All the pressure is on Shakhtar Donetsk before Inhulets game

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Zirka (1720 seats)

Stadion Zirka: Shake it up for a football party when Inhulets engage Shakhtar Donetsk. Get the latest info on the fixture here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Inhulets have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (58) 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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Inhulets form and stats

Overall Premier League results at home this season for Inhulets are 5-1-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Inhulets haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 435 minutes ago. Kovalev scored that one.

The followers are hoping that Inhulets will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Rukh Vynnyky (placed 14th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hirnyk that ended 0-0.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Shakhtar Donetsk to win. Let's see if Inhulets are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 4 games found revealing 0 Inhulets wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 13 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Inhulets aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Zirka in the league, with only {10 goals} from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Shakhtar Donetsk have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 8-3-1 from 12 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Shakhtar Donetsk as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.

Shakhtar Donetsk has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Oleksandria for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Oleksandria came from a losing position. The Shakhtar manager Jovičević brought on Kelsy as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Before that, Shakhtar Donetsk secured a home win against Minai with the score 1-0.

As mentioned earlier, Shakhtar Donetsk will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 11 wins (8 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 2 surprising defeats.

Shakhtar Donetsk are a potent attacking force on the road with their 33 goals in 12 league games. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Shakhtar Donetsk have won all of the 6 most recent games against this side. Another win today?

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the result Shakhtar Donetsk - Inhulets 3-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskD. Sikan
D. Sikan
8 goals
Shakhtar DonetskA. Bondarenko
A. Bondarenko
6 goals
Shakhtar DonetskD. Kryskiv
D. Kryskiv
5 goals

Inhulets missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Inhulets Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 5 1 Won W 3 8 18
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
12 7 3 Lost L 0 1 1
20 10 3 Scored S 13 33 58
29 13 6 Conceded C 1 10 18
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
60% 46% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 80%
44% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 16%
44% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 52%
32% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 48%
36% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 7.4 6.9
5.2 4.8 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 2.8 2.9
2.1 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.3 6.8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14.8 12.6
3 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.3 6.6 5.7
26% 28% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 42% 41%
 
7.9 6.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 6.2 6
3.6 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Inhulets have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Inhulets.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (33) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (58) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+40) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 18 6 1 58 18 13 10 3 0 25 8 12 8 3 1 33 10 40 60
2 Dnipro-1 24 18 3 3 55 20 11 9 1 1 29 9 13 9 2 2 26 11 35 57
3 Zorya 25 17 4 4 52 28 13 10 3 0 33 14 12 7 1 4 19 14 24 55
4 Dynamo Kyiv 25 15 5 5 37 20 13 6 4 3 17 10 12 9 1 2 20 10 17 50
5 Oleksandria 24 9 11 4 36 29 13 6 6 1 25 15 11 3 5 3 11 14 7 38
6 Kolos Kovalivka 25 9 6 10 21 27 12 5 2 5 13 11 13 4 4 5 8 16 -6 33
7 Hirnyk 25 9 5 11 21 28 13 6 2 5 11 13 12 3 3 6 10 15 -7 32
8 Vorskla 25 8 6 11 29 35 12 5 3 4 14 12 13 3 3 7 15 23 -6 30
9 Inhulets 25 7 6 12 20 29 13 5 1 7 10 13 12 2 5 5 10 16 -9 27
10 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 25 5 12 8 20 38 12 3 4 5 10 23 13 2 8 3 10 15 -18 27
11 Chornomorets 25 6 8 11 27 34 13 2 4 7 11 18 12 4 4 4 16 16 -7 26
12 Minai 25 6 8 11 19 28 12 3 4 5 10 13 13 3 4 6 9 15 -9 26
13 Veres 25 6 6 13 30 38 12 1 3 8 11 20 13 5 3 5 19 18 -8 24
14 Rukh Vynnyky 25 5 9 11 26 35 13 3 6 4 17 15 12 2 3 7 9 20 -9 24
15 Metal Kharkiv 25 5 7 13 26 44 12 2 5 5 13 21 13 3 2 8 13 23 -18 22
16 Lviv 25 3 4 18 18 44 12 2 2 8 10 21 13 1 2 10 8 23 -26 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.