Universitatea Cluj vs Dynamo Kyiv — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 4′Universitatea Cluj, yellow card:Holding
- 18′Dynamo Kyiv, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 45+2′Universitatea Cluj, yellow card:Holding
- Half-time
- 46′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:A. Alievoff
- 59′Dynamo Kyiv, yellow card:Roughing
- 63′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- 70′Universitatea Cluj, yellow card:Tripping
- 76′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- 76′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- 77′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:A. Fridayoff
- 86′Dynamo Kyiv, yellow card:Tripping
- 87′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- 87′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- Full-time
- 92′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:A. Chintesoff
- 92′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:off
- 99′Dynamo Kyiv, substitution:off
- 105+1′Dynamo Kyiv, yellow card:Impeding
- Half-time · E.T.
- 112′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:off
- 113′Universitatea Cluj, substitution:G. Simionoff
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Universitatea Cluj vs Dynamo Kyiv — the facts
Universitatea Cluj and Dynamo Kyiv drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Dynamo Kyiv won the penalty shootout 4–2.
Universitatea Cluj met Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Europa League (1st Qualifying Round). Kick-off was Thursday, 16 July 2026, 17:30 UTC at Cluj Arena. Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith.
Team pages: Universitatea Cluj · Dynamo Kyiv · UEFA Europa League
Starting line-ups
Universitatea Cluj (4-2-3-1)
Dynamo Kyiv (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Universitatea Cluj 35%, the draw 25%, Dynamo Kyiv 40%. It finished Universitatea Cluj 0–0 Dynamo Kyiv.
Dynamo Kyiv's rating edge outweighs Universitatea Cluj's home ground — Dynamo Kyiv are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Dynamo Kyiv's 40%. The draw at 25% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why Dynamo Kyiv at 40%?
Dynamo Kyiv sit 102 points higher on our strength rating — 1446 to 1549. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.2% of 12,915 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 36–27–37.
Why only 40%?
UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (22.8% vs 24.9% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.5% of 4,364 games vs 44.9% across all 98,173 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. Not enough recent scoring data to set the goals dial — the draw stays at the class table's rate. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off.
What did we measure but not count?
Dynamo Kyiv scored +0.49 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,697 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.2% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Universitatea Cluj have 3 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the Universitatea Cluj vs Dynamo Kyiv final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Universitatea Cluj and Dynamo Kyiv team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.