Shukura vs Dinamo Tbilisi tips and predictions

Shukura over-priced to show why they aren't no-hopers

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Dinamo Tbilisi just have to turn up, but the visitors are too short a price. While they are rightly the clear favourites their price renders them unbackable.

It looks like there is a pattern emerging in their recent results. The hosts have picked up 9 home wins from their last 17 games. Less impressively than they'd have wanted the visitors have lost 6 of their last 8 matches, away and at home. For a team so short in the betting, perhaps they'd be expected to have done better than this.

To avoid defeat Shukura must concentrate on the positives of their recent performances. There's been a lot of positive commentary surronding the home side's defence. Credit where it's due; these have been effective tactics and they have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their last 17 home games. Couple that with the fact that the visitors look a little like they've occasionally downed tools under pressure. Away from home Dinamo Tbilisi have conceded an average of 2.7 goals in their last 3 assignments. And when scoring chances have beckoned, the visitors haven't had their best form. They've scored one or less goals in 9 of their last 10 matches.

It's possible the game ends with at least one clean sheet because of the ardent favouritism for Dinamo Tbilisi. The BTTS No could be worth considering.