Kolos Kovalivka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Shakhtar Donetsk.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
2-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Kolos Kovalivka so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Kolos Kovalivka. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Kovalivka manager R. Kostyshyn and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dynamo Kyiv (placed 1st) in the Premier League. Preceding that game was the away draw at Dynamo Kyiv that finished 2-2.
Kovalivka has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Kovalivka have conceded only 6 goals.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Shakhtar have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Shakhtar have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. Shakhtar Donetsk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shakhtar Donetsk - Kovalivka 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Kovalivka zero wins, zero draws and Shakhtar Donetsk five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Seleznyov 5 goals |   A. Lourenço 4 goals |
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 33 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 13.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 13.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| 38% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 38% |
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+22) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Desna | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Zorya | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 20 |
| 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 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 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 | Inhulets | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Minai | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | Lviv | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Dnipro-1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 8 |