The game will start at 19:30 at Butovskyi Stadium.
Dynamo: to recondition as soon as possible
Dynamo will oppose Vorskla less than in three days after the Europa League match against Rio Ave FC. Still such tight schedule is already usual for the White-Blues.
Serhiy Rebrov’s men have already played once in three days this season. In October Kyivans featured against FC Steaua București (3:1) and after that they defeated FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1:0).
This month they coped with Aalborg BK (2:0) and then drew against FC Karpaty Lviv (0:0).
On Thursday Dynamo were victorious over Rio Ave at the NSC Olimpiyskyi (2:0) and on Sunday they’ll perform against Vorskla. Of course it’s difficult for players, who participate in several competitions, to recondition quickly late in the first half of the season…
“We asked Vorskla to play the match on Monday, but they refused. No one asks for benefits, but one should realize that Dynamo fight for the honour of the country in euro cups and provide Ukraine national team with big number of performers. Regulations should allow euro cups participants to play their matches on Monday”, - shared Serhiy Rebrov his impressions of the situation.
Kyivans’ head coach can be optimistic as Dieumerci Mbokani has already recovered from injury.
Vorskla: over-the-top motivation
FC Vorskla Poltava started getting ready for the game against FC Dynamo Kyiv the following day after the match against FC Zoria Luhansk.
Surprisingly enough Poltava side defeated Zoria easily.
Current season can become really successful for the team. It’s quite possible for them to finish fourth in the Ukrainian Premier League..
At the moment Vasyl Sachko’s men have four victories, five draws and three defeats to their name with goal difference 13:8 (17 points, 6th place).
Several former Dynamo performers feature for Vorskla nowadays – goalkeeper Stanislav Bohush, defenders Serhiy Lohinov and Olexandr Romanchuk, midfielder Denys Dedechko and forward Oleh Mishchenko.
Face-to-face matches
Dynamo faced Vorskla within the UPL 37 times. Kyivans won 28 matches and lost three. Six more games ended in a draw. Goal difference – 81:27.
Previous game
2014/15 UPL. Matchday 1. 27.07.2014. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 18,630
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Vorskla Poltava – 1:0 (1:0)
Goal: Bezus (10, assist – Kalytvyntsev).
