Shakhtar Donetsk have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Borussia M'gladbach. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither M'gladbach nor Shakhtar Donetsk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
M'gladbach was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Borussia M'gladbach have to build on here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK in the Bundesliga. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Borussia M'gladbach has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The spoils were shared in M'gladbach's previous game, also at home. Visiting Augsburg travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 3-4 away at Bayer Leverkusen.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Schalke 04 in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK.
M'gladbach are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Borussia M'gladbach are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Shakhtar who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Zorya. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Zorya game have they lost an away game, meaning Shakhtar has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
There were no winners in Shakhtar Donetsk's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Oleksandria. Prior to that result Shakhtar won their away game at Dynamo Kyiv in the Premier League. The scoreline was 3-0.
Shakhtar Donetsk has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Dnipro-1 in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Shakhtar have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shakhtar Donetsk - Borussia M'gladbach 0-6.Top Goalscorers
  L. Stindl 4 goals |   V. Kovalenko 4 goals |  A. Lourenço 4 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 62 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 89% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 78% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 300 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 85 | 283 | ||
| 117 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 125 | ||
| 50% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia M'gladbach | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Inter | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 3 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Zorya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Minai | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 14 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -17 | 4 |