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UEFA Europa League
10/2/2014

Dinamo Minsk vs Fiorentina

Home - Dinamo Minsk
Last away matches - D-L-W-W-D-W

Dinamo beat MYPA of Finland, Romania’s CFR Cluj and Nacional of Portugal to progress to the group stage of the Europa League for the first time and will look to become the first Belarusian club to record a victory against Serie A opposition in ten previous attempts.Their only previous meeting with an Italian side was a 4-1 loss on aggregate to Lazio in the first round of the 1994/95 UEFA Cup, while this will be the Fiorentina’s first encounter with Belarusian opposition in European competition.

Away - Fiorentina
Last away matches - D-W-L-L-W-W

However, Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella is not underestimating his opponents.“Considering what I have seen so far, Dinamo Minsk look like a very attacking team,” the 40-year-old tactician said during his pre-match press conference.“I don’t think we’ll take this match lightly, although we were surprised that Dinamo lost 6-1 to PAOK in the first round.”The Florentines are unbeaten in ten of their last eleven Europa League matches and eased to a 3-0 win against Guingamp in their opening game with Juan Vargas, Juan Cuadrado and Federico Bernardeschi a on target at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.Montella is expected to make a number of changes ahead of the visit of Inter in Serie A on Sunday evening and the Viola are also suffering from an injury crisis with first-choice central defenders Stefan Savic and Gonzalo Rodriguez joining Cuadrado, Marko Marin, Mario Gomez and Giuseppe Rossi among the absentees.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+0.50)
Away - (-0.50)
Pick - Dinamo Minsk (+0.50)
Odds - 2.20
Stakes - 10/10