The game will start on April 16 at 20:00 at the NSC Olimpiyskyi.
Dynamo: moment of truth
Dynamo had a great chance to approach leaders in the last matchday. In case of win against FC Karpaty they would have got over Shakhtar in standings if they defeated Donetsk side.
Still Kyivans played in a draw against Lviv side away.
Thus the White-Blues are to win against their direct competitor in battle for Premiership. And even if they manage to do that they won’t gain leadership.
Anyway players and coaches are in for real Ukrainian derby.
Oleh Blokhin is to keep solving squad problems. Khacheridi won’t take the field against Shakhtar. It’s also questionable whether Dragovic will.
On the other hand Ognjen Vukojevic and Younes Belhanda will have an opportunity to play as their suspension is over.
Shakhtar: unusual lack of stability
It seemed that Shakhtar got over the loss against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as Mircea Lucescu’s men defeated FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Karpaty Lviv. Still another unpleasant surprise was waiting for Donetsk side in the game against FC Vorskla Poltava.
Now win against Dynamo will be the only satisfactory result for Donetsk side.
According to Mircea Lucescu the main reasons for lack of stability in results demonstrated by his team are disorderly play, inexperienced performers and absence of true leaders.
Shakhtar skipper Darijo Srna has informed: “This defeat has devastated us. I think we’ve made a bit step back in battle for the title”.
Unlike Dynamo Shakhtar don’t have many injured players. Still it should be mentioned that Fred will skip the match against Kyivans because of suspension.
Balance of wins against Shakhtar is still for the White-Blues
Dynamo have already faced Shakhtar 44 times. Kyivans won 18 of these matches, lost 14 and played in a draw 12 times.
In Kyiv Dynamo won 13 games, lost three and five more matches ended in a draw.
Last face-to-face match
2013/14 Ukrainian Premier League. Matchday 4
04.08.2013. Donetsk. Donbas Arena. 52,667 spectators
Shakhtar – Dynamo – 3:1 (1:1)
Shakhtar: Kanibolotskyi, Srna (c), Rakytskyi, Kucher, Shevchuk (Sobol, 82), Hübschman, Hrechyshkin (Eduardo, 46), Taison, Teixeira, Costa (Fred, 74), Adriano.
Dynamo: Koval, Silva, Khacheridi, Selin, Tremoulinas, Miguel, Husiev (Lens, 61), Haruna, Belhanda (Ideye, 71), Yarmolenko (c), Bezus, 78), Mbokani.
Goals: Srna (2), Eduardo (51), Teixeira (84) – Belhanda (8).
Bookings: Kucher (34), Adriano (59) – Haruna (45), Yarmolenko (56), Khacheridi (59), Mbokani (75).
Last match at the NSC Olimpiyskyi
April 7 2013. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 66,879 spectators
Dynamo – Shakhtar – 1:2 (1:1)
Dynamo: Koval – Danilo Silva, Vida, Mykhalyk, Taiwo (Selin, 46) – Veloso, Harmash, Haruna (Bezus, 75), Husiev, Yarmolenko (Ideye).
Shakhtar: Piatov – Srna, Rakytskyi, Kucher, Shevchuk, Stepanenko (Hübschman, 46), Fernandinho, Mkhitaryan, Taison (Douglas Costa, 63) – Eduardo (Kryvtsov, 90+2), Luiz Adroano.
Goals: Yarmolenko (10) – Mkhitaryan (44, 75)
Bookings: Haruna (13), Yarmolenko (15), Danilo Silva (23) – Stepanenko (18), Rakytskyi (28), Fernandinho (42)
Red card: Rakytskyi (90, second booking).
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