Shakhtar Donetsk massive favourites before trip to Desna

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Yuriya Haharina (14150 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Desna - Shakhtar Donetsk!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.

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Desna form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Desna, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League, are 1-2-1 (wins-draw-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A good away victory last time out for Desna, who won 2-1 against Dynamo Kyiv (placed 7th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Oleksandria with a 3-0 scoreline.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Desna had similar winning odds as today, and found one game. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Desna lost 1 similar game by at least two goals.

Desna have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Desna have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (12) away in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Desna. Shakhtar Donetsk has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Oleksandria.

Shakhtar Donetsk failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Manchester City that ended with defeat 0-3. Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against Zorya in the Premier League.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Shakhtar Donetsk given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed ten matches with 10 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 8 of these games by at least two goals.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. Shakhtar Donetsk are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Desna won 0, Shakhtar Donetsk won 3 and 0 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Júnior Moraes
7 goals / 3 assists
Marlos
5 goals / 2 assists
O. Filippov
4 goals / 1 assists

Desna missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Desna Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 1 4 7
4 1 0 Won W 1 4 7
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 3 0 Scored S 3 11 23
3 2 0 Conceded C 1 2 6
71% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 86%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 57%
71% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 43%
29% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 7 7.5 8.1
4.7 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 1.2 1.9
2.9 3.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Shakhtar Donetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Desna have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Desna.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won all their games so far.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Desna
All Premier League Ukrainian Cup Club Friendlies Persha Liga
All Home Away
17-08-19 PL Desna 0 - 0 Kolos Kovalivka
24-08-19 PL Oleksandria 0 - 3 Desna
30-08-19 PL Desna 0 - 0 Karpaty
08-09-19 CF Ankaragucu 0 - 3 Desna
15-09-19 PL Dynamo Kyiv 1 - 2 Desna
22-09-19 PL Desna 11:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
29-09-19 PL Mariupol 11:00 Desna
05-10-19 PL Desna 14:00 Olimpik Donetsk
19-10-19 PL Zorya - Desna
26-10-19 PL Lviv - Desna
Shakhtar Donetsk
All Champions League Europa League Premier League Ukrainian Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-08-19 PL Lviv 0 - 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
25-08-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 5 - 1 Mariupol
01-09-19 PL Olimpik Donetsk 0 - 4 Shakhtar Donetsk
14-09-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 4 - 3 Zorya
18-09-19 CL Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 3 Manchester City
22-09-19 PL Desna 11:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
27-09-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 16:00 Vorskla
01-10-19 CL Atalanta 16:55 Shakhtar Donetsk
06-10-19 PL Dnipro-1 11:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
19-10-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk - Kolos Kovalivka

  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 7 7 0 0 23 6 3 3 0 0 12 4 4 4 0 0 11 2 17 21
2 Desna 7 4 2 1 9 3 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 14
3 Oleksandria 7 4 0 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 12
4 Zorya 7 3 2 2 12 10 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 11
5 Dnipro-1 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 3 0 2 8 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 11
6 Kolos Kovalivka 7 3 1 3 6 9 4 2 0 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 -3 10
7 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 2 2 10 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 8
8 Mariupol 6 2 2 2 7 10 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 4 8 -3 8
9 Karpaty 8 2 2 4 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 -5 8
10 Vorskla 7 2 1 4 8 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 -1 7
11 Lviv 7 2 0 5 7 13 3 0 0 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 7 7 -6 6
12 Olimpik Donetsk 7 0 2 5 4 14 3 0 0 3 1 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 -10 2

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