Champions League betting and spectator preview: Antwerp and Shakhtar Donetsk meet at Bosuilstadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shakhtar Donetsk, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Antwerp form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Antwerp at their home stadium (Bosuilstadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Muja was the last player to score a league goal for Antwerp and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Antwerp haven't scored in 276 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Antwerp, as their goalkeeper Jean Butez has completely shut out the opponents for 363 minutes in the Pro League.
The home team returns to Bosuilstadion after drawing with Mechelen on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Defender Alderweireld got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.9/10. Alderweireld won 4 of 6 duels.
In the match before that, Antwerp hosted Gent and drew the Pro League game 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Antwerp's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Antwerp, as the Pro League home game vs AS Eupen is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Antwerp in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.
Shakhtar have much to play for after their unpredictable defeat (1-2) to Vorskla in their previous match, played at their own home ground.
Previously, the Ukrainian Cup victory away at Veres.
The Shakhtar Donetsk manager Atteveld has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. As opposed to that, Shakhtar have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 5 goals |   O. Kashchuk 3 goals |  M. Matviyenko 3 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Antwerp | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 18 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 31 | 42 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 33 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Porto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gent | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Genk | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Mechelen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | RWDM | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 5 |
| 16 | Westerlo | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Hirnyk | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Chornomorets | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Polessya | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | LNZ Cherkasy | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Oleksandria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Veres | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Zorya | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Obolon'-Brovar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Minai | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 3 |
