The game will start at 17:00 at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhia.
Dynamo: third competition within a week
Dynamo enter the field in the third competition this year. Ukrainian Cup is special for Serhiy Rebrov’s men as they are the holders of the trophy which became the first one for our head coach in his gaffer career. Dynamo battle against Zoria is expected to be interesting. Both sides demonstrate spectacular play.
The day before the game several performers left the White-Blues camp for different reasons. Goalkeeper Maxym Koval and midfielder Lukman Haruna will feature for FC Hoverla Uzhhorod on loan till the end of the season while defender Yevhen Selin – for FC Metalist Kharkiv. Still Kyivans have a wide range of players for squad rotation, so maybe we’ll see some of those, who didn’t take the field in three previous games of the year, at Slavutych-Arena.
Zoria: to demonstrate football fans like
Luhansk side players surprise their supporters this season. Even though Zoria had to move to Zaporizhia they struggled worthy in the Europa League qualification while in the UPL standings they are fourth.
Zoria first game of the year was brilliant. They hammered FC Olimpik Donetsk 5:1. It’s quite clear that they worked intensively at the training camp and besides managed to save the main squad performers.
Luhansk side head coach Yuriy Vernydub has shared his expectations of the forthcoming match against Dynamo: “The game will be difficult. Dynamo are the UPL leaders. Kyivans’ play is of really high level. They prove that both in the Europa League and domestic league. We’ll talk to our performers and show them the White-Blues strengths and weaknesses. I hope we’ll demonstrate football our fans like”.
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Zoria are one of three teams that deprived Dynamo of points this season. On September 13 the game of these two sides at Slavutych-Arena ended in 2:2 draw.
As for the Ukrainian Cup, Kyivans faced Luhansk side only once in this competition. In 2008 the White-Blues defeated their opponent 2:0 in the round of 16.
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