There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League 8th Finals meeting between Shakhtar Donetsk and Roma. Game on!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Roma when visiting Shakhtar as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.23 points is a decent return from 10 Premier League games here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist for Shakhtar Donetsk. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Shakhtar's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Desna. The home side are looking to build on that result. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Roma.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shakhtar played a great game against Desna and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shakhtar Donetsk as they are travelling to their away game against Lviv in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Shakhtar Donetsk are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (27 goals in 10 games). Shakhtar have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Roma form and stats
Roma's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals.5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Roma playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 7W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Roma, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Parma. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Napoli in just three days.
Roma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Roma have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Roma - Shakhtar 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Shakhtar four wins, zero draws and Roma three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Veretout 10 goals |  H. Mkhitaryan 9 goals |  E. Džeko 7 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Roma missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 39 |
| 3 | Zorya | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Desna | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Mariupol | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 13 | Minai | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 13 |
| 14 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 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 | Inter | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 65 |
| 2 | Milan | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 56 |
| 3 | Juventus | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 32 | 55 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 29 | 52 |
| 5 | Napoli | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 50 |
| 6 | Roma | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Lazio | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 46 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Udinese | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Sampdoria | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Bologna | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 31 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | Genoa | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Spezia | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -16 | 26 |
| 16 | Benevento | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -25 | 26 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Torino | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Parma | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Crotone | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 30 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | -37 | 15 |