It's game one of two in the Champions League as Monaco host Shakhtar Donetsk. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Monaco and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Monaco form and stats
Monaco have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sparta Praha.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Monaco so far this season.
Monaco faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lorient (0-1). Strahinja Pavlović, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Pavlović won 14 of 18 duels.
Ahead of that match, Monaco won a home game hosting Sparta Praha (3-1).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Monaco's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won seven matches, drawn one and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Monaco as they have a new game in only four days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Lens are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Monaco at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Genk in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Shakhtar Donetsk was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Shakhtar Donetsk has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Shakhtar Donetsk are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Genk in the Champions League.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shakhtar playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Chornomorets.
3 goals so far away for Shakhtar Donetsk, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 3 goals |   G. Batalha Martins 1 goals |  V. Korniienko 1 goals |
Monaco missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Monaco | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lorient | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Angers SCO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Clermont | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | PSG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Lille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Metz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Brest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Nantes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Rennes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Saint-Etienne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Nice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Reims | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Monaco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Montpellier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Troyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Strasbourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Desna | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Vorskla | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Zorya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Minai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Mariupol | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Veres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Lviv | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 16 | Inhulets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 |