It's game one of two in the Europa League as Wolfsburg host Shakhtar Donetsk. This is a 8th Finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game, against Kolos Kovalivka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Wolfsburg form and stats
Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Wolfsburg are 4-6-3 (wins-draw-losses). 5W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Wolfsburg.
The spoils were shared in Wolfsburg's previous game, also at home. Visiting RB Leipzig travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A 2-2 draw away in the Bundesliga before that, with Union Berlin the opponent.
Wolfsburg are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Augsburg awaits in three days.
Wolfsburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season, when Eintracht Frankfurt turned out to be too strong.The away performances of Shakhtar Donetsk have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
It's the second away game in a row for Shakhtar Donetsk, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Kolos Kovalivka in the Premier League last time out. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Dnipro-1 in the Premier League.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Shakhtar Donetsk, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar Donetsk as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 17 goals |   W. Weghorst 11 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 9 goals |
Wolfsburg missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Wolfsburg | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 341 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 227 | ||
| 119 | 73 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 94 | ||
| 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 46 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 59 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Desna | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 9 | Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -20 | 18 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 13 |