Dynamo Kyiv

Match report

Dynamo Kyiv edged Karabakh 1-0 in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League on Wednesday evening. The result keeps the Ukrainian side's hopes alive after recent defeats against PAOK. M. Ponomarenko struck in the tenth minute, and that proved to be the difference.

By then the visitors had already established their grip on the ball. Karabakh finished with 61 per cent possession and 11 corners against Dynamo's four, yet they could muster only two shots on target. and here's the thing — they dallied on the ball in the final third without finding a way through.

Dynamo weathered the storm and held their nerve when things grew nervous. Karabakh's C. Makreckis saw red in the 91st minute after a second caution, and that left the hosts with a numerical advantage for the closing stages. T. Kedziora had picked up yellow earlier in the half.

Coaching staff from both sides turned to the bench as the game unfolded. Karabakh brought on R. Cephas, Pedro Bicalho and M. Jankovic, while Dynamo introduced J. Lonwijk, B. Redushko and V. Rubchynskyi. The changes did not shift the balance.

The statistics tell the story without embellishment: Karabakh launched 87 attacks and Dynamo 54, but only three of the visitors' shots found the frame. to be fair, the visitors had fewer fouls but also fewer clear-cut chances than the numbers suggest.

This is not a statement about performance for its own sake. It is a qualification match where three or four moments decide the outcome — and the tenth-minute goal was the one that mattered.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 39 – 61

Shots on target 3 – 2

Shots off target 8 – 5

Attacks 54 – 87

⚽ 10' M. Ponomarenko — Goal 🟨 14' V. Dubinchak — Yellow card ⇄ 62' R. Cephas — Substitution ⇄ 69' J. Lonwijk — Substitution ⇄ 75' Pedro Bicalho — Substitution ⇄ 79' M. Jankovic — Substitution ⇄ 80' B. Redushko — Substitution 🟨 81' T. Kedziora — Yellow card ⇄ 87' V. Rubchynskyi — Substitution 🟥 90+1' C. Makreckis — Red card 🟨 90+4' Matheus Silva — Yellow card 🟨 90+5' M. Shaparenko — Yellow card

Match events

10' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Goal M. Ponomarenko
14' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Yellow card V. Dubinchak
62' 1:0 Qarabağ FK Substitution R. Cephas off: M. Qurbanly
69' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Substitution J. Lonwijk off: M. Shaparenko
75' 1:0 Qarabağ FK Substitution Pedro Bicalho off: S. Lobato
79' 1:0 Qarabağ FK Substitution M. Jankovic off: J. Montiel
80' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Substitution B. Redushko off: V. Kabaev
81' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Yellow card T. Kedziora
87' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Substitution V. Rubchynskyi off: O. Pikhalyonok
90+1' 1:0 Qarabağ FK Red card C. Makreckis
90+4' 1:0 Qarabağ FK Yellow card Matheus Silva
90+5' 1:0 Dynamo Kyiv Yellow card M. Shaparenko

Statistics

39 Possession, % 61

3 Shots on target 2

8 Shots off target 5

54 Attacks 87

4 Corners 11

19 Fouls 11

15 Free kicks 24

3 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 1

11 Goal kicks 0

8 Throw-ins 17

All statistics

0 Blocked shots 1

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.25

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
71	Vyacheslav Surkis	71
5	Oleksii Sych	5
32	Taras Mikhavko	32
44	Vladyslav Dubinchak	44
94	Tomasz Karol Kędziora	94
6	Volodymyr Brazhko	6
15	Valentyn Rubchynskyi	15
21	Justin Antonius Lonwijk	21
70	B. Redushko	70
11	M. Ponomarenko	11
39	Eduardo Guerrero	39

Substitutes
#	Player	number
35	Ruslan Neshcheret	35
43	Illia Olkhovyi	43
18	Oleksandr Tymchyk	18
40	Kristian Bilovar	40
66	Aliou Thiare	66
7	Andriy Yarmolenko	7
8	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	8
9	Nazar Voloshyn	9
10	Mykola Shaparenko	10
22	Vladyslav Kabaev	22
29	Vitalii Buyalskyi	29
99	P. Munguengue	99

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Qarabağ FK

Starting XI
#	Player	number
99	Mateusz Kochalski	99
2	Matheus de Barros da Silva	2
4	Bence Várkonyi	4
44	Elvin Cəfərquliyev	44
7	Jaly Mouaddib	7
8	Marko Janković	8
10	Abdellah Zoubir	10
21	Oleksii Kashchuk	21
25	Čebrails Makreckis	25
35	Pedro Bicaglio	35
29	Renaldo Showayne Cephas	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Şahruddin Məhəmmədəliyev	1
23	Martin Zlomislić	23
5	Bruno Langa	5
13	Bəhlul Mustafazadə	13
55	Badavi Hüseynov	55
9	Jonathan Montiel Caballero	9
20	Kady Iuri Borges Malinowski	20
32	Hikmat Jabrailzada	32
49	Ali Bashirov	49
88	Samuel Lobato	88
22	Musa Qurbanlı	22