Andriy Yarmolenko sætter ny rekord med sit 125. mål iUkrainsk mesterskab
Andriy Yarmolenko scored his 125th goal in Ukrainian league matches as Dynamo Kyiv defeated Kryvbas 2-0 away. The penalty he converted after Matviy Ponomarenko won the foul made him the sole record holder for goals in the Ukrainian championships, one ahead of Maksym Shatskykh. Yarmolenko was later sent off for a foul.
Hovedpunkter
- Yarmolenko converted a penalty in the 43rd minute to score his 125th Ukrainian league goal.
- Maksym Shatskykh's previous record of 124 goals was surpassed by one.
- Dynamo Kyiv won 2-0 at Kryvbas in the 11th round of the 2026/2027 Ukrainian Premier League.
- Matviy Ponomarenko opened the scoring in the 18th minute and won the penalty for Yarmolenko.
- Yarmolenko received a straight red card for a foul on Giovanni Herbert near the end of the first half.
- Dynamo Kyiv climbed to third place with 22 points; Kryvbas remained 15th with six.
- The match was interrupted by an air raid alert before play resumed.
Hvorfor det er vigtigt
Yarmolenko became the sole record holder for goals in the Ukrainian championships, surpassing Maksym Shatskykh's mark by one goal. The achievement came in a 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv victory secured despite Yarmolenko's dismissal, which was his third straight red card.
Hvad der skete
Dynamo Kyiv visited Kryvbas in the 11th round of the 2026/2027 Ukrainian Premier League. Matviy Ponomarenko opened the scoring in the 18th minute, finishing a cross from Yarmolenko's right flank. After Vilivald brought Ponomarenko down in the penalty area, Yarmolenko converted the resulting penalty in the 43rd minute for his 125th Ukrainian league goal and a 2-0 lead. He was then sent off for a foul on Giovanni Herbert near the end of the first half, with the exact time reported as 45+3, 45+5 or the 45th minute. Dynamo Kyiv nevertheless held on for the win, reaching 22 points and third place.
Sådan beskriver ukrainske kilder det
Ukrainian coverage centered on Yarmolenko's historic status as the leading scorer in the history of the Ukrainian championships. Particular attention was also given to his red card and his explanation that he had lost control of his emotions, as well as Dynamo Kyiv's success in winning from ten players. Publications also included Yarmolenko's Dynamo Kyiv and national-team statistics and the reaction of Ukraine head coach Andrea Maldera.
Hvor dækningen adskiller sig
Sources disagree on the exact time of Yarmolenko's dismissal, recording it as 45+3, 45+5 or the 45th minute. There is also a conflicting identification of the match in which the record goal was scored: one set of facts names Dynamo Kyiv against Kудирівка, while the dominant account identifies the away match against Kryvbas in the 11th round of the Ukrainian Premier League.
Baggrund
Yarmolenko began his career at Dynamo Kyiv, for which he has played 442 matches and scored 171 goals. He moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2017, joined West Ham a year later and also played for Al Ain before returning to Dynamo Kyiv in 2022. He has scored 47 goals for Ukraine, ranking second in the national team's all-time scoring list behind Andriy Shevchenko, who has 48. The match at the Hirnyk Stadium in Kryvyi Rih on 2 November was interrupted by an air raid alert. Before the game, Dynamo Kyiv was fourth with 19 points from nine rounds, while Kryvbas was 15th with six; after the round, Shakhtar moved to first and three matches were postponed because of security concerns.