We present both sides.
SL BENFICA (Lisbon, Portugal)
Qualified for the Champions League as champions of Portugal
Current domestic league position – 1st
Five last games
October 2. Primeira. Benfica – Feirense – 4:0
October 14. Portuguese Cup. Sociedade União 1º de Dezembro – Benfica – 1:2
October 19. CL. Dynamo – Benfica – 0:2
October 23. Primeira. Belenenses – Benfica – 0:2
October 28. Benfica – Pacos de Ferreira – 3:0
Games in all competitions: 14 matches, 11 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat, goals – 32:10
Head coach: Rui Vitoria
Domestic league first team regulars: Goncalo Guedes, Fejsa, Nelson Semedo, Pizzi, Salvio (9 appearances)
Best domestic league striker: Mitroglou (4 goals)
Champions League appearances:
3 – Grimaldo, Lindelöf, Guedes, Pizzi, Salvio, Nelson Semedo, Fejsa
Goals in Champions League:
2 – Salvio, Cervi
1 – Guedes
FC DYNAMO KYIV (Ukraine)
Qualified for the Champions League as champions of Ukraine
Current domestic league position – 3rd
Five last games
October 15. UPL. Chornomorets – Dynamo – 1:1
October 19. CL. Dynamo – Benfica – 0:2
October 23. UPL. Oleksandria – Dynamo – 1:1
October 26. Ukrainian Cup. Dynamo – Zoria (extra time)
October 29. UPL. Dynamo – Karpaty – 4:1
Games in all competitions: 18 matches, 9 wins, 5 draws, 4 defeats, goals – 33:18
Head coach: Serhiy Rebrov
Domestic league first team regulars: Mykola Moroziuk (12 appearances), Domagoj Vida, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Junior Moraes (11)
Best domestic league striker: Junior Moraes (6 goals)
Champions League appearances:
3 – Antunes, Vida, Khacheridi, Korzun, Tsyhankov, Hladkyi, Moraes, Yarmolenko
Goals in Champions League:
1 – Harmash, Tsyhankov
FACE TO FACE ON EUROPEAN ARENA
Before this season Dynamo and Benfica faced each other once – in 1991/1992 Champions Cup group stage
1991/1992 Champions Cup. Group stage
27.11.1991. Dynamo – Benfica – 1:0
Kyiv. Republican Stadium. 41,500 spectators
Goal: Salenko (31)
01.04.1992. Benfica – Dynamo – 5:0
Lisbon. Estadio da Luz. 15,000 spectators
Goals: Brito (25, 63), Isaias (71), Yuran (83, 88).
Last match
2016/2017 Champions League, group stage, matchday 3
Dynamo – Benfica – 0:2
Goals:Salvio (9, pen.), Cervi (55).
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