On Wednesday, September 18, FC Dynamo Kyiv will play the 2024/2025 Ukrainian Premier League matchday 4 postponed game.
The White-Blues will host FC Vorskla Poltava at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi. Kick-off – 18:00.
DYNAMO
UPL position – 3 (4 matches: 4 wins, goal difference – 8:2, 12 points).
Season start
Dynamo were getting ready for the season in Austria where they played five friendlies – beat Brondby (4:0) and Mamelodi Sundowns (1:0), drew against Paderborn 07 (0:0) and Schalke 04 (2:2) and lost against Union Berlin (2:3).
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men postponed the UPL matchday 1 games against Oleksandria and then grabbed four wins – against Veres (2:1), Karpaty (3:1), LNZ (1:0) and Zoria (2:0).
As for the Champions League qualification, Kyivans stopped a step from the group stage. After outplaying two opponents (Partizan – 6:2 and 3:0, Rangers – 1:1 and 2:0), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men lost against RB Salzburg on aggregate (0:2 and 1:1). Thus this season they’ll perform in the Europa League.
5 previous official games: 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat
September 14. UPL. Zoria – Dynamo – 0:2
September 1. UPL. Dynamo – LNZ – 1:0
August 27. CL. RB Salzburg – Dynamo – 1:1
August 21. CL. Dynamo – RB Salzburg – 0:2
August 17. UPL. Karpaty – Dynamo – 1:3
Players’ 2024/2025 UPL statistics
Most appearances: 4 – Bilovar, Braharu, Voloshyn, Kabayev, Pikhalionok, Tymchyk.
Most starting lineup appearances: 4 – Kabayev, Tymchyk.
Most time played: Tymchyk – 360 minutes, Bilovar – 293, Pikhalionok – 289 Bushchan, Mykhavko – 270.
Goalscorers: Buialskyi, Yarmolenko – 2, Braharu, Vanat, Pikhalionok, Shaparenko – 1.
VORSKLA
UPL position – 9 (5 matches: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat, goal difference – 6:6, 8 points).
Season start
Vorskla started the UPL season against the reigning champions – Shakhtar – and suffered lopsided defeat (0:5). After that they beat Livyi Bereh (3:0) and Obolon (2:0), drew against Karpaty (1:1) and Rukh (0:0).
5 previous official games:
September 15. UPL. Vorskla – Rukh – 0:0
August 31. UPL. Karpaty – Vorskla – 1:1
August 16. UPL. Vorskla – Obolon – 2:0
August 9. UPL. Livyi Bereh – Vorskla – 0:3
August 4. UPL. Vorskla – Shakhtar – 0:5
Players’ 2024/2025 UPL statistics
Most appearances: 5 – Huchek, Isenko, Kane, Krupskyi, Nesterenko, Skliar, Khrypchuk, Cheliadin, Chornomorets.
Most starting lineup appearances: 5 – Huchek, Isenko, Kane, Cheliadin, Chornomorets.
Most time played: Huchek, Isenko, Chornomorets – 450 minutes, Krupskyi – 404, Cheliadin – 401.
Goalscorers: Kane, Kovtaliuk, Miakushko, Nesterenko, Skliar, Cheliadin – 1.
Suspended: Skliar.
Previous face-to-face game
2024/2024 UPL. Matchday 22
31.03.2024. Poltava, Vorskla Stadium named after Oleksii Butovskyi
Vorskla – Dynamo – 1:5
Goals: Kovtaliuk (83) – Vanat (30), Brazhko (45+2), Shaparenko (47, pen., 77), Yarmolenko (78).
