Premier League match preview: Chornomorets believed to be the weaker party when Shakhtar Donetsk pays a visit

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Chornomorets (34164 seats)

Chornomorets saw a 2-1 score facing Inhulets last week, a game to keep in mind. The next assignment is this firm Shakhtar Donetsk team.

Insights:
  • Chornomorets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Chornomorets form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Chornomorets have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadion Chornomorets.

It's back home for Chornomorets, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Inhulets away with the result 2-1. Alefirenko and Hadida found the net in that victory. Alefirenko has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. First-class!

In the match before that, Chornomorets hosted Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and drew the game 1-1.

Chornomorets aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Chornomorets in the league, with only {5 goals} from 9 games. Chornomorets's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Chornomorets hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Lviv, Rukh Vynnyky, Minai, Metal Kharkiv and Veres), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Shakhtar Donetsk so far, with 6-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Chornomorets.

329 minutes! That's how long the Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Kryskiv and Matviyenko secured the home win 2-0 against Rukh Vynnyky in their previous game.

A defeat, in the Europa League away at Feyenoord, before that.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this side's 14 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

Shakhtar Donetsk are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (24 goals from 7 away games). It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shakhtar are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 6 most recent fixtures featuring these sides have all finished as Shakhtar Donetsk victories. Will history repeat itself?

Chornomorets and Shakhtar Donetsk have met already this season: Shakhtar Donetsk - Chornomorets 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskD. Sikan
D. Sikan
8 goals
Shakhtar DonetskD. Kryskiv
D. Kryskiv
4 goals
Shakhtar DonetskO. Zubkov
O. Zubkov
4 goals

Chornomorets missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Chornomorets Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 7 17
4 1 0 Won W 4 6 13
6 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
8 5 3 Lost L 0 1 1
16 5 1 Scored S 13 24 45
23 13 9 Conceded C 2 4 12
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 82%
44% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 71%
17% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 41%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 24%
50% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 47%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 53%
39% 56% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.6 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.6 5.8
4 3.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.9 3.2
1.7 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.7 7.1 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.6 10.7
3.1 3.1 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 6.1 5.4
29% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 56% 49%
 
8.5 8.3 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 4.8 6 5.8
3.3 3.7 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 2.3 2.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chornomorets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Chornomorets.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (24) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+33) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League

  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 17 13 3 1 45 12 10 7 3 0 21 8 7 6 0 1 24 4 33 42
2 Dnipro-1 17 12 3 2 34 13 8 6 1 1 16 5 9 6 2 1 18 8 21 39
3 Zorya 18 11 4 3 39 25 8 5 3 0 21 12 10 6 1 3 18 13 14 37
4 Dynamo Kyiv 18 10 3 5 25 16 11 5 3 3 14 9 7 5 0 2 11 7 9 33
5 Oleksandria 17 7 7 3 29 25 9 5 3 1 20 13 8 2 4 2 9 12 4 28
6 Kolos Kovalivka 18 6 5 7 15 20 9 4 2 3 9 7 9 2 3 4 6 13 -5 23
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 6 4 8 14 21 9 4 2 3 6 8 9 2 2 5 8 13 -7 22
8 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 18 4 9 5 17 28 9 3 2 4 10 20 9 1 7 1 7 8 -11 21
9 Vorskla 18 5 5 8 22 25 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 13 17 -3 20
10 Inhulets 17 5 4 8 17 21 9 4 0 5 9 10 8 1 4 3 8 11 -4 19
11 Veres 18 5 3 10 20 26 8 0 2 6 6 14 10 5 1 4 14 12 -6 18
12 Chornomorets 18 4 6 8 16 23 9 1 3 5 5 13 9 3 3 3 11 10 -7 18
13 Minai 18 4 6 8 13 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 10 3 3 4 8 11 -8 18
14 Rukh Vynnyky 17 4 5 8 19 26 9 2 3 4 12 13 8 2 2 4 7 13 -7 17
15 Metal Kharkiv 18 4 5 9 17 27 8 1 3 4 6 13 10 3 2 5 11 14 -10 17
16 Lviv 17 3 4 10 13 26 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 1 2 6 4 12 -13 13

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.