UPL. Matchday 31. Dynamo – Zoria. Preview

Thursday, July 16, Kyiv, NSC Olimpiyskyi. Kick-off – 19:00.

Referee – Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)

Broadcasting – 2+2

Dynamo:

Current UPL position: 3^rd, 56 points (W-17, D-5, L-8, goal difference – 62:32)

Last 5 UPL matches: W-2, D-1, L-2, goal difference – 11:10.

Dynamo statistics before matchday 31:

Most time played in UPL: Shabanov (2103 minutes), Kedziora (1972), Mykolenko (1957), Tsyhankov (1868), Buialskyi (1849), Sydorchuk (1820), Karavayev (1751).

Most UPL appearances: de Pena, Karavayev – 26 each, Kedziora, Tsyhankov, Buialskyi – 25 each,  Shabanov, Sydorchuk, Shepelev, Verbic – 24 each, Mykolenko – 23.

Goals: Tsyhankov – 12, Verbic – 11, Buialskyi, de Pena – 9 each, Besedin – 8, Rusyn – 7.

Assists: Shepelev – 6, de Pena, Tsyhankov, Mykolenko – 5 each, Kedziora – 4, Sydorchuk – 3.

Suspended: Besedin (till December of 2020).

Potential suspension: Andriyevskyi, Burda, Verbic, Rusyn, Tsyhankov (3 bookings).

Zoria:

Current UPL position: 2^nd, 57 points (W-17, D-6, L-7, goal difference – 48:25).

Last 5 UPL matches: W-2, D-2, L-1, goal difference – 7:6.

Zoria statistics before matchday 31:

Most time played in UPL: Kocherhin (2525 minutes), Mykhailychenko (2305), Yurchenko (2283), Tymchyk (2216), Ivanisenya (2141), Cheberko (2063).

Most UPL appearances: Kocherhin – 30, Tymchyk – 28, Mykhailychenko, Yurchenko, Ivanisenya, Kabayev – 27 each, Lednev – 26, Cheberko – 25.

Goals: Lednev – 11, Yurchenko, Kabayev, Kocherhin – 7 each, Mykhailychenko – 3.

Assists: Kocherhin – 7, Yurchenko, Kabayev – 4 each, Lednev, Kameniuka – 3 each.

Suspended: —

Potential suspension: Mykhailychenko (11 bookings), Kabayev, Kocherhin (3 bookings).

Face-to-face matches statistics

Total: 49 matches (+33=11-5), goal difference – 107:37.

UPL: 45 matches (+29=11-5), goal difference – 96:34.

Dynamo at home: 22 matches (+17=2-3), goal difference – 56:13

Zoria at home: 23 matches (+12=9-2), goal difference – 40:21.

Last face-to-face match

FC Zoria Luhansk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 1:3

Goals: Yurchenko (54, pen.) – Buialskyi (71), de Pena (75), Tsyhankov (90+6).