It's game one of two in the Europa League as Shakhtar Donetsk host Feyenoord. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These teams have little in common geographically as Feyenoord have to travel 2400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Premier League fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, so at least Shakhtar Donetsk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Roma.The home supporters can't complain about results here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj as Shakhtar Donetsk have scored 19 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Shakhtar Donetsk are returning here after visiting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and winning with a 7-0 scoreline. Mykhaylichenko, Traoré, Petriak, Rakitskiy and Zubkov (2) scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shakhtar played a great game against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Minai and winning 4-1.Shakhtar Donetsk are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Hirnyk awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Shakhtar's attacking play is working. Shakhtar Donetsk have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Feyenoord form and stats
Feyenoord have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 8-3-1 from 12 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Feyenoord go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Groningen that ended 1-0. Midfield player Idrissi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.45/10. Idrissi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).
Earlier, the KNVB Beker win away at SC Heerenveen.
A quick return to home after this game, as Feyenoord are hosting FC Volendam in the Eredivisie only three days away.
The Feyenoord manager Slot has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 12 league matches. Feyenoord have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Shakhtar won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Feyenoord got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 8 goals |   O. Kökçü 8 goals |  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 52 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.1 | 19.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.2 | ||
| 54% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Zorya | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Hirnyk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -11 | 19 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Veres | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Metal Kharkiv | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | Minai | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 16 | Lviv | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 55 |
| 2 | Ajax | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 43 | 52 |
| 3 | AZ | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 33 | 49 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | NEC | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 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 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -25 | 23 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -37 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -22 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -24 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -23 | 16 |
