It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Shakhtar Donetsk. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's quite the trip for Shakhtar Donetsk when visiting Maccabi as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.Maccabi Tel Aviv are steadily winning Ligat ha'Al games and points here at Bloomfield Stadium. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Maccabi Tel Aviv has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Maccabi has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Ashdod defeat 73 days ago. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Maccabi, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
It's back home for Maccabi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hapoel Kfar Saba away with the result 1-0. Previous to that game, a Ligat ha'Al home match hosting Hapoel Hadera in a game that was won 3-1.
Maccabi are traveling soon after this match as the State Cup match at Hapoel Be'er Sheva awaits in three days.
The Maccabi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Maccabi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bloomfield Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the semi-finals.Shakhtar Donetsk have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Things are running smoothly for Shakhtar who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 22 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Zorya. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Zorya game have they lost an away game, meaning Shakhtar Donetsk has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  A. Pešić 8 goals |   A. Lourenço 4 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 46 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 44 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Maccabi Netanya | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Bnei Sakhnin | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 19 |
| 13 | Hapoel Hadera | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Zorya | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Desna | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Lviv | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -17 | 12 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 14 | Dnipro-1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 8 |