Another Ukrainian “clasico” took place at the Arena-Lviv and attracted much attention.

There was full house at the stadium. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were formally the home side, but fans mostly supported FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Less than three days before this fixture the White-Blues played really exhausting game against ACF Fiorentina.

Comparing with the match in Florence there were only two substitutions in Kyivans’ starting lineup. Dragovic replaced Danilo Silva and Sydorchuk featured instead of Buialskyi.

Both sides started the game actively. 18 minutes into the match Dynamo had a very good scoring opportunity. Artem Kravets missed in one-on-one situation. Luiz Adriano had similar chance, but Olexandr Shovkovskyi saved our team.

Right after the break Yarmolenko rushed into the penalty area, passed to Belhanda, Younes found Lens, but Jeremain sent the ball over the bar.

The outcome of the game is goalless draw, which has strategic importance for Serhiy Rebrov’s men.

UPL. Matchday 21

26.04.2015. Lviv. Arena-Lviv. 32,509

FC Shakhtar Donets – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 0:0

Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna (c), Kryvtsov (Kucher, 74), Rakytskyi, Ismaily, Stepanenko, Fred, Alex Teixeira, Taison (Bernard, 79), Douglas Costa (Marlos, 79), Luiz Adriano.

Dynamo: Shovkovskyi (c), Vida, Dragovic, Khacheridi, Antunes, Rybalka, Belhanda, Sydorchuk (Buialskyi, 82), Yarmolenko, Lens (Husiev, 84), Kravets (Mbokani, 73).

Booked: Taison (41), Adriano (69), Rakytskyi (79) – Khacheridi (53), Vida (90)

On April 26 at 19:30 FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Shakhtar Donetsk at Arena-Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 21 top game.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Five last UPL matches: 5 wins, goal difference – 22:3

Five last home matches: 5 wins, goal difference – 19:1

Five most stable first team regulars: Dario Srna – 18 appearances, Luiz Adriano – 17, Taras Stepanenko, Alex Teixeira – 16

Goalkeeper #1: Andriy Piatov – 11 matches played (8 goals conceded)

Best assistant: Luiz Adriano – 8 assists

Best domestic league striker: Alex Teixeira – 11 goals

Leader according to goal+assist system: Luiz Adriano – 16 (8+8)

Injured players: –

Suspended: –

One step from suspension: Douglas Costa – 3 bookings.

FC Dynamo Kyiv

Five last UPL matches: 4 wins, 1 draw, goal difference – 13:3

Five last away matches: 5 wins, goal difference – 13:3

Five most stable first team regulars: Danilo Silva, Andriy Yarmolenko – 20 appearances each, Younes Belhanda, Aleksandar Dragovic, Artem Kravets – 18 appearances each

Goalkeeper #1: Olexandr Shovkovskyi – 13 matches played (7 goals conceded)

Best assistant: Andriy Yarmolenko – 10 assists each

Best domestic league strikers: Artem Kravets, Andriy Yarmolenko – 11 goals each

Leader according to goal+assist system: Andriy Yarmolenko – 21 (11+10)

Injured players: Mykyta Burda, Yevhen Makarenko

Suspended: Danilo Silva

One step from suspension: Serhiy Sydorchuk, Jeremain Lens – 3 bookings, Andriy Yarmolenko (2 bookings in the UPL + 1 in Super Cup).

Face-to-face

Face-to-face matches – 46: 19 Dynamo wins, 12 draws, 15 Shakhtar wins. Goal difference – 63:52 for Dynamo

At Shakhtar home arena – 22 matches: 5 Dynamo wins, 7 draws, 10 Shakhtar wins, goal difference – 30:23 for Shakhtar

Five last face-to-face UPL matches: 3:1, 2:1, 3:1, 2:0, 0:1

Last face-to-face match

2014/15 UPL

05.10.2014. Kyiv, NSC Olimpiyskyi. 57,502 spectators

FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Shakhtar Donetsk – 1:0 (0:0)

Goal: Vida (71)