Dynamo Kyiv vs Desna match preview

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Dynamo Kyiv and Desna are both riding high in the Premier League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Dynamo Kyiv are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Desna have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 4th place no matter what happens.

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Dynamo Kyiv form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv at their home stadium is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Dynamo Kyiv has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Dynamo Kyiv against Oleksandria the last match, as Artem Shabanov, Vitalii Buialskyi and Vitaliy Mykolenko were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kolos Kovalivka in a game that was won 2-0.

Dynamo Kyiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Dynamo Kyiv have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Desna form and stats

Desna have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 8-0-3 from 11 games.

Desna are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against Zorya. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Olimpik Donetsk.

A heroic performance from Desna in their game against Zorya last time out. Things got complicated when Oleksiy Gutsulyak was sent off in the 21st minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Desna are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Desna as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Dynamo Kyiv and Desna have met before this season: Desna - Dynamo Kyiv 0-1. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Dynamo Kyiv, zero draws and one win for Desna. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Desna
O. Filippov
12 goals
Dynamo KyivV. Tsygankov
V. Tsygankov
8 goals
Dynamo KyivB. Verbič
B. Verbič
8 goals

Dynamo Kyiv missing players

Desna missing players

Dynamo Kyiv Desna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
14 6 0 Won W 0 8 13
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
5 3 2 Lost L 2 3 6
44 19 2 Scored S 1 24 36
17 9 4 Conceded C 3 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 59%
59% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 41%
32% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 18%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 9%
45% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 32%
50% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 50%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 27%
 
5.9 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.9
4.5 3.7 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 5.3
2.3 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.1
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
341 179 23 Total Shots T S 14 116 246
139 70 8 Shots on Target S O 8 55 95
32% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 44% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dynamo Kyiv have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dynamo Kyiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 19 2 1 59 14 11 10 1 0 35 6 11 9 1 1 24 8 45 59
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 14 3 5 44 17 11 6 2 3 19 9 11 8 1 2 25 8 27 45
3 Zorya 22 13 4 5 39 18 11 6 3 2 18 8 11 7 1 3 21 10 21 43
4 Desna 22 13 3 6 36 15 11 5 3 3 12 5 11 8 0 3 24 10 21 42
5 Oleksandria 22 11 4 7 30 23 11 7 0 4 18 14 11 4 4 3 12 9 7 37
6 Kolos Kovalivka 22 8 2 12 25 39 11 5 1 5 17 19 11 3 1 7 8 20 -14 26
7 Dnipro-1 22 7 4 11 26 34 11 6 0 5 17 14 11 1 4 6 9 20 -8 25
8 Mariupol 22 6 7 9 21 35 11 4 4 3 13 12 11 2 3 6 8 23 -14 25
9 Lviv 22 5 5 12 16 35 11 2 3 6 7 16 11 3 2 6 9 19 -19 20
10 Vorskla 22 6 2 14 15 38 11 5 2 4 10 13 11 1 0 10 5 25 -23 20
11 Olimpik Donetsk 22 5 3 14 17 37 11 2 1 8 9 23 11 3 2 6 8 14 -20 18
12 Karpaty 22 2 7 13 17 40 11 1 3 7 8 23 11 1 4 6 9 17 -23 13

Read more about Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.