Preview

October 27, Kyiv, V. Lobanovskyi Dynamo stadium, 18:00
Live stream – UPL.TV

Match build-up

Shakhtar gained 19 points in 9 UPL matches and are currently fourth in the championship. The Miners remain the league’s most productive team with 25 goals scored and 9 goals conceded. Marino Pusic’s team claimed a victory over Kolos (0-1) in the previous round. This week, the Orange-and-Blacks also played the Champions League match against Arsenal in London, losing minimally only because of an unfortunate own goal. This season’s top goalscorer of the Donetsk team is Heorhii Sudakov, who has 7 goals and 3 assists.

Opponents

Dynamo have 8 wins in 9 played matches of the championship and are in the first place in the UPL table with 25 points (goal difference: 21–5). In the previous round, the Kyiv team defeated Obolon Kyiv (5-1) thanks to the goals by Shaparenko, Karavaiev, Brazhko and Vanat’s brace. Oleksandr Shovkovskyi’s team also continue competing in the UEFA Europa League, although, the White-and-Blues have no significant success in the European arena yet – 3 losses in 3 games of the tournament. The Kyiv team lost to Roma (0-1) in Italy on Thursday. In this season, the most prolific players of Dynamo are midfielder Vitalii Buialskyi and forward Vladyslav Vanat (both have 3 goals each).

Match background

Shakhtar and Dynamo played 72 matches in the Ukrainian League. The Orange-and-Blacks have 28 Clasico wins, 19 games ended in draws, the Kyiv team were stronger 25 times. Total goal difference: 88–84 in favour of the Miners.

Previous meeting

On May 11, the teams played at the Arena Lviv in the UPL round 28. The fate of the meeting was decided with a single goal of the Donetsk team in the 33rd minute: Sikan earned a spot-kick, which Sudakov converted. 1-0 – Shakhtar claimed a victory thanks to which they won the title early.

Dynamo vs Shakhtar match will be officiated by the judging panel headed by Mykola Balakin. Assistants – Oleksandr Berkut and Dmytro Zaporozhenko. VAR system will be used during the game (Denys Shurman will be the referee).