FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Veres Rivne away in the UPL matchday 20 game. The match will take place on Thursday, March 7, at the Avanhard Stadium in Rivne. Kick-off – 18:00.
VERES
UPL position – 15 (18 matches: 2 wins, 6 draws, 10 defeats, goal difference – 16:30, 12 points).
Current season
Rivne side aren’t having a good season. The team won only two games which is why they’re currently in relegation zone. Before the winter break they got new head coach – Oleh Shandruk – but still suffered two consecutive defeats early in the second part of the season.
5 previous official games: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 defeats
March 2. UPL. Vorskla – Veres – 2:1
February 25. UPL. Veres – Kolos – 0:2
December 10. UPL. Shakhtar – Veres – 2:0
December 1. UPL. Polissia – Veres – 1:1
November 25. UPL. Veres – Metalist – 4:3
2023/2024 players’ statistics
Most appearances: 17 – Iago Siqueira, V. Sharai, Haiduchyk, 16 – Kurko, Shevchenko, Kucherov, 15 – Kucherenko, Shestakov.
Most starting lineup appearances: 15 – Kurko, Shevchenko, Kucherov, 14 – Iago Siqueira, 13 – V. Sharai, Kucherenko.
Most time played: Shevchenko – 1370 minutes, Kurko – 1350, Kucherov – 1315, V. Sharai – 1188, Kucherenko – 1167, Iago Siqueira – 1183.
Goalscorers: Shevchenko, V. Sharai, Iago Siqueira – 2, Kucherov, Balan, Vovchenko, Haiduchyk, Shestakov, Dakhnovskyi, Mrvaljevic – 1.
Suspended: —
DYNAMO
UPL position – 4 (16 matches: 11 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats, goal difference – 38:20, 34 points).
Current season
In the match against FC Chornomorets Odesa, Kyivans continued their winning streak under the charge of Olexandr Shovkovskyi which makes six games now. Dynamo are currently four points behind the league leaders SC Dnipro-1, but they’ve played three games less.
5 previous official games: 5 wins
March 2. UPL. Dynamo – Chornomorets – 1:0
February 25. UPL. Metalist 1925 – Dynamo – 2:4
December 11. UPL. Dynamo – Obolon – 2:0
December 7. UPL. Dynamo – Metalist 1925 – 4:2
November 26. UPL. Dynamo – Rukh – 2:0
2023/2024 players’ statistics
Most appearances: 16 – Brazhko, 15 – Vanat, 14 – Dubinchak, Buialskyi, Bushchan, Karavayev.
Most starting lineup appearances: 14 – Bushchan, Vanat, 13 – Buialskyi, Brazhko, 12 – Dubinchak.
Most time played: Bushchan – 1260 minutes, Brazhko – 1222, Vanat – 1157, Buialskyi – 1138, Dubinchak – 1108.
Goalscorers: Vanat – 9, Buialskyi – 7, Voloshyn, Yarmolenko – 4, Brazhko – 3, Karavayev, Kabayev, Benito, Tymchyk – 2, Diachuk, Syrota, Shepelev – 1.
Suspended: Brazhko.
Face to face
Total (UPL and Ukrainian Cup) – 16 matches
Dynamo wins – 12
Draws – 3
Veres wins – 1
Goal difference – 41:8 for Dynamo
Total in the UPL – 14 matches
Dynamo wins – 12
Draws – 1
Veres wins – 1
Goal difference – 40:1 for Dynamo
Previous match
2022/2023 UPL. Matchday 29
Dynamo – Veres – 3:0
29.05.2023. Rivne, Avanhard Stadium
Goals: Ramirez (49), Harmash (89), Voloshyn (90+3).
