Shakhtar Donetsk have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Real Madrid. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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 Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shakhtar Donetsk, who are travelling more than 4100 kilometers to play this game.
Real Madrid form and stats
Last season, Madrid's Champions League journey ended in the semi-finals against Chelsea.When playing at home in the La Liga, Real Madrid have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Real Madrid. In general it's been a long time since Real Madrid tasted defeat here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
A strong away win for Madrid against Elche the last match, as Vinícius Júnior (2) were on target. Vinícius Júnior, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.34 (out of 10). Júnior scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 33 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a La Liga home game that ended 0-0 versus Osasuna.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Madrid, as the La Liga home game vs Rayo Vallecano is only three days away.
Madrid are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. Madrid have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Shakhtar Donetsk have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-2L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Shakhtar as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
The supporters enjoyed Shakhtar's previous game versus Desna, a Premier League 4-1 win played at home.
Prior to that result Shakhtar Donetsk won their away game at Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Cup. The scoreline was 3-0.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Shakhtar Donetsk's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won zero of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Shakhtar managed one draw and one surprise win.
Shakhtar have another fixture away in just four days, a Premier League fixture versus Kolos Kovalivka. A rough timetable for the guests!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk have faced off already this season: Shakhtar Donetsk - Madrid 0-5. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Madrid victories, zero draws and two Shakhtar Donetsk wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 9 goals |  V. Júnior 7 goals |   M. Lemos Martins 6 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Real Madrid | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 51 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.5 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Sheriff | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Inter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Atletico Madrid | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Elche | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Granada | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 19 | Levante | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Getafe | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 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 | Dynamo Kyiv | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 32 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Zorya | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Veres | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Desna | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 13 | Minai | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Lviv | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 4 |