Champions League betting and spectator preview: Shakhtar Donetsk and Borussia M'gladbach meet at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's no vacation for neither Shakhtar nor Borussia M'gladbach 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Borussia M'gladbach have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Shakhtar Donetsk so far this season. Shakhtar haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Zorya, 233 days ago. After failing to beat Zorya here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist, Shakhtar Donetsk has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The Shakhtar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mariupol in Premier League and win 4-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Inter that ended 0-0.
Shakhtar always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist with 14 goals in 4 league games. Shakhtar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.It's gone fairly well in the Bundesliga away games so far for Borussia M'gladbach with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for M'gladbach in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Borussia M'gladbach are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, M'gladbach are regular goalscorers on their travels. For M'gladbach, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Kovalenko 4 goals |  A. Lourenço 3 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 2 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 55 | 36 | Scored | S | 27 | 56 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 276 | 175 | Total Shots | T S | 171 | 291 | ||
| 125 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 114 | ||
| 43% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Borussia M'gladbach | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Inter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Desna | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Zorya | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Minai | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 2 |
| 14 | Lviv | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -17 | 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 | Bayern München | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Augsburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | -17 | 2 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 0 |