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
