FC Dynamo Kyiv game against FC Zoria Luhansk was definitely the top fixture of the UPL matchday 6.
Comparing with the previous domestic league game the White-Blues head coach Serhiy Rebrov made fife substitutions in the starting lineup.
Kyivans controlled the ball better for 20 minutes, but didn’t create chances. Eventually their advantage came to ought.
59 minutes into the match Budkivskyi obtained the ball inside the box after rebound and almost hit the target.
15 minutes before the time Harmash found Moraes with a straight pass, but Junior didn’t score in one-on-one situation.
The game ended in a goalless draw which has let Serhiy Rebrov set the new club record – 34 domestic league matches without a single defeat (27 wins, 7 draws). The previous record belonged to Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
2015/16 UPL. Matchday 6
30.08.2015. Zaporizhia. Slavutych-Arena. 6,800 spectators
FC Zoria Luhansk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 0:0
Zoria: Shevchenko, Karavayev, Sivakov, Pyliavskyi, Kameniuka (c), Hrechyshkin (Ljubenovic, 69), Hordiyenko (Tankovskyi, 85), Malynovskyi (Lipartia, 82), Khomchenovskyi, Petriak, Budkivskyi.
Dynamo: Rybka, Antunes, Khacheridi, Dragovic, Silva, Rybalka, Sydorchuk (Harmash, 65), Belhanda (Buialskyi, 75), Gonzalez (Husiev, 65), Yarmolenko (c), Moraes.
Booked: Pyliavskyi (11), Sivakov (54), Hordiyenko (81), Shevchenko (88), Lipartia (90) – Belhanda (30), Silva (52), Rybalka (56), Antunes (74), Khacheridi (90).
On August 30 at 19:30 FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Zoria Luhansk at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhia within the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 6.
FC Zoria Luhansk
Position in UPL standings after 5 matchdays – 2nd
Five last UPL matches: 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, goal difference – 17:2
Home matches this season: 1 win, 1 draw, goal difference – 4:0
Most stable first team regulars: Dmytro Hrechyshkin, Mykyta Kameniuka, Olexandr Karavayev, Jaba Lipartia, Ivan Petriak, Mykhailo Sivakov – 4 appearances each
Goalkeeper #1: Mykyta Shevchenko – 4 matches played (0 goals conceded)
Best assistant: Olexandr Karavayev – 3 assists
Best domestic league strikers: Pylyp Budkivskyi, Ivan Petriak, Olexandr Karavayev – 2 goals each
Leader according to goal+assist system: Olexandr Karavayev – 5 (2+3)
Injured players: –
Suspended: –
One step from suspension: –
FC Dynamo Kyiv
Position in UPL standings after 5 matchdays – 1st
Five last UPL matches: 5 wins, goal difference – 11:2
Away matches this season: 3 wins, goal difference – 6:2
Most stable first team regulars: Vitorino Antunes, Artem Kravets, Miguel, Junior Moraes, Andriy Yarmolenko – 5 appearances each
Goalkeeper #1: Olexandr Rybka – 3 matches played (2 goals conceded)
Best assistants: Junior Moraes, Andriy Yarmolenko – 2 assists
Best domestic league strikers: Junior Moraes, Andriy Yarmolenko – 3 goals each
Leaders according to goal+assist system: Junior Moraes, Andriy Yarmolenko – 5 (3+2)
Injured player: Lukasz Teodorczyk
Suspended: Miguel
One step from suspension: –
Face to face
28 matches: 20 Dynamo wins, 6 draws, 2 Zoria wins. Goal difference – 63-15 for the White-Blues
At Zoria home arena: 14 matches. 7 Dynamo wins, 5 draws, 2 Zoria wins. Goal difference – 23:10 for the White-Blues.
Five last face-to-face matches: 0:5, 2:0, 1:3, 2:2, 2:2
Last face-to-face match
2014/2015 UPL. Matchday 19
12.04.2015. Kyiv, Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskyi. 7,200 spectators
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Zoria Luhansk – 2:2 (2:1)
Goals: Kravets (4), Rybalka (36) – Pyliavskyi (9, pen.), Ljubenović (68).
