Considering Dynamo had nothing but pride left to play for, their first-half performance was an impressive one against a Noah side who are very much in the hunt for a place in the play-offs.
That said, it was the visitors who had the first two opportunities as Castro Ferreira’s effort from inside the area was well saved by Ruslan Neshcheret, before the Ukrainian was alert again shortly after to deny Marin Jakolis.
Having grown into the contest, it was the hosts who hit the front midway through the first half. Nazar Voloshyn was picked out on the right side of the area and played a dangerous ball across the face of goal, which was pushed away by Ognjen Cancarevic, but it was only into the path of Vladyslav Kabaev, who poked it into an empty net from close range.
The forward has now scored in six of Dynamo’s last seven home matches, with Noah having conceded in the first half in five of their six league phase matches this season.
The home side would have been buoyed by the fact that the HT result had been replicated come the final whistle in all five of their league phase matches this campaign, and things got even better for them just five minutes after the restart.
Matviy Ponomarenko ran onto Vladyslav Dubinchak’s header to power his headed effort into the net from close range to put Bilo-Syni into a commanding position.
Noah were perhaps struggling to summon the required motivation, given their victory over Legia Warsaw last time out all but secured their place in the play-off rounds, with the Armenians never looking likely to get back into the contest during a low-key second-half performance where the hosts looked very comfortable to the final whistle.
In the end, the result didn’t change the outcome for either side, with Dynamo Kyiv bowing out of the competition at the league phase stage for the second successive season. For Noah, meanwhile, they can look forward to competing in the play-offs after sneaking into the qualification places despite the defeat.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo Kyiv)