Kolos Kovalivka ended up with a 0-1 result vs Lviv last week, a match to keep in mind. The next job is this firm Shakhtar Donetsk team.
- Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League
The visiting Shakhtar Donetsk played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Real Madrid. 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.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Kolos Kovalivka are certainly not brimming with confidence. Kovalivka has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Kuznetsov and the players.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 301 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Oliveira was the last player to find the net.
The Kovalivka crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Lviv here at Stadion Kovalivka in a Premier League match.
Heartbreak before that as Kovalivka lost 0-1 at Metal Kharkiv's place.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Kovalivka have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn one and lost one from two games. one defeat by at least two goals.
Kovalivka aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Kovalivka in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Kolos Kovalivka have conceded 8 goals.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League. Things are running smoothly for Shakhtar who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Oleksandria.
Shakhtar Donetsk lost away at Real Madrid (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Alan Patrick was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Patrick hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that, Shakhtar secured a home win against Desna with the score 4-1.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 eleven matches with five wins as expected, four draws and two surprise home wins. The favourites won four of these games by at least two goals.
Shakhtar have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. The Shakhtar defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Kovalivka-Shakhtar Donetsk H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Kolos Kovalivka zero wins, Shakhtar Donetsk five wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Lemos Martins 6 goals |  L. Traore 6 goals |  H. Sudakov 4 goals |
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 62% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 31% |
| 25% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 17% | 46% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 83% | 54% |
| 58% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.6 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 13 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
| 3.2 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 18% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 44% |
| 11.8 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
- Kolos Kovalivka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kolos Kovalivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Kolos Kovalivka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kolos Kovalivka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Kolos Kovalivka.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 32 |
| 3 | Zorya | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Vorskla | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Veres | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Desna | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 11 |
| 12 | Lviv | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 10 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 14 | Minai | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 8 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 4 |