On Sunday, another “Ukrainian classic” will take place — “Shakhtar” will host “Dynamo” at “Lviv Arena”. While awaiting a new meeting of the Ukrainian giants, let’s look at the list of the best scorers of the “classic” among the current line-ups of the teams.
“Shakhtar”
Among the current players of the “orange-blacks”, few have scored goals against “Dynamo”. The top scorer is forward Lassina Traore.
During the season, “Shakhtar” lost three players who had troubled the “Dynamo” goal — Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, and Danylo Sikan.
In the teams’ first-round match at “Dynamo” stadium, Artem Bondarenko scored the only goal for “Shakhtar”.
Lassina Traore — 2
Sudakov – 1
Bondarenko — 1
Additionally, Marian Shved scored twice against Dynamo while playing for “Karpaty” in the 2018/2019 season.
“Dynamo”
The top scorer of the classic confrontation in the “Dynamo” line-up is Andriy Yarmolenko. He scored his first goal against the “miners” on November 21, 2009, setting the final score of that match to 3:0.
Later, Yarmolenko scored once in each of the matches against “Shakhtar” in the 2012/2013 season (he was the only scorer for the Kyiv team, which lost both matches), and also scored a brace in the 2016/2017 season, netting the winning goal in the game (the Kyiv team defeated “Shakhtar” in Kharkiv with a score of 3:2).
Yarmolenko also scored against “Shakhtar” in the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup in the 2011/2012 season (Dynamo lost that match 2:3).
In the first-round match of this season, Oleksandr Karavaev joined the number of Dynamo’s scorers against “Shakhtar”.
Yarmolenko – 6
Bulytskyi – 2
Vanat — 1
Popov — 1
Shaparenko – 1
Karavaev – 1
Several other “Dynamo” players have scored against “Shakhtar”, playing for other clubs.
Oleksandr Pikhayonok scored against “Shakhtar”, whose academy he is a graduate of, while playing for “Dnipro-1” in the 2022/2023 season.
Maxim Braharu scored against the “miners” while playing for “Chornomorets” in the 2022/2023 season.
In the same season, Mykola Mykhailenko scored against “Shakhtar” while playing for “Oleksandriya”.