Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Dynamo Kyiv (4th, 57 pts) held a 16-point advantage over Karpaty (9th, 41 pts).
Dynamo Kyiv came in having won ten on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Karpaty, winners of their last three.
The sides have met 25 times in the GioScore results database: 17 wins for Dynamo Kyiv, 6 draws and 2 for Karpaty, at 2.52 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 36% of the meetings went to the host.
D. Panchyshyn took charge of the match — our records show 50 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. The venue was Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky, with room for 40,003 spectators. Karpaty led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Karpaty: Baboucarr Faal (6')
Key stats
Possession: Dynamo Kyiv 65% · Karpaty 35% · Total shots: 10-6 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-3