Ukrainian Cup. Round of 16. Mariupol – Dynamo. Preview

Ukrainian Cup. Round of 16. Mariupol – Dynamo. Preview

Wednesday, October 27. Mariupol, Volodymyr Boiko stadium. Kick-off – 17:00

Broadcasting – Football 3

MARIUOPOL

Founded – 1960.

Perform in Ukrainian top league since 1997/1998 season.

UPL position after 12 matchdays: 16th (4 points, W-1, D-1, L-10, goal difference – 13:29).

Most UPL appearances: Kudryk – 12, Stasiuk, Kulakov, Topalov – 11, Myshniov, Mampassi, Kashchuk, Dambayev – 9

Most time played: Kudryk – 1080 minutes, Stasiuk – 990, Kulakov – 855, Topalov – 816, Myshniov – 756.

Strikers: Kulakov – 6 goals, Topalov – 2, Viunnyk, Mykytyshyn, Myshniov, Svitiukha, Spirovskyi – 1.

Assists: Stasiuk, Topalov – 2, Mampassi, Kashchuk, Viunnyk, Khromei, Mykytyshyn – 1.

Way to round of 16

Mariupol started 2021/22 Ukrainian Cup campaign with round of 32. They faced FC Volyn Lutsk and won on penalties – 6:5.

5 previous matches

23.10. UPL. Veres – Mariupol – 2:0

10.10. UPL. Mariupol – Metalist 1925 – 1:2

1.10. UPL. Mariupol – Rukh – 0:2

25.09. UPL. Oleksandria – Mariupol – 2:1

22.09. UC. Volyn – Mariupol – 0:0 (5:6 on penalties)

DYNAMO
UPL position after 12 matchdays
: 1st (32 points, W-10, D-2, goal difference – 31:3).

Most UPL appearances: Karavayev, Tsyhankov – 12, Mykolenko, Harmash – 11, Zabarnyi, Sydorchuk, Kedziora, de Pena, Buialskyi – 10.

Most time played: Tsyhankov – 951 minutes, Mykolenko – 915, Zabarnyi, 866, Buialskyi – 854, Bushchan – 810.

Strikers: Tsyhankov – 9 goals (4 pen.), Buialskyi, Harmash – 6, de Pena – 2, Popov, Ramirez, Syrota, Tymchyk, Kedziora, Shaparenko – 1.

Assists: Mykolenko, Karavayev, Shkurin, de Pena – 3, Tymchyk, Shaparenko, Tsyhankov – 2, Ramirez, Andriyevskyi, Shepelev, Verbic, Sydorchuk – 1.

Way to round of 16

Dynamo won the previous national Cup campaign, so they start this one with round of 16. Last season, the White-Blues defeated FC Zoria Luhansk in the final (1:0 after extra time).

5 previous matches

24.10. UPL. Dynamo – Dnipro-1 – 2:0

20.10. CL. Barcelona – Dynamo – 1:0

16.10. UPL. Lviv – Dynamo – 1:4

3.10. UPL. Dynamo – Shakhtar – 0:0

29.09. CL. Bayern – Dynamo – 5:0