On Friday, May 9, FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Polissia Zhytomyr away in the Ukrainian Premier League matchday 28 game. Kick-off – 18:00.
Polissia
UPL position – 5 (27 matches: 11 wins, 10 draws, 6 defeats, goal difference – 36:27, 43 points).
Current season
Polissia are fighting for the fourth place in the league table to qualify for euro cups for the second time in their history. By losing points in previous games Zhytomyr side let their competitors Kryvbas and Karpaty equal them on points, so everything will be settled in final matches of the season.
5 previous games: 1 win, 2 draws, 2 defeats
May 4. UPL. Polissia – Oleksandria – 1:2
April 27. UPL. Kolos – Polissia – 1:1
April 23. UC. Polissia – Shakhtar – 0:1 (e. t.)
April 19. UPL. Livyi Bereh – Polissia – 1:1
April 13. UPL. Vorskla – Polissia – 0:2
Players’ 2024/2025 UPL statistics
Most appearances: 27 – Nazarenko, 26 – Hutsuliak, Krushynskyi, 25 – Mykhailychenko, 20 – Chobotenko, Babenko, Liedniev.
Most starting lineup appearances: 25 – Hutsuliak, 22 – Krushynskyi, 21 – Mykhailychenko, Nazarenko, 20 – Chobotenko, Babenko.
Most time played (minutes): 2166 – Hutsuliak, 1930 – Mykhailychenko, 1870 – Nazarenko, 1788 – Babenko, 1755 – Chobotenko.
Goalscorers: 11 – Hutsuliak, 7 – Nazarenko, 4 – Batista, Krushynskyi, 2 – Sarapii, 1 – Chobotenko, Mykhailychenko, Babenko, Andriyevskyi, Liedniev, Yosefi, Paixao.
Dynamo
UPL position – 1 (27 matches: 20 wins, 7 draws, goal difference – 59:17, 67 points).
Current season
Dynamo need 5 more points to secure the league title. The potential victory in Zhytomyr can bring the White-Blues very close to the dream trophy.
5 previous games: 4 wins, 1 draw
May 3. UPL. Inhulets – Dynamo – 0:4
April 27. UPL. Shakhtar – Dynamo – 2:2
April 23. UC. Bukovyna – Dynamo – 1:4
April 18. UPL. Dynamo – Obolon – 3:0
April 12. UPL. Kryvbas – Dynamo – 0:2
Players’ 2024/2025 UPL statistics
Most appearances: 27 – Kabayev, 26 – Buialskyi, 25 –Vanat, 24 – Mykhavko, 20 – Voloshyn.
Most starting lineup appearances: 24 – Buialskyi, 23 – Kabayev, 22 – Vanat, Mykhavko, 18 – Popov, Tymchyk.
Most time played (minutes): 1969 – Mykhavko, 1944 – Buialskyi, 1876 – Vanat, 1871 – Kabayev, 1593 – Tymchyk.
Goalscorers: 17 – Vanat, 7 – Buialskyi, 6 – Yarmolenko, 5 – Shaparenko, 3 – Brazhko, Karavayev, Rubchynskyi, 2 – Kabayev, Pikhalionok, Mykhailenko, 1 – Braharu, Mykhavko, Popov, Vivcharenko, Ponomarenko.
Officials
Referee – V. Romanov (Dnipro)
Assistant referees – S. Shlonchak (Cherkasy), V. Nyzhnyk (Vinnytsia)
4th official – S. Prychyna (Lviv region)
Referee observer – O. Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi)
VAR – D. Shurman (Kyiv region)
Assistant VAR – M. Striletska (Sumy)
VAR observer – Y. Moseichuk (Chernivtsi)
Face to face
Total – 4 matches: 3 Dynamo wins, 1 Polissia win, goal difference – 11:4 for Dynamo.
In the UPL – 3 matches: 2 Dynamo wins, 1 Polissia win, goal difference – 7:4 for Dynamo.
Previous face-to-face gam
UPL. Matchday 13
Dynamo – Polissia – 2:1
10.11.2024. Kyiv, Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskyi
Goals: Vanat (22), Yarmolenko (27, pen.) – Hutsuliak (86).
