Champions League betting and spectator preview: Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter 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 Inter 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.
It's quite the trip for Inter when visiting Shakhtar as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.Overall Premier League statistics at home this season for Shakhtar Donetsk are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Shakhtar Donetsk, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Shakhtar's last game was hosting Veres and winning 4-1.
Before that, Shakhtar had a Super Cup home game versus Dynamo Kyiv which ended with a victory 3-0.The Shakhtar manager R. De Zerbi has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. From these home matches, Shakhtar have conceded only 4 goals.
Inter form and stats
Inter's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The seven points Inter have gathered from their first three away trips in the Serie A is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Inter's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Atalanta that finished 2-2. Midfield player Nicolò Barella was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Barella served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fiorentina at their stadium, the result 3-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Sassuolo.
Inter create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Inter in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding five meetings): Shakhtar Donetsk won zero games, three matches ended with a tie and Inter have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  L. Traore 6 goals |   E. Džeko 5 goals |  L. Martínez 4 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Inter missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Inter | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 62 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Oleksandria | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Desna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Zorya | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | Veres | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Minai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 15 | Mariupol | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Lviv | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 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 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Inter | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Roma | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Bologna | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Torino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Udinese | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Empoli | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Juventus | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Sampdoria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Genoa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Venezia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 1 |