The White-Blues starting lineup wasn’t surprising. Considering injuries of Kadar and Shaparenko Olexandr Khatskevych had narrow range of choice.
Considering the situation in the UPL table victory was vital for Dynamo. That’s why visitors started the match more actively.
Early in the game Tomasz Kedziora could open the score after cross from Viktor Tsyhankov, but hit the bar with a header. Later Tsyhankov found Besedin inside the penalty area, but Artem missed from a promising position. 32 minutes into the match Khocholava made a mistake, Volodymyr Shepelev obtained the ball, eluded Stepanenko and hit the far corner.
After that Olexandr Khatskevych’s men could focus on defense and use counterattacks. Still after the shot from Marlos the bar saved our team. Then Alan Patrick missed the target and Burda cleared the ball after the attempt of Rakytskyi.
Nothing changed after the break. Dynamo mostly defended and there was a lot of scrimmage on the field. Denys Boiko parried shots of Alan Patrick and Ismaily. Late in the game Mbokani and Moraes made substitute appearances. In a stoppage time Taison got the second booking and was sent off.
The outcome of the match is Dynamo narrow win!
UPL. Matchday 27
FC Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 0:1 (0:1)
14.04.2018. Kharkiv, Metalist Stadium. 26 679 spectators
Shakhtar: Piatov, Butko, Khocholava, Rakytskyi, Ismaily, Stepanenko (Dentinho, 70), Fred, Taison (c), Marlos (Kayode, 83), Alan Patrick (Kovalenko, 83), Ferreyra.
Dynamo: Boiko, Kedziora, Burda, Shabanov, Pivaric, Harmash (Moraes, 82), Buialskyi (Rotan, 60), Tsyhankov (c), Shepelev, Verbic, Besedin (Mbokani, 65).
Goal: Shepelev (32).
Booked: Ferreyra (5), Rakytskyi (55), Khocholava (73), Taison (90+1) – Harmash (54), Verbic (63), Shabanov (71), Mbokani (90+4).
Sent off: Taison (90+4, second booking).
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