Dynamo travel to Kharkiv this Wednesday for their eleventh national cup final attempt. The team has clinched nine titles so far, featuring in ten finals and thus habituating their supporters to victories. The White-Blues succumbed on a single occasion in the season of 2001-2002, falling to a defeat to Shakhtar in extra time.
The most popular score of the showpiece is 2-1. The result was recorded four times in Dynamo’s favor. Andriy Shevchenko remains the top scorer, having found the net four times. He struck a double in two games, in 1998 against CSKA Kyiv, and repeated the accomplishment the following season against Karpaty Lviv.
In case of success, Dynamo will stretch their 12-game winning streak against the Miners, which commenced Jul 9, 2005 as Kyiv sealed a Super Cup 1-0 victory. The latest victorious encounter traces back to the Channel One Cup as Dynamo took over the archrivals in a final of the competition, winning on a penalty shootout 3-2.
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