This promises to be an action-packed encounter for RB Leipzig at Red Bull Arena when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Shakhtar Donetsk with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
RB Leipzig form and stats
RB Leipzig participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Only two Bundesliga home games for RB Leipzig so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
No payout for RB Leipzig in their previous match, an away game at Eintracht Frankfurt that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Leipzig suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Laimer got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Laimer had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that one, a nice away win at Teutonia Hamburg. A DFB Pokal game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia Dortmund are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from RB Leipzig's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
297 minutes! That's how long the Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Shakhtar Donetsk, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Rukh Vynnyky last time out. Shakhtar Donetsk made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Mudryk receiving a red card in the 35th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Shakhtar Donetsk won the match 1-0!
Before that, Shakhtar secured a home win against Hirnyk with the score 1-0.With the hosts stated as having a victory chance of roughly 80% by the bookmakers, any favourable result for the away side would be a surprise. Researching previous games with similar odds and Shakhtar Donetsk as the away team, we found 4 results. The data from these were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The away team lost 1 of these matches by a margin of at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Shakhtar Donetsk are hosting Chornomorets in the Premier League only four days away.
1 goal 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
  C. Nkunku 4 goals |  W. Orban 1 goals |  T. Werner 1 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| RB Leipzig | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Freiburg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | Köln | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | Wolfsburg | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Bochum | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 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 | Zorya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Veres | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Metal Kharkiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Inhulets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Chornomorets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Lviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Minai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hirnyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Vorskla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 15 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Rukh Vynnyky | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
