International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sheriff and Shakhtar Donetsk are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Sheriff nor Shakhtar Donetsk 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.
Sheriff form and stats
Last season, Sheriff's Champions League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Sheriff have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the National Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sheriff, as their goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis has completely shut out the opponents for 197 minutes in the National Division.
The Sheriff supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Petrocub in National Division and win 2-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the National Division match versus CSF Balti with a 2-0 scoreline.Sheriff are traveling soon after this match as the National Division match at Zimbru awaits in three days.
Sheriff are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (9 goals in 3 games). Sheriff are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Shakhtar Donetsk are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Total Champions League statistics for Shakhtar Donetsk: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Shakhtar Donetsk are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Dnipro-1.
A 1-1 draw at Minai's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shakhtar manager R. De Zerbi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mariupol.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar Donetsk are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 5 goals |   M. Yansane 4 goals | L. Bizjak 2 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Sheriff | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 75 | 32 | Scored | S | 29 | 48 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 52% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sheriff | 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 | Milsami | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | CSF Balti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Sheriff | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 5 | Zimbru | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Dinamo-Auto | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -15 | 8 |
| 8 | Floresti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -21 | -6 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Dnipro-1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Desna | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Vorskla | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Zorya | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Veres | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Minai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 5 |
| 14 | Kolos Kovalivka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Mariupol | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Lviv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 2 |