This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Shakhtar Donetsk at VELTINS-Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Basel with it. Read all about the Quarter-finals match here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Basel have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Last season, Shakhtar's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Eintracht Frankfurt.3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Shakhtar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Wolfsburg in Europa League and win 3-0. Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Kolos Kovalivka in a game that was won 2-0.
Davit Khocholava was on the receiving end of a red card in the Shakhtar-Wolfsburg match, being sent off in the 68th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-0 victory.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shakhtar Donetsk handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and zero defeats.
Basel form and stats
Basel was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when LASK Linz turned out to be too strong.7-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basel in their Super League matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 8W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. With three draws in a row for Basel the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Basel had fun at their own home (VELTINS-Arena) last time out, beating Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0. Fabian Frei scored. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Luzern in the Super League.
Basel are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
Basel has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 32 goals from 18 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Shakhtar wins - draws - Basel wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 19 goals |   A. Mendonça Cabral 14 goals |  M. Romero Bonfim 13 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Basel missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 56 | 34 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 260 | 162 | Total Shots | T S | 136 | 309 | ||
| 111 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 117 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 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 | Young Boys | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zurich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |