FC Dynamo Kyiv have defeated FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk within the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 17 – 2:0.
Comparing with the national cup match against FC Oleksandria there were four new players in the White-Blues starting lineup.
Kyivans opened the score halfway through the first half. Antunes unleashed powerful shot from 25-meter distance, Lastuvka parried the ball, but Yarmolenko netted it with a header!
After this goal Dynamo kept attacking. Teodorczyk and Vida had good chances, but the one who hit the target next, was Oleh Husiev. He made Papa Gueye make a mistake and hit the open goal.
Second half was pretty much the same, but with no goals. Zozulia had a chance to pull one back, but missed from inside the box.
71 minutes into the game Olexandr Yakovenko made a substitute appearance. That’s his debut official game for our club.
2015/16 UPL. Matchday 17
05.03.2016. Kyiv, NSC Olimpiyskyi. 14,096 spectators
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – 2:0 (2:0)
Dynamo: Shovkovskyi (c), Antunes, Dragovic, Khacheridi, Vida, Miguel, Buialskyi, Harmash (Sydorchuk, 74), Husiev (Yakovenko, 71), Yarmolenko, Teodorczyk.
Dnipro: Lastuvka, Bezus (Bruno Gama, 46), De Matos, Chyhrynskyi, Zozulia, Luchkevych (Ruiz, 46), Shakhov, Rotan (c), Papa Gueye, Fedetskyi (Pico, 82), Matheus.
Goals: Yarmolenko (20), Husiev (38).
Booked: Buialskyi (64), Sydorchuk (87) – De Matos (21), Rotan (35), Zozulia (42), Fedetskyi (58).
On March 5 FC Dynamo Kyiv will host FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk within the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 17.
The game will start at 17:00 at the NSC Olimpiyskyi.
FC Dynamo Kyiv
Five last UPL matches: 5 wins, goal difference – 15:1
Fife last UPL home matches this season: 4 wins, 1 defeat, goal difference – 8:4
Most stable first team regulars: Oleh Husiev, Andriy Yarmolenko – 15 appearances each, Vitorino Antunes – 14
Goalkeeper #1: Olexandr Shovkovskyi – 10 appearances (3 goals conceded)
Best assistant: Andriy Yarmolenko – 7 assists
Best domestic league striker: Andriy Yarmolenko – 8 goals
Leader according to goal+assist system: Andriy Yarmolenko – 15 (8+7)
Suspended: –
One step from suspension: Yevhen Khacheridi, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Aleksandar Dragovic (3 bookings)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Five last UPL matches: 1 win, 2 draws, 2 defeats, goal difference – 3:4
Fife last UPL away matches this season: 3 wins, 2 draws, goal difference – 13:3
Most stable first team regulars: Papa Gueye, Yevhen Selezniov (left the team) – 16 appearances each
Goalkeeper #1: Denys Boiko (left the team) – 15 appearances (5 goals conceded). Jan Lastuvka – 1 appearance (0 goals conceded)
Best assistant: Matheus – 4 assists
Best domestic league strikers: Yevhen Selezniov – 10 goals, Matheus – 5 goals
Leaders according to goal+assist system: Yevhen Selezniov – 13 (10+3), Matheus – 9 (5+4)
Suspended: –
One step from suspension: Douglas, Ruslan Rotan (3 bookings)
Face to face
49 UPL matches: 32 Dynamo wins, 8 Dnipro wins, 9 draws, goal difference – 87:39 for Dynamo.
At Dynamo home arena – 24 matches: 17 Dynamo wins, 3 Dnipro wins, 4 draws, goal difference – 46:22 for Dynamo.
Last face-to-face match
2015/16 UPL. Matchday 4
09.08.2015. Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro-Arena. 22,060 spectators
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 1:2 (0:2)
Goals: Fedorchuk (50) – Douglas (25, own goal), Miguel (40, assist – Yarmolenko).
Interesting peculiarity
Valeriy Fedorchuk, who scored against the White-Blues in the first round match, is already Dynamo player.