The visiting Shakhtar Donetsk side should be favourites in this visit to Dnipro-1, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
- Dnipro-1 has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (24) in Premier League
The visiting Shakhtar Donetsk played their last game only three days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Borussia M'gladbach. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dnipro-1 form and stats
Dnipro-1's results here at Dnipro Arena in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Dnipro-1 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager I. Jovičević and the players. The Dnipro-1 manager I. Jovičević might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Dnipro-1 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Minai. Preceding that match was a defeat to Kolos Kovalivka (0-2).
Dnipro-1 are traveling soon after this match as the Ukrainian Cup match at VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka awaits in three days.
Dnipro-1 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (24) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Shakhtar lost away at Borussia M'gladbach (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Oleksandria in the Premier League.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Borussia M'gladbach was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A quick return to home after this game, as Shakhtar Donetsk are hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League only three days away.
The Shakhtar manager L. Ribeiro de Castro has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. Shakhtar have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Dnipro-1 won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Shakhtar Donetsk has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
  V. Kovalenko 4 goals |  A. Lourenço 4 goals |   O. Nazarenko 3 goals |
Dnipro-1 missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Dnipro-1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 10% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 11 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.8 | 13.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
| 33% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 39% |
- All of Dnipro-1's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Shakhtar Donetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dnipro-1 has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
- Dnipro-1 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (24) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- 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 matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Desna | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Zorya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Minai | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Inhulets | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Lviv | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -16 | 7 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 5 |