Barcelona vs Dynamo Kiev Predictions

• Barcelona have won four of their six home games this season.
• Barcelona have failed to keep a clean sheet in five of their six home games in 2021-22.
• Dynamo Kiev conceded two or fewer goals in 29 of their last 35 Champions League fixtures.

Fati firing again after long lay-off 

Barcelona appear to be getting back on track after an awful start to the season, but there is still some catching up to do in the Champions League. Ronald Koeman, who was close to the sack two weeks ago, earned a little more breathing space when Barca beat Valencia 3-1 in La Liga to remain within a few points of the leaders.

Unlike in their previous two performances against Benfica and Atletico Madrid, the Catalans looked like a decent football team again and some of that can be attributed to the welcome return of Ansu Fati. The teenager, making his first Barca appearance in almost a year, scored to make it 11 goals from his last 16 shots on target.

Fati’s involvement in nine goals from his previous 10 games as a starter in all competitions (7 goals, 2 assists) suggests he is value at any odds against price this Wednesday, although the return to fitness of Sergio Aguero may mean he remains on the bench.

Dynamo will believe Barca can be breached again

Dynamo Kiev will fancy their chances of breaching a Barcelona defence that has conceded 14 times in their last five Champions League games and may still be haunted by the twin 3-0 losses to Bayern and Benfica this season. Clean sheets have been an issue for Koeman’s side for some time, although the suspension of Eric Garcia – who has been targeted by opponents – may go some way to fixing their soft centre.

But Dynamo gave Barca a real scare on their visit to the Nou Camp last season as the hosts needed Marc-Andre ter Stegen to bail them out time after time in a 2-1 win that also saw the visitors have a goal chalked off.

Barca may be forced to work hard for their win here though because Dynamo rarely concede more than twice in games played at this level – hence the correct score prediction of 2-1.