On Thursday, December 7, FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 3 postponed game. Kick-off – 15:00.
Dynamo
UPL position – 6th (12 matches: 7 wins, 1 draw, 4 defeats, goal difference – 27:16, 22 points).
Current season
In the previous game Dynamo played just over a minute against Mynai away after which the match was cancelled due to air alert.
Kyiv side winning streak currently makes two matches – since the appointment of Olexandr Shovkovskyi as caretaker manager. The White-Blues have ceased the winless streak that lasted 4 games.
After two 2:0 victories in a row Dynamo are sixth in the UPL table.
5 previous matches: 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats
November 26. UPL. Dynamo – Rukh – 2:0
November 12. UPL. Kryvbas – Dynamo – 0:2
November 3. UPL. Dynamo – Shakhtar – 0:1
October 28. UPL. Kolos – Dynamo – 1:1
October 22. UPL. Dynamo – Dnipro-1 – 0:1
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 12 – Dubinchak, Brazhko, 11 – Bushchan, Buialskyi, Vanat, 10 – Tymchyk, Karavayev.
Most starting lineup appearances: 11 – Bushchan, 10 – Buialskyi, Vanat, Dubinchak, 9 – Tymchyk, Brazhko.
Most time played: Bushchan – 990 minutes, Dubinchak – 954, Buialskyi – 910, Brazhko – 862, Vanat – 826.
Goalscorers: Buialskyi – 6 goals, Vanat – 5, Yarmolenko – 4, Brazhko – 3, Voloshyn, Tymchyk, Karavayev – 2, Kabayev, Benito, Sydorchuk – 1.
Metalist 1925
UPL position – 11th (15 matches: 4 wins, 3 draw, 8 defeats, goal difference – 15:21, 15 points).
Current season
Metalist 1925 lack stability so far. After two defeats in a row early in the season Kharkiv side had five-match unbeaten streak after which couldn’t win for five consecutive games.
On November 6, after defeat against Chornomorets, Edmar resigned from the post of the head coach. He was replaced by Oleh Holodiuk.
Metalist 1925 are approaching the game against Dynamo with three away defeats in succession.
5 previous matches: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 defeats
December 3. UPL. Shakhtar – Metalist 1925 – 2:0
November 25. UPL. Veres – Metalist 1925 – 4:3
November 11. UPL. Polissia – Metalist 1925 – 2:1
November 5. UPL. Metalist 1925 – Chornomorets – 2:1
October 29. UPL. Vorskla – Metalist 1925 – 2:2
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 14 – Yusov, Sydorov, 13 – Mozil, Bezuhlyi, Habelok, 12 – Zhychykov, Vechiberadze, A. Tkachuk.
Most starting lineup appearances: 13 – Mozil, Bezuhlyi, 12 – Habelok, Zhychykov, 11 – Kurylo, 10 – Yusov, Vechiberadze, A. Tkachuk.
Most time played: 1170 minutes – Bezuhlyi, 1159, Mozil, 1099 – Habelok, 1035 – Zhychykov, 877 – Kurylo, 838 – Y. Tkachuk, 832 – Yusov, 831 – Vechiberadze.
Goalscorers: Yusov, Boriachuk – 3 goals, Rusyn, Dmytrenko – 2, Y. Tkachuk, Vechiberadze, Sydorov, Farina, Ari Moura – 1.
Face-to-face statistics
Balance: 1 Dynamo win, 2 draws, goal difference – 3:1 for Dynamo
Previous face-to-face match
2022/2023 UPL. Matchday 30
Metalist 1925 – Dynamo – 1:1
04.06.2023. Kyiv, Bannikov Stadium
Goals: Habelok (38) – Ramirez (20, pen.).
