The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Dynamo Kyiv will try to edge Sturm Graz in their own ballpark.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sturm Graz have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Tipico Bundesliga.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Dynamo Kyiv have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Fenerbahce. Last season, Dynamo Kyiv's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.Dynamo Kyiv have performed here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Dynamo Kyiv are returning here after visiting Fenerbahce in a Champions League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Goals decide football matches and Dynamo are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Dynamo Kyiv have only let in 3 goals at home.
Sturm Graz form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, Sturm Graz have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far.
The followers enjoyed Sturm Graz's previous match versus Salzburg, a 2-1 win played at home. Attacker Højlund got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Højlund scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the Tipico Bundesliga away draw versus Wolfsberger AC that ended 1-1.The schedule is very tough for Sturm now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Tipico Bundesliga game at Ried is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Sturm Graz has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Tsygankov 11 goals |  V. Buyalskyy 9 goals |  D. Harmash 7 goals |
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
Sturm Graz missing players
| Dynamo Kyiv | Sturm Graz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 4 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 41 | 3 | Scored | S | 29 | 56 | ||
| 30 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 14.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 38% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 45 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Zorya | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Veres | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Lviv | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Minai | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ried | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Rheindorf Altach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Wattens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Austria Klagenfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -3 |
