Shakhtar Donetsk have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Celtic. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shakhtar Donetsk, who are travelling more than 3500 kilometers to play this game.
These are full days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Premiership. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hearts.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Midtjylland.The story so far in the league for Celtic at their home stadium (Celtic Park) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in this competition.
Celtic enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hearts's place. The match ended 4-3 with Giakoumakis, Maeda, Forrest and Taylor scoring. A goal frenzy last time out for Celtic, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Hearts. Fun stuff to watch! World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Postecoglou when Taylor scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Maeda, a striker, was the champion player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Maeda scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the game before, a fine away victory at Motherwell. A League Cup match.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Shakhtar Donetsk are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
Shakhtar Donetsk are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Kolos Kovalivka.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Dynamo Kyiv.A new game in only four days for Shakhtar, the Premier League home match versus Oleksandria. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Shakhtar Donetsk has scored 7 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other earlier on this match year: Shakhtar Donetsk - Celtic 1-1. Data for the former three meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Celtic, one draw and one win for Shakhtar Donetsk. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 7 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |  G. Giakoumakis 6 goals |
Celtic missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Celtic | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 76 | 33 | Scored | S | 26 | 47 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Celtic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Real Madrid | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Celtic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Dnipro-1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Veres | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Zorya | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Metal Kharkiv | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Minai | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Hirnyk | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
