EL matchday 4

[wannabeontop]

Where can we check suspensions for round 5, anyone know?

[SimonB]

Bodø/Glimt gave Arsenal a good fight. I don't think I've seen Arsenal in more trouble so far this season, although they might have had more control than it seemed. So even if it didn't give Bodø any result, they can be satisfied with their performance.

Agree with that, it was known that it would be a tough test for us especially given our difficult recent schedule and the need to rotate at least some players. It was more difficult than the first meeting and PSV will also find it difficult when they travel away to Bodo/Glimt I think.

[Firnen]

Dynamo Kyiv has consistently much lower attendances than Shakhtar Donetsk.

[Greyn]

Dynamo Kyiv has consistently much lower attendances than Shakhtar Donetsk.

There are at least a few reasons. First of all Warsaw is a city with population of 1.86M, while for Kraków it is 0.8M. Number of Ukrainians living in Warsaw is 300k, while for Kraków it is 110k people.

Secondly, Champions League is of course much more attractive for local Polish people who attend the matches live at the stadium. Hard to expect that a CL match vs Real Madrid will be as attractive as an EL match vs Rennes.

[belfootstats]

Union Saint-Gilloise is beating its much bigger city rival Anderlecht in tv audiences 971K through matchdays 2-4 vs
943k for Anderlecht.

[SimonB]

Union Saint-Gilloise is beating its much bigger city rival Anderlecht in tv audiences 971K through matchdays 2-4 vs
943k for Anderlecht.

Impressive, but being in the higher ranked competition is almost certainly a factor in this.

[Juliusz]

Dynamo Kyiv has consistently much lower attendances than Shakhtar Donetsk.

There are at least a few reasons. First of all Warsaw is a city with population of 1.86M, while for Kraków it is 0.8M. Number of Ukrainians living in Warsaw is 300k, while for Kraków it is 110k people.

Secondly, Champions League is of course much more attractive for local Polish people who attend the matches live at the stadium. Hard to expect that a CL match vs Real Madrid will be as attractive as an EL match vs Rennes.

To add more, Cracovia's stadium capacity is twice smaller than Legia's. Dynamo literally can't have more than a half of Shakhtar's best possible attendance.

But main reason is probably pricing policy of Dynamo. In CL qualifying, prices were low enough to attract decent amount of people to the stadium. In EL GS, it's just too much.

[Greyn]

Dynamo Kyiv has consistently much lower attendances than Shakhtar Donetsk.

There are at least a few reasons. First of all Warsaw is a city with population of 1.86M, while for Kraków it is 0.8M. Number of Ukrainians living in Warsaw is 300k, while for Kraków it is 110k people.

Secondly, Champions League is of course much more attractive for local Polish people who attend the matches live at the stadium. Hard to expect that a CL match vs Real Madrid will be as attractive as an EL match vs Rennes.

To add more, Cracovia's stadium capacity is twice smaller than Legia's. Dynamo literally can't have more than a half of Shakhtar's best possible attendance.

But main reason is probably pricing policy of Dynamo. In CL qualifying, prices were low enough to attract decent amount of people to the stadium. In EL GS, it's just too much.

Yes. To sum up - I would not make make any conclusions regarding popularity of both clubs basing on these attendances.

From what I know, Dynamo is the most popular football club in the West and Central Ukraine, while Shakhtar in East Ukraine.