Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Round of 16 between Feyenoord and Shakhtar Donetsk. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Feyenoord 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.
Feyenoord form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Feijenoord as Feyenoord have scored 26 goals to get 31 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 9-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Feyenoord has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
A nice win for Feyenoord last time playing, versus FC Volendam. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Giménez scoring for the victors. Kökçü (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Kökçü hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 96 successful passes (of 106 total).
In the match before, 1-1 away to Shakhtar Donetsk (Europa League).
Feyenoord are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at Ajax awaits in three days.
Feyenoord are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Feijenoord in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals against Roma.Shakhtar Donetsk have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 Premier League games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Total Europa League statistics for Shakhtar Donetsk: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 239 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Shakhtar Donetsk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Hirnyk.
One game before, 1-1 at home against Feyenoord in the Europa League.
After this away game Shakhtar return home for a Premier League game against Rukh Vynnyky. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Shakhtar Donetsk manager Jovičević has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 24 goals in 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Shakhtar Donetsk - Feyenoord 1-1 was the end result in these teams' previous h2h game, played this season. Feyenoord-Shakhtar Donetsk H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Feyenoord zero wins, Shakhtar Donetsk two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  O. Kökçü 8 goals |  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |   D. Sikan 8 goals |
Feyenoord missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Feyenoord | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 32 | Scored | S | 35 | 59 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19.6 | 21.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 58 |
| 2 | Ajax | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 45 | 55 |
| 3 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 36 | 52 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 44 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 38 | -39 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -26 | 16 |
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 39 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Zorya | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | Hirnyk | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Veres | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Metal Kharkiv | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Minai | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
