Our team will face FC Metalurh Donetsk.
Metalurh: far from home, far from Europa League zone
This season Metalurh and other clubs from Donbas have to struggle against non-football problems. The team lives in Irpin, which is not far from Kyiv. They play their home matches at Obolon Arena.
Metalurh have won only two games at this stadium so far – against FC Illichivets Mariupol and against FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Victory against Mircea Lucescu’s men was really sensational. It was the first time Metalurh defeated Shakhtar within the UPL.
In general Volodymyr Piatenko’s men have three victories to their name this season. Still in the previous matchday they achieved another surprising result as they drew against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk away.
Despite all difficulties Metalurh have ambitious goals this season. Sporting director of the club Vardan Israelian has told about that:
“Atmosphere in the team is good, players are holding on. Of course it’s not easy to go to the training camp, but not home after matches. Still we try not to lose self-confidence even though being far from home is depressing. Anyway our aim is to reach euro cups zone”.
In summer Volodymyr Piatenko (pictured) took charge of the team. He also worked for Metalurh from 2008 till 2012.
One of Donetsk side leaders is Serbian halfback Đorđe Lazić. This season he is the best striker of the team, besides he’s one of four performers, who haven’t missed a single match so far.
Three others are goalkeeper Olexandr Bandura, midfielder Gregory Nelson and defender Viacheslav Checher.
Face-to-face matches statistics
Dynamo have already faced Metalurh 34 times in the UPL. Kyivans won 22 of those matches and lost five. Seven more games ended in a draw. Goal difference is 60:18 for the White-Blues.
In Kyiv Dynamo won 14 games out of 17 and lost one. Goal difference – 35:8.
Last season Kyivans flattened Donetsk side at the NSC Olimpiyskyi 9:1.
Still last time these two sides faced each other Serhiy Rebrov’s men lost.
Last match
2013/2014 UPL. Matchday 27
27.04.2014. Donetsk. Metalurh Stadium. 3,600 spectators
FC Metalurh Donetsk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 2:1 (0:0)
Goals: Moraes (46, 84) – Kalytvyntsev (74)
Last match at the NSC Olimpiyskyi
2013/2014 UPL. Matchday 12
06.10.2013. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 14,935 spectators
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Metalurh Donetsk – 9:1 (2:1)
Goals: Yarmolenko (21, 64), Lens (27, 62), Belhanda (48, 71, 73), Haruna (67), Mbokani (89) – Lazić (40).
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