Close Game in Prospect Between Dinamo Minsk and Piast Gliwice in Europa League

Dinamo Minsk vs Piast Gliwice - 27/08/2020

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Close Game in Prospect Between Dinamo Minsk and Piast Gliwice in Europa League

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We only have to look back a week to see the result of the 2019/20 Europa League final but we are now embarking on the next Europa League season. The first qualifying round begins on Thursday the 27th of August including a match between Dinamo Minsk and Piast Gliwice at Stadyen Traktar.

The tie will be played as a one off match, with the winner progressing to the second qualifying round.

Dinamo Minsk qualified for the first qualifying round of the Europa League by finishing in fourth place in the 2019 Belarus Premier League. They were 25 points adrift of the winners and currently find themselves in 8th place in the league this season. However, there are only 5 points between themselves and 3rd place Neman Grodno.

Dinamo Minsk come into the game in decent form having lost only one of their last 5 competitive matches. All of those games have come in the Belarus Premier League and Dinamo Minsk have won 3 of them. Their home record shows 4 wins and one draw from the last 6 games at Stadyen Traktar.

Interestingly, there have been under 2.5 goals scored in each of Dinamo Minsk’s last 6 home matches. Their Europa League record at home shows 4 victories from their last 7 matches, with 2 defeats.

Piast Gliwice finished third in the 2019/20 Ekstraklasa to secure their place in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. They ended the season 8 points adrift of the champions and 5 Points behind the 2nd place team. The new Ekstraklasa season has only just begun but Piast Gliwice made a disappointing start to their campaign by losing 2-0 at Śląsk Wrocław.

Their away form gives some cause for concern ahead of this match and Piast Gliwice have won only one of their last 5 away games in all competitions. Other than the victory in the Polish Cup at Resovia Rzeszów, Piast Gliwice have been struggling to score goals and there have been under 2.5 goals scored in 5 of their last 6 away matches.

Piast Gliwice have played only 3 away Europa League games in their history. They are yet to pick up a win having lost 2 and drawn one. In fact, including the home matches played in the competition, Piast Gliwice have won only one of their 6 previous games in the Europa League.

Looking ahead to the team news and Dinamo Minsk have no major injury concerns. Striker Evgeni Shikavka should start the game in attack and he scored 2 goals on the weekend.

Piast Gliwice join the hosts in not having any major injury problems for this match. 17 year old Arkadiusz Pyrka is a young talent to look out for, having come off the bench against Śląsk Wrocław.

Both teams will believe they have what it takes to reach the second qualifying round of the Europa League this season. Therefore, this should be an extremely close game with under 2.5 goals scored. The game could end level at 90 minutes with the possibility of penalties to settle the match.

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