UPL. Matchday 18. Dynamo – Zoria. Preview

FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FC Zoria Luhansk at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 18 game.

The match will take place on Saturday, March 18. Kick-off – 14:00.

Broadcasting – 2+2 TV channel, Dynamo and Football Hub YouTube channels.

DYNAMO

UPL position – 4 (33 points, 17 matches, 10 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference – 25:15)

Current season

During the winter break Dynamo lost two leaders – winger Viktor Tsyhankov to Girona and defender Illia Zabarnyi to Bournemouth. On the other hand, Kyivans signed 19-year-old Macedonian midfielder Reshat Ramadani. Forward Erik Ramirez, winger Nazar Voloshyn and defender Maxym Diachuk have returned from loan moves.

In the first spring match of the UPL the White-Blues suffered 0:2 home defeat against Inhulets while after that Mircea Lucescu’s men succeeded against the league leaders Dnipro-1 – 1:0.

Last 5 matches: W-3, D-1, L-1

Players’ UPL statistics

Most appearances: Buialskyi – 17, Harmash, Sydorchuk – 16, Voloshyn*, Zabarnyi**, Karavayev – 15, Shepelev, Vivcharenko, Tsyhankov** – 14, Vanat, Kabayev – 13.

Most starting lineup appearances: Buialskyi – 17, Sydorchuk – 15, Zabarnyi** – 14, Tsyhankov – 13, Shepelev – 12.

Most time played: Buialskyi – 1580 minutes, Sydorchuk – 1378, Zabarnyi** – 1238, Tsyhankov** – 1163, Shepelev – 886.

Goalscorers: Buialskyi – 11, Tsyhankov** – 6, Vanat – 5, Lonwijk, Tymchyk, Shepelev – 1.

Suspended: Buialskyi, Karavayev.

* first part of the season on loan at Kryvbas

** left the team

ZORIA

UPL position – 3 (34 points, 17 matches, 10 wins, 4 draws, 3 defeats)

Current season

Zoria won both of the spring games – against Vorskla (3:2) and against FC Lviv (3:1). Currently they’re third in the league table.

Last 5 matches: W-3, D-2, L-0

Players’ UPL statistics

Most appearances: Batahov, Rusyn, Brazhko – 17, Imerekov, Buletsa, Churko – 16, Matsapura, Danchenko – 15, Myshniov – 13.

Most starting lineup appearances: Batahov – 17, Imerekov, Buletsa – 16, Matsapura, Danchenko – 15, Rusyn – 14.

Most time played: Batahov – 1486 minutes, Imerekov – 1440, Matsapura – 1350, Danchenko – 1300, Buletsa – 1254, Rusyn – 1178, Churko – 1169.

Goalscorers: Buletsa, Kyriukhantsev, Rusyn – 5, Brazhko – 4, Myshniov – 3.

Dynamo vs Zoria in the UPL

Total – 53 games

32 Dynamo wins

14 draws

7 Zoria wins

Goal difference – 110:45 for Dynamo

Dynamo biggest win – 5:0, 6:1

Dynamo biggest defeat – 0:2