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 10 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, 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