Comparing to the Europa League match against FC Aktobe Oleh Blokhin made two substitutions in the starting line-up.
Younes Belhanda and Lukman Haruna were among first eleven instead of Roman Bezus and Miguel.
Game aspects
Both teams started the game carefully. As a home side Dynamo tried to play keep-ball, but still Kyivans didn’t create goal-scoring opportunities.
Haruna tried to score form distance, but Boiko cleared the ball.
Several minutes later Dnipro opened the score. Rotan put a cross into the box and Roman Zozulia headed the ball in.
40 minutes into the game the White-Blues had a chance to equalize the score. Mbokani assisted Belhanda, who tried to hit the far bottom corner from the penalty area, but missed the target.
Early in the second half Roman Bezus came off the substitutes’ bench instead of Belhanda.
64 minutes into the match Andriy Yarmolenko obtained the ball inside Dnipro penalty area and equalized the score.
After that Dnipropetrovsk side did their best not to concede. Mbokani, Dragovic and Husiev missed their opportunities.
Thus after the UPL matchday 8 Dynamo are in the 6th place in tournament bracket.
Top person
In the first half Andriy Yarmolenko let Zozulia score, but after the break he netted the equalizer.
Key episode
Several minutes before the time Dnipro defenders didn’t let Oleh Husiev grab the winner.
UPL 2013/14. Matchday 8
01.09.2013. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 51,580 spectators.
Dynamo – Dnipro – 1:1 (0:1)
Dynamo: Koval, Vukojevic, Dragovic, Lens, Yarmolenko, Husiev (c), Haruna, Tremoulinas, Khacheridi, Mbokani, Belhanda (Bezus, 50).
Dnipro: Boiko, Mazuch, Mandziuk, Kankava, Konoplianka (Bruno Gama, 90), Selezniov (Kalinic, 57), Cheberiachko, Strinic, Zozulia (Douglas, 83), Rotan (c), Matheus.
Goals: Yarmolenko (64) – Zozulia (22).
Yellow cards: Tremoulinas (22), Haruna (77) - Cheberiachko (44), Selezniov (51), Kankava (54), Boiko (82).
Statistics (first half – in brackets)
|
Dynamo |
Statistics |
Dnipro |
|
1 (0) |
Goals |
1 (1) |
|
57 (52) |
Possession (%) |
43 (48) |
|
14 (4) |
Shots |
7 (6) |
|
3 (1) |
Shots on target |
3 (3) |
|
11 (3) |
Shots wide |
4 (3) |
|
2 (2) |
Saves |
2 (1) |
|
0 (0) |
Post/bars |
0 (0) |
|
12 (2) |
Corners |
2 (2) |
|
4 (0) |
Offsides |
3 (3) |
|
21 (11) |
Fouls |
19 (6) |
|
2 (1) |
Yellow cards |
4 (1) |
|
0 (0) |
Red cards |
0 (0) |
