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Europa League Betting: Braga v Dinamo Kiev

13.04.11

Not many would have given Braga a chance of making it this far but they're in the driving seat in this quarter-final tie and may make it through quite comfortably, says Richard Aikman.

Although the visitors were fortunate to cling on to Dinamo's coat-tails in the first leg, expect a very different story when Yuri Semin's men travel to fortress Braga.

Braga were lucky to cling on in Kiev and, after going behind to Andriy Yarmolenko's early opener, were grateful to both Oleh Gusev for scoring an own goal and Andriy Shevchenko for getting himself sent off, as they came away with a 1-1 draw.

Yet despite events in Kiev, it is Braga who are favourites to win the match at [2.48], while the Ukrainian outfit side are a long [3.25] to clinch an away win. Dinamo's failure to beat ten-man Manchester City at Eastlands in the last round will have prompted punters to side with Braga, even though it should be remembered that the Ukrainian outfit's two previous away games produced 4-1 routs at Besiktas and BATE Borisov.

Source: betting.betfair.com (blog)