FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Vorskla Poltava away in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 24 game. The match will take place on Thursday, May 4. Kick-off – 15:00.
The game will be broadcasted by Setanta Sports.
VORSKLA (POLTAVA)
UPL position – 7 (30 points, 8 wins, 6 draws, 9 defeats, goal difference – 28:31)
Current season
Vorskla started the season with euro cups, but were outplayed by the Swedish side AIK (3:2, 0:2 after overtime).
As for the UPL, Poltava side weren’t doing really well early in the season as they had four winless games in a row. Still gradually the Green-Blues gained momentum and currently they’re four points behind the euro cups zone.
Last 5 matches: W-3, D-1, L-1
Players’ UPL statistics
Most appearances: Stepaniuk – 23, Seferi – 22, Oliinyk – 21, Perduta, Cheliadin – 20, Kravets, Skliar – 18, Batsula – 17, Felipe, Yurchenko – 15, Chesnakov – 13
Most starting lineup appearances: Perduta, Stepaniuk, Seferi – 20, Kravets – 18, Skliar, Oliinyk – 16, Yurchenko – 15, Batsula – 13, Cheliadin, Chesnakov – 12
Most time played: Seferi – 1799 minutes, Perduta – 1781, Stepaniuk – 1736, Kravets – 1616, Oliinyk – 1437, Skliar – 1433, Yurchenko – 1212, Batsula – 1184, Cheliadin – 1098, Chesnakov – 1015
Goalscorers: Seferi – 11, Kravets, Stepaniuk, Marlyson – 3
DYNAMO (KYIV)
UPL position – 4 (44 points, 13 wins, 5 draws, 5 defeats, goal difference – 34:19)
Current season
After the recent game against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, the White-Blues’ head coach Mircea Lucescu informed that he needs a surgery due to health issues. It was performed successfully on May 1. A few days before that the team succeeded against FC Metalist Kharkiv away (3:1) under the charge of Olexandr Shovkovskyi.
Last 5 matches: W-3, D-2
Players’ UPL statistics
Most appearances: Harmash, Sydorchuk – 22, Vanat – 21, Buialskyi – 20, Shepelev, Vivcharenko – 18, Popov – 17, Neshcheret, Karavayev, Lonwijk - 16
Most starting lineup appearances: Sydorchuk – 21, Buialskyi – 20, Vanat – 17, Neshcheret, Popov, Shepelev – 15
Most time played: Sydorchuk – 1918 minutes, Buialskyi – 1834, Neshcheret – 1386, Vanat – 1360, Popov – 1190
Goalscorers: Buialskyi – 11, Vanat – 9, Lonwijk, Tymchyk, Shepelev, Ramirez, Tsarenko, Andriyevskyi, Syrota, Vivcharenko – 1
Face to face
Total – 58 matches:
42 Dynamo wins, 11 draws, 5 Vorskla wins
Goal difference – 122:38 for Dynamo
Dynamo biggest win – 8:0
Vorskla biggest win – 3:1, 2:0
Previous face-to-face match
2022/23 UPL, matchday 9
Dynamo – Vorskla – 1:1 (1:1)
23.10.2022. Kyiv, Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Goals: Buialskyi (33) – Yurchenko (44).
