On Saturday, October 28, FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Kolos Kovalivka away in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 12 game.
Kick-off – 15:00.
FC Kolos Kovalivka
UPL position – 8 (11 games: 3 wins, 6 draws, 2 defeats, goal difference – 7:7, 15 points)
Current season
This season Kolos are in the middle of the UPL table. The team has the best defense in the league alongside Dnipro-1 – only 7 goals conceded.
Moreover, Kolos don’t concede in four games in a row – three goalless draws and away win against Oleksandria – 1:0.
The two defeats Kovalivka side suffered were against Shakhtar and Kryvbas. Herewith Kolos have one of the weakest attacks in the UPL.
Last 5 matches: 1 win, 4 draws
October 21. UPL. Oleksandria – Kolos – 0:1
October 7. UPL. Kolos – Vorskla – 0:0
October 1. UPL. Kolos – Polissia – 0:0
September 24. Metalist 1925 – Kolos – 0:0
September 17. UPL. Dnipro-1 – Kolos – 1:1
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 11 – Fesiun, Bezborodko, Demchenko, 10 – Bondarenko, Burda, Luchkevych, Veleten, Bolbat.
Most starting lineup appearances: 11 – Fesiun, 10 – Bondarenko, Burda, Demchenko, 9 – Luchkevych, 8 – Tsurikov.
Most time played: Fesiun – 990 minutes, Bondarenko, Burda – 900, Demchenko – 832, Luchkevych – 824.
Goalscorers: 2 – Tsurikov, 1 – Luchkevych, Bezborodko, Orikhovskyi, Veleten, Salabai.
Suspended: Popov.
FC Dynamo Kyiv
UPL position – 7 (8 games: 5 wins, 3 defeats, goal difference – 22:14, 15 points).
Current season
Unlike Kolos, Dynamo haven’t played in a draw a single time this season – 5 wins and 3 defeats. The White-Blues’ defense isn’t impressive, but the attack is one of the best in the league – 22 goals. Herewith Kyivans have played three games less than most of the teams.
Anyway, the main figure is the seventh position in the league table which doesn’t match ambitions of the blub, and two defeats in a row. Yet nothing has been lost so far as Dynamo have skipped three games, so the team has to change the situation.
Last 5 matches: 2 wins, 3 defeats
October 22. UPL. Dynamo – Dnipro-1 – 0:1
October 6. UPL. Polissia – Dynamo – 3:2
October 1. UPL. Dynamo – Oleksandria – 4:2
September 27. Ukrainian Cup. Obolon – Dynamo – 1:0
September 23. UPL. LNZ – Dynamo – 2:4
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 8 – Buialskyi, Vanat, Dubinchak, Brazhko, 7 – Bushchan, Syrota, Voloshyn, 6 – Tymchyk, Karavayev, Kabayev, Yarmolenko, Benito.
Most starting lineup appearances: 7 – Buialskyi, Vanat, 7 – Bushchan, 6 – Dubinchak, Yarmolenko.
Most time played: Buialskyi – 720 minutes, Vanat – 650, Bushchan – 630, Dubinchak – 596, Syrota – 523.
Goalscorers: Buialskyi – 6 goals, Vanat, Yarmolenko – 4, Brazhko – 3, Voloshyn – 2, Karavayev, Benito, Sydorchuk – 1.
Suspended: —
Officials
Referee – M. Kozyriatskyi (Zaporizhzhia)
Assistant referees – O. Pavlinov (Odesa), O. Korniyko (Myrhorod)
4th official – D. Kubriak (Odesa)
Referee observer – O. Zubariev (Sloviansk)
VAR – I. Paskhal (Kherson)
Assistant VAR – V. Nyzhnyk (Vinnytsia)
VAR observer – O. Voitiuk (Zaporizhzhia)
Face to face
Total – 10 matches: +1=3-6, goal difference – 5:23
Kolos at home ground – 4 matches: +1=0-3, goal difference – 2:10
In UPL – 9 matches: +1=2-6, goal difference – 5:23
Kolos at home ground – 4 matches: +1=0-3, goal difference – 2:10
Previous face-to-face match
UPL. Matchday 28
Kolos – Dynamo – 0:3
24.05.2023. Kovalivka, Kolos Stadium
Goals: Volynets (o.g.), Andriyevskyi (68), Voloshyn (90+3).
