Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Dynamo Kyiv 1st with 70 points, Vorskla 13th with 27, 43 apart. Dynamo Kyiv had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Vorskla 0.8 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Dynamo Kyiv 2.03 and 0.63, with the league averaging 1.13.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Dynamo Kyiv, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Vorskla against 15/15 for Dynamo Kyiv.
33 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Vorskla 4, draws 5, Dynamo Kyiv 24, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Recent editions have opened up: 3.6 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.67 historically.
The venue was Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo in Poltava, with room for 24,795 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dynamo Kyiv led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Vorskla: Oleksandr Sklyar (64') · Dynamo Kyiv: Vitaliy Buyalskyi (16')
Key stats
Possession: Vorskla 56% · Dynamo Kyiv 44% · Total shots: 14-11 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 6-2