This weekend, matches of the 11th round of the Ukrainian Premier League for the 2024/25 season are taking place. In one of these matches on Sunday, October 27, "Dynamo" will face "Shakhtar" (Donetsk). The match, which will be held in Kyiv at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, will start at 18:00.
The live broadcast of "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar" will take place on the "2+2" TV channel. Online, you can follow the game through the FootballHub and UPL.TV platforms, as well as on the official YouTube channel of FC "Dynamo" (Kyiv).
A text online broadcast of the match "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar" will traditionally take place on Dynamo.kiev.ua, and online statistics of the game will also be available. The starting line-ups for the upcoming match will be expected on the pages of our website and its social networks about an hour before the start of the game.
In the 2023/24 season, "Dynamo" lost to "Shakhtar" twice, both times with the same score of 0:1. In Kyiv, the only goal against the "white-blue" was scored by Oleksandr Zubkov, while in the second round match held in Lviv, "Shakhtar" won thanks to a penalty converted by Heorhii Sudakov.
In the last round of the UPL, "Dynamo" defeated the capital's "Obolon" decisively, with a score of 5:1, while "Shakhtar" narrowly won away against Kovalevsky's "Kolos" with a score of 1:0.
On the eve of today's match, both "Dynamo" and "Shakhtar" played their respective European Cup matches. The Donetsk team lost 0:1 to "Arsenal" in London on Wednesday in the 3rd round of the group stage of the Champions League, while the Kyiv team lost by the same score in the 3rd round of the group stage of the Europa League to "Roma." Thus, "Shakhtar" had one more day to recover and prepare for the upcoming game than "Dynamo."
In the match "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar," the capital team will not be able to play in its optimal lineup: midfielders of the "white-blues," Andrii Yarmolenko and Oleksandr Pikhalenok, are still recovering from injuries. The participation of Brian Sabaio in this match is also in question.
The main referee of the match "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar" will be Mykola Balakin from Kyiv region. The video assistant referee system (VAR) will also be used during the game, headed by Dmytro Zaporizhenko from Zaporizhzhia.
Please note that the match of the 11th round of the Ukrainian Championship 2024/25 between "Dynamo" - "Shakhtar" will take place on Sunday, October 27, in Kyiv at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium (kick-off - at 18:00). Where to watch: TV channel "2+2," online platforms FootballHub and "UPL TV," FC "Dynamo" (Kyiv) YouTube channel. Text online broadcast, statistics, report, photos, press conference: on Dynamo.kiev.ua.