Betting prediction and preview: Shakhtar Donetsk fancied to be better team when visiting Rukh Vynnyky

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena L'viv (34915 seats)

Get ready for a show! Today's leading characters are Rukh Vynnyky and Shakhtar Donetsk, 3 points is the target and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (15) in Premier League

Shakhtar Donetsk have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Shakhtar Donetsk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Rukh Vynnyky at their home stadium (Arena L'viv) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

No payout for Rukh Vynnyky in their previous match, an away game at LNZ Cherkasy that ended in defeat 1-2. The first loss after going unbeaten in five league rounds.

In the match before that, Rukh Vynnyky hosted Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and drew the game 1-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Oleksandria are coming to town in three days.

At Arena L'viv, Rukh Vynnyky has the goal stats of 8-4 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Shakhtar Donetsk have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home loss versus Porto with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Shakhtar secured a home win against Obolon'-Brovar with the score 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shakhtar Donetsk manager van Leeuwen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Veres.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar Donetsk are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Shakhtar Donetsk have won every one of the 4 most recent matches versus this side. Can they do it again?

The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Rukh VynnykyY. Klymchuk
Y. Klymchuk
3 goals
Shakhtar DonetskO. Kashchuk
O. Kashchuk
3 goals

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Rukh Vynnyky Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 4 0 Played P 1 5 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 3 5
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 8 0 Scored S 3 12 15
6 4 0 Conceded C 3 6 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 57%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 29%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 29%
83% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 71%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 29%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 7.8 6.9
3.8 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.3
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
10.8 11.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.2 15.6
4.3 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.2 6.9
38% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 31%
 
9.3 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10 9.7
3 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Rukh Vynnyky's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Shakhtar Donetsk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky have the most scored goals (8) at home in Premier League
  • Rukh Vynnyky haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 have the most points (11) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (12) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (15) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+8) in Premier League
  • 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 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 5 2 0 15 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 5 3 2 0 12 6 8 17
2 Hirnyk 7 4 2 1 13 6 3 2 1 0 7 4 4 2 1 1 6 2 7 14
3 Polessya 7 4 0 3 10 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 2 8 4 5 12
4 Chornomorets 7 4 0 3 10 9 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 12
5 Rukh Vynnyky 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 11
6 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 6 3 1 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 10
7 Dynamo Kyiv 4 3 0 1 12 6 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 6 5 6 9
8 Kolos Kovalivka 7 2 3 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 4 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 -1 9
9 Vorskla 6 3 0 3 7 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 -3 9
10 Oleksandria 7 2 2 3 4 7 4 2 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 -3 8
11 LNZ Cherkasy 7 2 1 4 6 8 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 2 -2 7
12 Dnipro-1 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
13 Zorya 6 1 2 3 6 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 -3 5
14 Obolon'-Brovar 7 1 2 4 4 10 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 2 6 -6 5
15 Veres 6 1 1 4 6 10 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 4
16 Minai 7 0 3 4 5 15 4 0 2 2 3 9 3 0 1 2 2 6 -10 3

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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.