Match Report
In the standings it was Dynamo Kyiv 4th on 57 points, Zorya Luhansk 8th on 46 — separated by 11. Zorya Luhansk ranked 2nd in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Dynamo Kyiv were scoring 2.2 and conceding 1.2, Zorya Luhansk 1.4 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 40 times in the GioScore results database: 22 wins for Dynamo Kyiv, 12 draws and 6 for Zorya Luhansk, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 30% of the wins in this fixture.
Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky, capacity 40,003, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Dynamo Kyiv: Matviy Ponomarenko (18'), Volodymyr Brazhko (63'), Bogdan Redushko (68') · Zorya Luhansk: Pylyp Budkivskyi (8')
Key stats
Possession: Dynamo Kyiv 60% · Zorya Luhansk 40% · Total shots: 27-5 · On target: 10-2 · Corners: 12-2