FC Dynamo Kyiv will face the Austrian side RB Salzburg in the Champions League qualification play-off round.
The first leg will take place at the Arena Lublin in Lublin, Poland.
Current season
Dynamo
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men have already played six official games this season.
Kyivans went through two Champions League qualifying rounds. In the 2nd one they beat the Serbian side Partizan (6:2 and 3:0) while in the 3rd one outplayed Rangers (1:1 and 2:0).
Besides Kyivans have played two away matches in the domestic league and won both of them – against Veres (2:1) and against Karpaty (3:1).
Salzburg
The Austrian league current runners-up started the new season with a lopsided cup win against Dornbirn (6:0).
As for the Austrian Bundesliga, Salzburg have three wins in three games. They beat GAK (3:2), Blau-Weiss Linz (5:1) and LASK (1:0).
In the Champions League Pepijn Lijnders’ men started with the third qualifying round where they outplayed Twente (2:1 and 3:3).
Current season top players
Dynamo
Most appearances:
6 – Vladyslav Kabayev, Oleksandr Pikhalionok, Justin Lonwijk, Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshyn.
5 – Heorhii Bushchan, Vitalii Buialskyi, Andrii Yarmolenko, Denys Popov, Vladyslav Vanat.
Most time played:
450 minutes – Heorhii Bushchan, 439 – Vladyslav Vanat, 428 – Denys Popov, 405 – Mykola Shaparenko, 380 – Vladyslav Kabayev.
Goalscorers:
3 – Oleksandr Pikhalionok, Andrii Yarmolenko, 2 – Oleksandr Karavayev, Mykola Shaparenko, Vladyslav Vanat, 1 – Vitalii Buialskyi, Vladyslav Kabayev, Nazar Voloshyn, Denys Popov, Volodymyr Brazhko.
Salzburg
Most appearances:
6 – Janis Blaswich, Kamil Piatkowski, Aleksa Terzic, Amar Dedic, Samson Baidoo, Mads Bidstrup, Maurits Kjaergaard, Nicolas Capaldo, Mamady Diambou, Dorgeles Nene, Petar Ratkov, Adam Daghim, Moussa Yeo.
Most time played:
540 minutes – Janis Blaswich, Samson Baidoo, 476 – Aleksa Terzic, 471 – Amar Dedic, 426 – Mamady Diambou, 405 – Maurits Kjaergaard, 400 – Maurits Kjaergaard.
Goalscorers:
4 – Maurits Kjaergaard, 3 – Moussa Yeo, Oscar Gloukh, Karim Konate, 2 – Dorgeles Nene, 1 – Dorgeles Nene, Mamady Diambou, Adam Daghim, Lucas Gourna-Douath.
Dynamo against Austrian teams
11 wins, 2 draws, 3 defeats, goal difference – 32:18
At home ground: 6 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat
Salzburg against Ukrainian teams
1 win, 3 defeats, goal difference – 3:11
Away: 2 defeats
Technical data
FC Dynamo Kyiv – RB Salzburg
Wednesday, August 21, 21:00. Lublin, Arena Lublin
Referee – Sandro Schärer (SUI)
Assistant referees – Jonas Erni (SUI), Susann Küng (SUI)
Fourth official – Lionel Tschudi (SUI)
Video Assistant Referee – Fedayi San (SUI)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee – Johannes von Mandach (SUI)
UEFA referee observer – Howard Webb (ENG)
UEFA delegate – Emil Ubias (CZE)
