On Sunday, April 21, FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FC Polissia Zhytomyr at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi in the UPL matchday 25 game. Kick-off – 18:00.
DYNAMO
UPL position – 2 (23 games: 16 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference – 54:24, 51 points).
Current season
By beating FC Mynai in the postponed matchday 16 game Dynamo reached 13-match unbeaten streak and stepped upwards into the second place in the league table. FC Shakhtar Donetsk are four points ahead, but the White-Blues have seven more games to play.
In the upcoming match Kyivans can’t count on halfback Nazar Voloshyn, who was sent off in the matchday 24 game against FC Oleksandria.
5 previous official games: 4 wins, 1 draw
April 17. UPL. Mynai – Dynamo – 1:3
April 13. UPL. Oleksandria – Dynamo – 0:1
April 8. UPL. Dynamo – LNZ – 1:1
April 4. Zoria – Dynamo – 0:3
March 31. UPL. Vorskla – Dynamo – 1:5
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 22 – Vanat, 21 – Brazhko, 20 – Bushchan, Voloshyn, 19 – Tymchyk, Kabayev, 18 – Dubinchak.
Most starting lineup appearances: 21 – Vanat, 20 – Bushchan, 18 – Brazhko, 17 – Voloshyn, Tymchyk, Popov.
Most time played: Bushchan – 1800 minutes, Vanat – 1759, Brazhko – 1660, Dubinchak – 1297, Popov – 1443, Tymchyk – 1430.
Goalscorers: Vanat – 11, Buialskyi – 8, Brazhko, Voloshyn, Yarmolenko – 6, – 5, Kabayev – 3, Karavayev, Benito, Tymchyk, Shaparenko – 2, Diachuk, Popov, Andriyevskyi, Sydorchuk, Shepelev – 1.
Suspended: Voloshyn
POLISSIA
UPL position – 6 (24 games: 11 wins, 6 draws, 7 defeats, goal difference – 31:23, 39 points).
Current season
Despite being the UPL newbies Polissia demonstrated their ambitions to fight for top spots early in the season. However quite lasting winless streak forced the club to sack the gaffer Yurii Kalytvyntsev and appoint Serhii Shyshchenko. Polissia managed to win two previous games, so they’re approaching the match against Dynamo in a good mood.
5 previous official games: 2 wins, 3 draws
April 14. UPL. Polissia – Kolos – 1:0
April 8. UPL. Mynai – Polissia – 2:3
March 30 UPL. Polissia – Chornomorets – 1:4
March 16. UPL. Obolon – Polissia – 1:0
March 9. UPL. Polissia – Oleksandria – 1:2
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 24 – Kozak, Krushynskyi, 22 – Tankovskyi, Chobotenko, 21 – Boiko, 19 – Kushnirenko, Shabanov, 18 – Makouana, Budkivskyi, Smoliakov.
Most starting lineup appearances: 22 – Chobotenko, 21 – Boiko, 19 –Shabanov, Tankovskyi, Kozak, Krushynskyi – 18.
Most time played: Boiko – 1890 minutes, Chobotenko – 1874, Shabanov – 1710, Tankovskyi – 1653, Kozak – 1651.
Goalscorers: Kushnirenko, Kozak, Makouana, Budkivskyi – 4, Hrytsuk, Mustafayev, Luifer Hernandez – 2, Lucas Taylor, Smoliakov, Krushynskyi, Tankovskyi, Nazarenko – 1.
Suspended: —
Previous face-to-face match
06.10.2023. Zhytomyr, Polissia Central Stadium
Polissia – Dynamo – 3:2
Goals: Krushynskyi (14), Budkivskyi (64), Kozak (70) – Buialskyi (4, 51, pen.).
