Game week two of the UEFA Youth League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Atalanta U19 - Shakhtar Donetsk U19 preview:
The hosts Atalanta U19 saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the PrimaVera 1.
Atalanta U19 form and stats
Ever since the Cagliari U19 game Atalanta U19 has been unbeatable here at Centro Sportivo Bortolotti 1 producing seven straight wins.
Atalanta U19 are returning here after visiting Sassuolo U19 in a PrimaVera 1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Juventus U19 in a game that was won 5-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the PrimaVera 1 game versus Pescara U19 in only four days. This game is also played here at Centro Sportivo Bortolotti 1.
Last season, Atalanta U19's league statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the PrimaVera 1. Over these three matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 2. Playing at home last season Atalanta U19 managed 1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 0 conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk U19 form and stats
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a UEFA Youth League home defeat versus Manchester City U19 with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Olympique Lyon U19.
Let's have a look at how Shakhtar Donetsk U19 performed last season in the UEFA Youth League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 5 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 2/7 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kulakov 2 goals |  N. Muravskyi 1 goals |
Atalanta U19 missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk U19 missing players
| Atalanta U19 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atalanta U19 | Last season | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | ||
| 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 12.3 | 12.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14-06-19 | | Atalanta U19 | 1 - 0 | Inter U19 |
| 14-09-19 | | Sampdoria U19 | 2 - 3 | Atalanta U19 |
| 18-09-19 | | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | 1 - 0 | Atalanta U19 |
| 22-09-19 | | Atalanta U19 | 5 - 0 | Juventus U19 |
| 28-09-19 | | Sassuolo U19 | 0 - 2 | Atalanta U19 |
| 01-10-19 | | Atalanta U19 | 11:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 05-10-19 | | Atalanta U19 | 11:00 | Pescara U19 |
| 18-10-19 | | Lazio U19 | 14:00 | Atalanta U19 |
| 22-10-19 | | Manchester City U19 | 14:00 | Atalanta U19 |
| 26-10-19 | | Atalanta U19 | - | Empoli U19 |
| 23-10-18 | | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 1 - 1 | Manchester City U19 |
| 07-11-18 | | Manchester City U19 | 4 - 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 27-11-18 | | Hoffenheim U19 | 1 - 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 12-12-18 | | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 1 - 1 | Olympique Lyon U19 |
| 18-09-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 1 - 3 | Manchester City U19 |
| 01-10-19 | | Atalanta U19 | 11:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 22-10-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 10:00 | Dinamo Zagreb U19 |
| 06-11-19 | | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | 12:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 26-11-19 | | Manchester City U19 | 15:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 |
| 11-12-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 10:00 | Atalanta U19 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Atalanta U19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atalanta U19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Inter U19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Genoa U19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Cagliari U19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Lazio U19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Fiorentina U19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Pescara U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Roma U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Napoli U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Torino U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bologna U19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Sampdoria U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Juventus U19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 14 | Empoli U19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Chievo U19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Sassuolo U19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hoffenheim U19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyon U19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Manchester City U19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| Bookmaker | Home | Draw | Away |
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