Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. This match was also played here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Real Madrid have had more rest.
It's quite the trip for Real Madrid when visiting Shakhtar Donetsk as the cities are 4100 kilometers apart.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.5-0-1 is the performance here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist so far in the Premier League, giving Shakhtar Donetsk a total of 15 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! On the other hand, in the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Oleksandria game Shakhtar has been unbeatable here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist producing four straight wins.
A nice win for Shakhtar last time playing, versus Zorya. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-1 with Pedrinho, Tetê (2), Danylo Sikan and Fernando (2) scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shakhtar Donetsk played a great game against Zorya and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Dynamo Kyiv that finished 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shakhtar Donetsk as they are travelling to their away game against Vorskla in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league this season as Shakhtar has scored 17 goals here in 6 home 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 5 from 6 matches.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid was sent out of Champions League in the semi-finals last season, when Chelsea turned out to be too strong.3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Madrid in their La Liga matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Madrid, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Espanyol. The attacker Karim Benzema got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. Benzema scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).
The game before that, in the Champions League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sheriff.Madrid have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Madrid have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last four meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Shakhtar, zero draws and two wins for Real Madrid. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 9 goals |   L. Traore 6 goals |  V. Júnior 5 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 54 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 26 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Zorya | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Desna | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Veres | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Minai | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Lviv | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 6 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -14 | 4 |
| 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 Sociedad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Barcelona | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Valencia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Real Betis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Villarreal | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Elche | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Cadiz | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Granada | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Levante | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 20 | Getafe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |