Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs between Rennes and Shakhtar Donetsk. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shakhtar Donetsk, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Clermont, was also a home game here at Roazhon Park. The away team is better rested.
Rennes form and stats
Rennes have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Dynamo Kyiv, Fenerbahce and AEK Larnaca.Rennes have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 11 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses. 3W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Rennes.
Rennes's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Clermont. The home side are looking to build on that result. Kalimuendo, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.55 (out of 10). Kalimuendo scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League.
The manager Génésio will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nantes in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Rennes are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 13 league matches. Rennes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roazhon Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Roma turned out to be too strong.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The regulars enjoyed Shakhtar Donetsk's previous match versus Rennes, a Europa League win (2-1) played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Vorskla in the Premier League.The Shakhtar manager Jovičević has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 4 league matches. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar Donetsk as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Shakhtar Donetsk - Rennes 2-1 was the end result in these participants' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Rennes wins - draws - Shakhtar Donetsk wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Terrier 9 goals |  A. Gouiri 9 goals |  A. Muinga 6 goals |
Rennes missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Rennes | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 30 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 53% | ||
| 10 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 36 | 57 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 26 | 52 |
| 3 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Lens | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 41 |
| 7 | Lorient | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Nice | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Clermont | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Nantes | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Brest | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Troyes | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 35 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 18 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 18 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -30 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dnipro-1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Zorya | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Hirnyk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Veres | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Metal Kharkiv | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Minai | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | Lviv | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 9 |
