifier with Graz and Liège, and lastly four competitive matches won in a single goal and scored 12 goals in a row. Tip X is certainly an option, as Ajax would not be too offensive at 0-0 or 1-1, but overall the team seems to have too much momentum these days. In our forecast for Kiev against Ajax, we therefore think tip 2 on the away win of the four-time Champions League winner is most likely.
Betting Tips: Tip 1 (Kiev)
Odds: 2.62
Betting Prediction: Tip X (draw)
Odds: 3.40
Bet Tip: Tip 2 (Ajax)
Odds: 2.55