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FC Rubin Kazan welcome visitors FC Dynamo Kyiv to the Centralniy Stadium aiming to extend their three-game unbeaten run in Group F - and, with it, continue their surprise push for a place in the knockout rounds.

Having taken four points from their double-header with champions Barcelona, UEFA Cha mpions League newcomers Rubin sit second in the section and could even secure qualification on Matchday 5. It would require them to defeat Dynamo and for Barcelona to lose at home to group leaders Inter Milan. On the other hand, despite a shattering last-gasp home defeat by Inter on Matchday 4, Dynamo can take heart from the fact that they are still only two points off the top in this tightly contested group. That said, a defeat here for the visitors - who have not reached the last 16 since 1999/2000 - would end their hopes of qualification.

After holding both Inter and Barcelona at the Centralniy Stadium, Rubin are seeking to go one better this time in their first meeting with Ukrainian opposition on Russian soil. Rubin's qualification bid will also be boosted by the fact that Kurban Berdyev has an injury free squad to choose from. Their top scorer Alejandro Domínguez will be looking to add to his tally of 2 goals so far in the Champions League. Gökdeniz Karadeniz will be another player that Dynamo will have to be watchful of.

For Dynamo a lot will rest on strikers Artem Milevskiy and Andriy Yarmolenko as a victory as paramount for them. They also have veteran superstar Andriy Shevchenko to use as a trump card. A toe injury to center-back Yevgen Khacheridi is the only major selection concern that Dynamo have as they look to achieve the impossible and qualify from this group.

Dynamo can also draw encouragement from their having beaten Rubin 3-1 in the teams' opening Group F fixture. Alejandro Domínguez gave the Russian side a first-half lead but Valeri Gazzaev's side hit back with goals in the final 19 minutes from Ayila Yussuf, Gérson Magrão and Oleh Gusev.

Form Guide:

Rubin Kazan (The last five games in all competitions: W-3, L-1, D-1)

FK Rostov-Na-Donu 1-2 Rubin Kazan
Rubin Kazan 4-1 PFK Samara Kryliya Sovetov
Rubinb Kazan 0-0 Barcelona
CSKA Moscow 0-2 Rubin Kazan
Rubin Kazan 0-0 Zenit St Petersburg

Dynamo Kyiv (The last five games in all competitions: W-3, L-1, D-1)

Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 Obolon Kyiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Karpaty Lyiv
Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 Shakhtar Donetsk