This week, the first matches of the playoff round of the Europa League qualifiers for the 2025/26 season will take place. In one of these matches on Thursday, August 21, Maccabi (Tel Aviv, Israel) will play against Dynamo (Kyiv, Ukraine). The match is nominally a home game for the Israeli team but will take place in the Serbian city of Bačka Topola at the “TSC Arena”, where Maccabi hosts its opponents in European cup matches this season. The match will start at 21:00 Kyiv time.
Fans will have options to watch Maccabi vs Dynamo: the live broadcast of the match will be on the TV channel “2+2” and also on the “Kyivstar TV” platform.
At Dynamo.kiev.ua, a traditional text online broadcast of the match Maccabi vs Dynamo will take place, as well as online game statistics will be available. The starting lineups for the upcoming match can be expected on our website and its social media pages about an hour before the game starts.
Dynamo faced the Cypriot team Paphos in the previous stage of the European cups in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League but failed to advance, losing twice — 0:1 and 0:2.
Maccabi reached Dynamo after overcoming the Maltese team Hamrun Spartans in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, who are well known to the Dynamo players — 2:1, 3:1.
Both Dynamo and Maccabi played matches in their domestic leagues last weekend. The team from Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel (Jerusalem) 2:1 in a match for 5th place in the Toto Cup, while the Kyiv team crushed Epicenter in Ternopil (4:1) in the 3rd round of the Ukrainian championship. After this match, the Dynamo team trained in Lviv and arrived in Bačka Topola on Tuesday evening. Yesterday, the opponents for today’s match had their pre-match training at the “TSC Arena”.
Dynamo will be without injured Valentyn Rubchynskyi against Maccabi, and also Maksym Bragaru — he got time off due to the birth of his son. Additionally, the “white-blues” no longer have Vladyslav Supryaha, who has been loaned to Epicenter.
The main referee for the match Maccabi vs Dynamo will be Giorgi Kuraashvili from Georgia. The match will also utilize the VAR system under the supervision of César Soto Grado, representing Spain.
Let us remind you that the first match of the playoff round of the Europa League qualifiers for the 2025/26 season Maccabi vs Dynamo will take place on Thursday, August 21, in the Serbian city of Bačka Topola at the “TSC Arena” (kickoff at 21:00 Kyiv time). Where to watch: TV channel “2+2”, “Kyivstar TV”. Text online broadcast, statistics, report, post-match comments: on Dynamo.kiev.ua.