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Everything you need to know about the Galatasaray vs. Dynamo Kyiv match in the Europa League.

On Tuesday, January 21, Kyiv's Dynamo will play their 7th match in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League. Their opponent will be the Turkish team Galatasaray.
Все, что нужно знать о матче Галатасарай – Динамо Киев в Лиге Европы.

The match will take place at the "Ali Sami Yen" stadium in Istanbul. The starting whistle will blow at 17:30 Kyiv time. Kyiv time. Champion will provide a text broadcast of the match.

Galatasaray (Spain)

Recent Matches

Europa League: +3=3-0 (12 points, 6th place in the standings).

Goal difference: +4.

In 6 rounds, the Turks drew with Swedish Malmö (2:2), Dutch AZ Alkmaar (1:1), and Latvian RFS (2:2), and also defeated English Tottenham (3:2), Swedish Elfsborg (4:3), and Greek PAOK (3:1).

Turkish Championship: +16=3-0 (51 points, 1st place in the standings).

Goal difference: +30.

In their last 5 matches in the Turkish championship, Galatasaray defeated Trabzonspor (4:3), Kayserispor (5:1), Göztepe (2:1), and Başakşehir (2:1), while drawing with Hatayspor (1:1).

Top Scorers

  • Victor Osimhen: 14 goals and 5 assists in 18 matches;
  • Yunus Akgün: 11 goals and 6 assists in 26 matches;
  • Yılmaz Barış Alper: 11 goals and 1 assist in 27 matches.

Injured Players

  • Gabriel Sara (midfielder)
  • Mauro Icardi (forward).

Dynamo (Ukraine)

Recent Matches

Europa League: +0=0-6 (0 points, 36th place in the standings).

Goal difference: -14.

In 6 rounds, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's team lost to Italian Lazio (0:3), German Hoffenheim (0:2), Italian Roma (0:1), Hungarian Ferencváros (0:4), Czech Viktoria Plzeň (1:2), and Spanish Real Sociedad (0:3).

Ukrainian Championship: +13=4-0 (43 points, 1st place in the standings).

Goal difference: +26.

In their last 5 matches in the UPL, Dynamo defeated Chornomorets (3:1), Oleksandriya (3:0), and Veres (1:0), while drawing with Kolos (1:1) and Oleksandriya (0:0) in a postponed match from the first round.

Top Scorers

  • Vladyslav Vanat: 13 goals and 4 assists in 28 matches;
  • Mykola Shaparenko: 5 goals and 7 assists in 21 matches;
  • Oleksandr Karavayev: 5 goals and 1 assist in 20 matches.

Injured Players

  • None
FC Dynamo

Head-to-Head Meetings

This will be the first official match in history between these teams. However, in 2022, the clubs played a friendly match, in which Dynamo won 3:1.

Dynamo has played 26 official matches against Turkish teams, with 13 wins, 6 draws, and 7 losses.

Galatasaray has played only 3 official matches against teams from Ukraine, with 2 draws and 1 loss.

Probable Lineups

Galatasaray: Muslera – Ayhan, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jacobs, Torreira, Demirbay, Akgün, Mertens, Yılmaz, Osimhen;

Dynamo Kyiv: Bushchan – Tymchyk, Popov, Mykhavko, Dubinchak, Brazhko, Shaparenko, Buyalskyi, Kabaiev, Voloshyn, Vanat.

Where to Watch

You can watch the match online in Ukraine on the media service MEGOGO. Viewing will be available with "Maximum", "Sport", or "Optimal" subscriptions. Our website will also provide a text broadcast of the match.

Champion's Prediction

Draw – 1:1.

Note that according to the licensed bookmaker Favbet, the Turkish club has a higher chance of winning this match. Favbet provides the following odds for the match:

  • Galatasaray win – 1.24;
  • Draw – 6.50;
  • Dynamo Kyiv win – 12.50.

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