On Sunday, September 29, FC Dynamo Kyiv will play the 2024/2025 Ukrainian Premier League matchday 8 game.
The White-Blues will face FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv away. Kick-off – 18:00.
LIVYI BEREH
UPL position – 11 (7 matches: 2 wins, 5 defeats, goal difference – 4:9, 6 points).
Current season
Livyi Bereh qualified for the UPL through playoffs in late July and didn’t have much time to get ready for their debut in the top league of Ukraine.
Vitalii Pervak’s men started really poorly – three UPL defeats. Besides, they tumbled out of the Ukrainian Cup. Their first victory was against Chornomorets while right after that they succeeded against Veres away. In two previous games the team lost against claimants upon the league medals – Kryvbas and Oleksandria.
5 previous games: 2 wins, 3 defeats
September 21. UPL. Oleksandria – Livyi Bereh – 2:0
September 15. UPL. Livyi Bereh – Kryvbas – 0:1
September 1. UPL. Veres – Livyi Bereh – 1:3
August 26. UPL. Livyi Bereh – Chornomorets – 1:0
August 18. UPL. Livyi Bereh – Shakhtar – 0:1
2024/2025 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 7 – Mekhaniv, Dedukh, Halas, Banada, Synytsia, Sukhoruchko.
Most starting lineup appearances: 7 – Mekhaniv, Dedukh, Halas, Banada, Synytsia, Sukhoruchko.
Most time played: 630 minutes – Mekhaniv, 629 – Dedukh, 598 – Banada, 592 – Synytsia, 565 – Sukhoruchko, 540 – Sokolov.
Goalscorers: 1 – Dedukh, Yakymiv, Halas, Prykhodko.
DYNAMO
UPL position – 1 (6 matches, 5 wins, 1 draw, goal difference – 11:3, 16 points).
Current season
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men haven’t lost a single UPL game this season yet. After five wins in a row the White-Blues drew against Rukh, but they’re still at the top of the table.
On Wednesday, Dynamo played the Europa League game against Lazio (0:3) and returned home only on Thursday evening, so they had less than two days to get ready for Livyi Bereh.
5 previous games: 3 wins, 1draw, 1 defeat
September 25. EL. Dynamo – Lazio – 0:3
September 21. UPL. Dynamo – Rukh – 0:0
September 18. UPL. Dynamo – Vorskla – 3:1
September 14. UPL. Zoria – Dynamo – 0:2
September 1. UPL. Dynamo – LNZ – 1:0
2024/2025 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 6 – Braharu, Kabayev, Pikhalionok, 5 – Bushchan, Tymchyk, Mykhavko, Bilovar, Dubinchak, Yarmolenko, Shaparenko, Buialskyi, Vanat.
Most starting lineup appearances: 6 – Kabayev, 5 – Bushchan, Tymchyk, Bilocar, Mykhavko, Vanat.
Most time played: 450 minutes – Tymchyk, Bushchan, 403 – Kabayev, 383 – Bilovar, 382 – Mykhavko, 359 – Vanat.
Goalscorers: Buialskyi, Yarmolenko, Pikhalionok – 2, Braharu, Vanat, Shaparenko, Ceballos, Karavayev – 1.
Officials
Referee – A. Kovalenko (Poltava)
Assistant referees – V. Dumenko (Kharkiv), Y. Povazhnyi (Kharkiv)
4th official – D. Kubriak (Odesa)
Referee observer – S. Dziuba (Khmelnytskyi)
VAR – D. Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)
Assistant VAR – S. Hrushko (Kyiv region)
VAR observer – S. Zadiran (Dnipro)
Interesting facts
- New Kyiv derby in the UPL
- Dynamo can concede their 650th Ukrainian league goal.
- Dynamo unbeaten streak makes 8 games: 7 wins, 1 draw.
- Dynamo drawless away streak in the UPL makes 10 games: 9 wins, 1 defeat.
- Andrii Yarmolenko can score his 110th UPL goal.
Photos – FC Dynamo, FC Livyi Bereh
