Young defender of "Inhulets" repeated the top result of the season for the number of defensive duels

In the 29th round match against "Shakhtar", young left-back of "Inhulets" Vitaliy Katrych had 21 defensive duels, which matched the record of the 2024/2025 season in the Ukrainian championship.

Vitaliy Katrych

At the end of 2024, the same number of defensive duels were performed first by Kyrylo Dryshliuk ("Zorya") and later by Danilo Karas ("Obolon"). Katrych was successful in 11 defensive duels (52%).

After 29 rounds played this season, Katrych is in the top 10 in UPL for the average number of defensive duels (9.27 adjusted for 90 minutes of game time).

The top 5 of this ranking looks as follows: Ernest Astakhov ("Left Bank") — 11.14, Oleg Ilyin ("Obolon") — 10.44, Vyacheslav Tankovsky (LNZ) — 10.27, Kyrylo Dryshliuk ("Zorya") — 9.32, Ivan Dybango ("Kryvbas") and Jean Trontel ("Zorya") — both 9.29.

Highest number of defensive duels per match in the 2024/2025 season

Note: Wyscout statistics as of 21.05.2025.