Europa League: Get ready for the second leg of the Shakhtar Donetsk - Wolfsburg clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Wed 05.August
Match begins: 16:55 (UTC)
Venue: RSK Olimpijskij

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League 8th Finals meeting between Shakhtar Donetsk and Wolfsburg. Game on!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Wolfsburg, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Last season, Shakhtar's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Eintracht Frankfurt.

On the other hand, in the Europa League, Shakhtar Donetsk has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Shakhtar drew their last game, 2-2 away at Oleksandria. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Kolos Kovalivka.

A disappointing finish for Shakhtar in their match versus Oleksandria as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

This is expected to be a close game, with Shakhtar Donetsk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shakhtar Donetsk as a small favourite), we find five games. Shakhtar Donetsk has won one of these, drawn three and lost one.

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Wolfsburg form and stats

9 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Wolfsburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Total Europa League statistics for Wolfsburg: 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Wolfsburg failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Bayern München that ended with defeat 0-4. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Schalke 04.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bayern München was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels had a great day against Bayern München, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wolfsburg playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were four Wolfsburg wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Wolfsburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 17 league matches away. Wolfsburg have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Wolfsburg - Shakhtar 1-2 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskA. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior
A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior
19 goals
WolfsburgW. Weghorst
W. Weghorst
16 goals
ShakhtarM. Romero Bonfim
M. Romero Bonfim
13 goals

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Wolfsburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shakhtar Donetsk Wolfsburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
18 12   Won W   7 10
4 2   Drew D   1 6
3 1   Lost L   4 9
52 30   Scored S   25 41
27 11   Conceded C   19 38
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 92%
56% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 72%
48% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 36%
32% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 16%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   67% 68%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 16%
16% 13%   Failed to Score F T   17% 20%
 
4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.9
4.9 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.6
1.4 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
241 143   Total Shots T S   144 349
99 59   Shots on Target S O   54 121
46% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

Shakhtar Donetsk:
Wolfsburg:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 26 4 4 100 32 17 13 2 2 53 15 17 13 2 2 47 17 68 82
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 21 6 7 84 41 17 11 3 3 46 17 17 10 3 4 38 24 43 69
3 RB Leipzig 34 18 12 4 81 37 17 7 8 2 38 21 17 11 4 2 43 16 44 66
4 Borussia M'gladbach 34 20 5 9 66 40 17 12 2 3 40 21 17 8 3 6 26 19 26 65
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 17 9 4 4 32 22 17 10 2 5 29 22 17 63
6 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 17 7 1 9 26 37 17 8 6 3 27 16 0 52
7 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 17 4 7 6 19 23 17 9 3 5 29 23 2 49
8 Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 17 9 2 6 23 17 17 4 7 6 25 30 1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 17 8 4 5 36 27 17 5 2 10 23 33 -1 45
10 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 48 59 17 6 3 8 23 32 17 5 5 7 25 27 -11 41
11 Union Berlin 34 12 5 17 41 58 17 8 3 6 24 20 17 4 2 11 17 38 -17 41
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 17 5 7 5 20 27 17 4 5 8 18 31 -20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 17 5 2 10 18 29 17 6 2 9 26 36 -21 37
14 Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 17 6 4 7 28 27 17 4 2 11 23 42 -18 36
15 Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 17 5 5 7 28 29 17 4 4 9 17 34 -18 36
16 Werder Bremen 34 8 7 19 42 69 17 2 3 12 15 36 17 6 4 7 27 33 -27 31
17 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 6 12 16 36 67 17 4 6 7 18 28 17 2 6 9 18 39 -31 30
18 Paderborn 34 4 8 22 37 74 17 2 2 13 21 46 17 2 6 9 16 28 -37 20

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.