Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team will play their penultimate match in the current European campaign.
On Tuesday, January 21, Kyiv Dynamo will play Turkish Galatasaray in the penultimate, seventh round match of the main stage of the 2024/25 Europa League season.
The match will take place at the Ali Sami Yen stadium in Istanbul. The starting whistle will sound at 17:30 Kyiv time.
After six rounds, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team occupies the last, 36th place in the overall standings of the main round of the Europa League, without scoring a single point. The goal difference between the “white-blues” is 1:15.
Earlier, Dynamo suffered a crushing defeat to Lazio (0:3), lost to Hoffenheim (0:2), suffered a defeat to Roma (0:1), suffered a crushing defeat to Ferencvaros (0:4), lost to Viktoria Plzen (1:2) and suffered a crushing defeat”Real Sociedad” (0:3).
The Kyiv team became the first team to lose their chances of reaching the Europa League playoffs early. So the match with “Galatasaray” and the final match of the current European campaign with the Latvian RFS (January 30) will no longer have tournament significance for the vice-champion of Ukraine.
“Galatasaray” continues to fight for reaching the Europa League playoffs. The Istanbul club is currently in sixth place in the standings, with 12 points.
Where to watch the Galatasaray vs. Dynamo match
The Galatasaray vs. Dynamo match will be exclusively shown live on the MEGOGO media service in Ukraine.
The online text broadcast of the Galatasaray vs. Dynamo match will be available on our website.
Bookmakers' predictions for the Galatasaray vs. Dynamo match
Bookmakers consider Galatasaray to be the absolute favorite of the upcoming match. Bets are accepted on the victory of the Turkish club with odds of 1.24. Draw – 6.50. Dynamo win – 12.50.
Recall that in the updated Europa League format, 36 clubs play in a single league, where they must play against eight different opponents (four home and four away matches). All tournament participants received 2 opponents from 4 different baskets.
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Europa League will get into the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for reaching the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.
