On Wednesday, April 23, FC Dynamo Kyiv will play the 2024/2025 Ukrainian Cup semifinal.
The White-Blues will face the First League side FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi. The game will take place at the Ukraine Stadium in Lviv. Kick-off – 16:00.
2024/2025 Ukrainian Cup campaign
Dynamo started with the round of 16. The White-Blues outplayed FC Vorskla Poltava 2:1 and then beat FC Rukh Lviv in the semifinal 1:0.
Bukovyna path was way longer. They had to outplay Nyva Ternopil (1:1, 4:3 on penalties), Prykarpattia (1:0), Mykolaiv (2:1), Probii (2:1) and Viktoriia (2:1).
BUKOVYNA
Ukrainian First League position – 8 (17 matches: 6 wins, 6 draws, 5 defeats, goal difference – 14:14, 24 points).
Current season
Bukovyna finished the first part of the season fourth in the First League group A table and thus secured participation in the champions’ group.
Although currently Bukovyna are 8th in this group, they still have a chance to promote to the UPL.
5 previous games: 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats
April 19. First League. Bukovyna – Poltava – 1:1
April 14. First League. Metalist 1925 – Bukovyna – 2:1
April 6. First League. Bukovyna – Kudrivka-Nyva – 1:0
November 23. First League. Mynai – Bukovyna – 1:0
November 9. First League. Bukovyna – Metalist – 2:1
Players’ 2024/2025 First League statistics
Most appearances: 17 – Honcharuk, 16 – Morhovskyi, Koltsov, 15 – Shynkarenko, 14 – Bodnia.
Most starting lineup appearances: 16 – Morhovskyi, 15 – Koltsov, 13 – Honcharuk, 12 – Shynkarenko, Busko, Kanevtsev, Bezuhlyi.
Most time played (minutes): 1420 – Morhovskyi, 1372 – Koltsov, 1168 – Shynkarenko, 1152 – Honcharuk, 1095 – Busko.
Goalscorers: 4 – Koltsov, 3 – Bezuhlyi, 2 – Honcharuk, 1 – Shynkarenko, Boichuk, Tyshchenko, Andreichuk.
DYNAMO
Current season
At this point Kyivans winning streak in all competitions combined makes five games.
Five matchdays before the UPL season finish the White-Blues are top of the table with six points ahead of FC Oleksandria.
5 previous games: 5 wins
April 18. UPL. Dynamo – Obolon – 3:0
April 12. UPL. Kryvbas – Dynamo – 0:2
April 6. UPL. Dynamo – Livyi Bereh – 2:0
April 2. UC. Rukh – Dynamo – 0:1
March 29. UPL. Rukh – Dynamo – 0:2
Players’ 2024/2025 UPL statistics
Most appearances: 25 – Kabayev, 24 – Buialskyi, 23 – Mykhavko, Vanat, 20 – Voloshyn.
Most starting lineup appearances: 22 – Buialskyi, 21 – Kabayev, Mykhavko, 20 – Vanat, 16 – Popov, Tymchyk.
Most time played (minutes): 1879 – Mykhavko, 1777 – Buialskyi, 1721 – Kabayev, 1696 – Vanat, 1413 – Tymchyk.
Goalscorers: 15 – Vanat, 7 – Buialskyi, 6 – Yarmolenko, 4 – Shaparenko, 3 – Brazhko, Karavayev, Rubchynskyi, 2 – Pikhalionok, 1 – Braharu, Kabayev, Mykhavko, Popov, Mykhailenko, Vivcharenko, Ponomarenko.
