No home advantage expected for Premier League battle between Karpaty and Shakhtar Donetsk

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ukrainian Cup. That game, against Dynamo Kyiv, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shakhtar Donetsk.

It's quite the trip for Shakhtar Donetsk when visiting Karpaty as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Karpaty form and stats

Karpaty's results here at Ukraina Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Karpaty drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lviv that ended 0-0.

Karpaty aren't scoring a lot here at Ukraina Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. On the other hand, Karpaty have conceded 7 goals.

Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

The strength of Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (36)in Premier League, on their travels this season is incredible with 18 points collected from 6 Premier League away games. Shakhtar Donetsk has 6-0-0 on the road, with 14 goals scored and 2 conceded. Shakhtar Donetsk has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Oleksandria.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Shakhtar Donetsk, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Oleksandria 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 7 of these games by at least two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Shakhtar Donetsk now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Dinamo Zagreb is waiting in only four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar Donetsk are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar Donetsk are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shakhtar Donetsk - Karpaty 3-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Karpaty victories, 1 draw and 9 Shakhtar Donetsk wins. 9 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Júnior Moraes 11 goals

Taison 6 goals

Marlos 6 goals

Karpaty missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players