The statistics platform Wyscout has presented interim results of the Ukrainian Premier League first part of the season.
FC Dynamo Kyiv are the league leaders in terms of goals scored (43). So are they in terms of xG (expected goals) – 40.22 and the number of shots per match – 17.25 (xG per shot – 0.14).
As a result, three Dynamo players are on the list of 10 UPL best strikers at the moment:
Viktor Tsyhankov – 10 goals (0.66 per 90 minutes, xG 10.07);
Vitaliy Buialskyi – 8 goals (0.57 per 90 minutes, xG 4.77);
Denys Harmash – 7 goals (0.80 per 90 minutes, xG 4.63).
Viktor Tsyhankov is the league second best player in terms of shots on goal – 52 attempts (3.42 per 90 minutes, xG 0.19).
Illia Shkurin is one of the UPL best assistants with 3 assists to his name (0.78 per 90 minutes, xG 1.18).
Vitaliy Buialskyi has also performed 3 assists (0.21 per 90 minutes, xG 0.21).
Four Kyivans are among top 10 UPL players in terms of the average number of passes per game:
Mykola Shaparenko (72.27 passes per 90 minutes, 92%);
Serhiy Sydorchuk (66.74, 92%);
Illia Zabarnyi (66.16, 93%);
Olexandr Syrota (65.98, 95%).
Thereinafter we list Dynamo players, who made it into the UPL top 10 in terms of following individual statistics:
Key passes (per 90 minutes on average):
Carlos de Pena – 2.09;
Vitaliy Buialskyi – 1.98.
Deep passes (per 90 minutes on average):
Viktor Tsyhankov – 2.90;
Vitaliy Buialskyi – 2.41;
Olexandr Karavayev – 2.00
Crosses (per 90 minutes on average):
Carlos de Pena – 5.90 (29%)
Passes into final third (per 90 minutes on average):
Serhiy Sydorchuk – 10.47 (79%);
Mykola Shaparenko – 10.32 (85%);
Tomasz Kedziora – 9.55 (83%)
Forward passes (per 90 minutes on average):
Vitaliy Mykolenko – 11.39 (82%);
Tomasz Kedziora – 11.31 (84%)
Attacking contribution (per 90 minutes on average):
Viktor Tsyhankov – 1.22 (build-up 0.38);
Carlos de Pena – 1.13 (0.56);
Vitaliy Buialskyi – 1.09 (0.42)
Touches inside the box (per 90 minutes on average):
Denys Harmash – 6.50;
Vitaliy Buialskyi – 5.74;
Viktor Tsyhankov – 5.46.
Offsides (per 90 minutes on average):
Denys Harmash – 1.25 (top result of the league)
Sprints forward (per 90 minutes on average):
Mykola Shaparenko – 3.99;
Olexandr Tymchyk – 3.26.
Defensive scrimmage (per 90 minutes on average):
Mykola Shaparenko – 11.01 (54%)
Penalties (in total):
Viktor Tsyhankov – 5 (5 scored) (top result of the league)
Direct free kicks (in total):
Viktor Tsyhankov – 5 (2 scored – 40%)
Corners (per 90 minutes on average):
Viktor Tsyhankov – 4.21 (86%) (top result of the league);
Mykola Shaparenko – 3.12 (72%)
Fouls (per 90 minutes on average):
Mykola Shaparenko – 3.02 (7 yellow cards)
As you know, Dynamo are to play two more UPL games by the winter break – against FC Veres Rivne and FC Zoria Luhansk.
