All the pressure is on Shakhtar Donetsk before Minai game

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mynai

This could be quite the action-packed skirmish at Stadion Mynai in the Premier League. Minai is in 15th place and receive Shakhtar Donetsk in 1st place. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Minai have the most conceded goals (10) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (3-2-0) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Shakhtar Donetsk when visiting Minai as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Minai form and stats

Three Premier League home games done for Minai, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.

The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Zorya last time out and are looking for a win here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (0-1).

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Minai had similar winning odds as today, and found 7 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 2 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Minai lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.

Minai aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Mynai in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shakhtar Donetsk in their Premier League matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Shakhtar, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Kolos Kovalivka (placed 5th) last time out.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hirnyk that ended 3-3.

Shakhtar Donetsk have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Shakhtar Donetsk have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Minai.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 3 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

MinaiV. Vitenchuk
V. Vitenchuk
2 goals
Shakhtar DonetskL. Traore
L. Traore
2 goals
Shakhtar DonetskO. Kashchuk
O. Kashchuk
2 goals

Minai missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Minai Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 4 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 1 8 10
10 5 0 Conceded C 1 5 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
60% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.4 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 7.5 6.4
5.4 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5.2
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
7.4 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 13.6
2.8 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.6
21% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 36%
 
11.8 12.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.2 11.2
5.6 4.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Minai's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Shakhtar Donetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Minai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Minai have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Minai have the most conceded goals (10) in Premier League
  • Minai have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
  • Minai have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League
  • Minai have yet to win a game.
  • Minai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Minai.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (3-2-0) in Premier League
Minai Last season Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 3   Won W   10 22
9 5   Drew D   3 6
13 7   Lost L   2 2
22 10   Scored S   39 69
33 17   Conceded C   12 21
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
57% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
23% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 63%
7% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 30%
3% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 13%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   60% 50%
27% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 50%
37% 40%   Failed to Score F T   0% 3%
 
3.7 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 6.5
5.4 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.1
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
6.7 6.9   Shots (avg) S (   14.9 12.7
2.8 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 5.7
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 40%
 
10.6 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   6.3 5.9
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.5

  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 5 3 2 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 11
2 Rukh Vynnyky 4 3 1 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 10
3 Polessya 5 3 0 2 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 9
4 Chornomorets 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 9
5 Kolos Kovalivka 5 2 2 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 8
6 Hirnyk 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 7
7 Oleksandria 5 2 1 2 3 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 7
8 Dynamo Kyiv 3 2 0 1 10 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 6 5 4 6
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
10 Vorskla 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 6
11 Zorya 5 1 2 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 5
12 Dnipro-1 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
13 Obolon'-Brovar 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 4
14 LNZ Cherkasy 5 1 0 4 4 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 -3 3
15 Minai 5 0 2 3 3 10 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -7 2
16 Veres 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 1

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.