On Saturday, May 11, FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Shakhtar Donetsk at the Arena Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 28 game. Kick-off – 18:00.
Shakhtar
UPL position – 1 (27 matches: 21 wins, 4 draws, 2 defeats, goal difference – 61:21, 67 points).
Current season
Shakhtar continue chasing two titles this season – the UPL and the Ukrainian Cup. As for the league situation, even in case of defeat against Dynamo, Shakhtar will remain leaders having only two more games to win to grab the gold.
5 previous official games: 5 wins
May 5. UPL. Shakhtar – Chornomorets – 3:0
May 1. UPL. Chornomorets – Shakhtar – 1:4
April 27. UPL. LNZ – Shakhtar – 0:3
April 22. UPL. Shakhtar – Zoria – 2:1
April 18. UPL. Zoria – Shakhtar – 1:3
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 27 – Sikan, 26 – Riznyk, 25 – Kryskiv, 24 – Zubkov, 22 – Matviyenko, Sudakov.
Most starting lineup appearances: 26 – Riznyk, 24 – Zubkov, Kryskiv, 23 – Sikan, 22 – Matviyenko.
Most time played: Riznyk – 2340 minutes, Matviyenko – 1980, Kryskiv – 1971, Sikan – 1890, Zubkov – 1807.
Goalscorers: Sikan – 10, Zubkov, Kryskiv, Sudakov – 5, Bondarenko, Traore – 4, Matviyenko, Kevin, Kashchuk, Shved, Marlon – 3, Nazaryna, Eguinaldo – 2, Konoplia, Newerton – 1.
Suspended: —
Dynamo
UPL position – 2 (27 matches: 20 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference – 67:25, 63 points).
Current season
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men are in great shape. They’ve won six previous games with three of those lopsidedly.
Dynamo absolutely need victory against Shakhtar, but even in case they succeed they’ll be a point behind and will have to hope Shakhtar lose points in at least one of the two games remaining.
5 previous official games: 5 wins
May 5. UPL. Dynamo – Kolos – 5:0
May 1. UPL. Dynamo – Veres – 3:0
April 27. UPL. Dnipro-1 – Dynamo – 1:2
April 21. UPL. Dynamo – Polissia – 3:0
April 17. UPL. Mynai – Dynamo – 1:3
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 25 – Vanat, 24 – Bushchan, Brazhko, 23 – Voloshyn, Kabayev.
Most starting lineup appearances: 24 – Bushchan, Vanat, 21 – Popov, 20 – Brazhko, 19 – Voloshyn, Tymchyk.
Most time played: Bushchan – 2160 minutes, Vanat – 2000, Brazhko – 1865, Popov – 1803, Tymchyk – 1601.
Goalscorers: Vanat – 13, Buialskyi – 10, Yarmolenko – 8, Voloshyn – 7, Brazhko – 6, Kabayev – 5, Shaparenko – 3, Karavayev, Benito, Tymchyk, Shepelev – 2, Diachuk, Popov, Andriyevskyi, Ponomarenko, Sydorchuk – 1.
Suspended: —
Face to face
Total – 195 official games: 85 Dynamo wins, 47 draws, 63 Shakhtar wins, goal difference – 257:225 for Dynamo.
In the UPL – 71 games: 27 Shakhtar wins, 19 draws, 25 Dynamo wins, goal difference – 87:83 for Shakhtar.
Previous face-to-face match
UPL. Matchday 13
03.11.2023. Kyiv, Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi
Dynamo – Shakhtar – 0:1
Goal: Zubkov (53).
