On Wednesday, May 1, FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FC Veres Rivne in the UPL matchday 5 postponed game. The match will take place at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi. Kick-off – 15:30.
DYNAMO
UPL position – 2 (25 matches: 18 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, goal difference – 59:25, 57 points).
Current season
Dynamo continue the title race being 4 points behind Shakhtar. Kyivans don’t have a room for mistake in the game against Veres. Rivne side are one of two teams that managed to draw against Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s men in 15 previous league games.
5 previous official games: 4 wins, 1 draw
April 27. UPL. Dnipro-1 – Dynamo – 1:2
April 21. UPL. Dynamo – Polissia – 3:0
April 17. UPL. Mynai – Dynamo – 1:3
April 13. UPL. Oleksandria – Dynamo – 0:1
April 8. UPL. Dynamo – LNZ – 1:1
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 24 – Vanat, 22 – Bushchan, Brazhko, 21 – Tymchyk, Voloshyn, Kabayev.
Most starting lineup appearances: 23 – Vanat, 22 – Bushchan, 19 – Tymchyk, Popov, 18 – Brazhko.
Most time played: Bushchan – 1980 minutes, Vanat – 1940, Brazhko – 1692, Popov – 1626, Tymchyk – 1606.
Goalscorers: Vanat – 13, Buialskyi – 9, Brazhko, Voloshyn, Yarmolenko – 6, Kabayev – 4, Shaparenko – 3, Karavayev, Benito, Tymchyk – 2, Diachuk, Popov, Andriyevskyi, Sydorchuk, Shepelev – 1.
Suspended: Diachuk, Tymchyk, Shaparenko.
VERES
UPL position – 14 (25: 4 wins, 8 draws, 13 defeats, goal difference – 23:38, 20 points).
Current season
Veres are currently third from the bottom in the league table being in the transitional matches zone. 6 points separate the team from the 12th place that guarantees the Premier League spot for the next season. On the other hand, they’ve only one point above the relegation zone.
5 previous official games: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 defeats
April 27. UPL. Rukh – Veres – 3:1
April 21. UPL. Veres – Dnipro-1 – 1:1
April 15. UPL. LNZ – Veres – 1:0
April 6. UPL. Veres – Obolon – 3:0
March 30. UPL. Veres – Kryvbas – 0:2
2023/2024 UPL players’ statistics
Most appearances: 23 – Iago Siqueira, Haiduchyk, Sharai, 22 – Kurko, Kucherenko, Kucherov.
Most starting lineup appearances: 21 – Kucherov, 20 – Kucherenko, Shevchenko, 19 – Kurko, Iago Siqueira.
Most time played: Kucherov – 1869, Shevchenko – 1787, Kucherenko – 1782, Kurko – 1707, Iago Siqueira – 1554.
Goalscorers: Iago Siqueira, Mrvaljevic – 3, Haiduchyk, Dakhnovskyi, Sharai, Shevchenko – 2, Balan, VOvchenko, Kucherov, Shestakov, Yanakov – 1.
Suspended: Iago Siqueira.
Face to face
Total in the UPL – 15
Dynamo wins – 12
Draws – 2
Veres wins – 1
Goal difference – 41:8 for Dynamo
Previous face-to-face game
UPL. Matchday 20
Veres – Dynamo – 1:1
07.03.2024. Rivne, Avanhard Stadium
Goals: Mrvaljevic (90+9, pen.) – Voloshyn (5).
