Kolos Kovalivka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 30 points behind Shakhtar Donetsk.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Happy, happy days for Shakhtar Donetsk who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Kolos Kovalivka have to build on here at Obolon' Arena in the Premier League. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Kolos Kovalivka, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
No payout for Kolos Kovalivka in their previous match, an away game at Dynamo Kyiv that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Karpaty.
Kolos Kovalivka has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Kolos Kovalivka have conceded 15 from these games.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The strength of Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League, on their travels this season is incredible with 25 points collected from 10 Premier League away games. Shakhtar Donetsk has 8-1-1 on the road, with 20 goals scored and 5 conceded.
The supporters enjoyed Shakhtar Donetsk's previous game versus Dnipro-1 (placed 8th), a Premier League 4-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Vorskla's place.
Shakhtar Donetsk has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against Wolfsburg in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Shakhtar Donetsk manager L. Ribeiro de Castro has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 10 league matches. The Shakhtar Donetsk defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shakhtar Donetsk - Kolos Kovalivka 6-0.Top Goalscorers
 A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 15 goals |  M. Romero Bonfim 9 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 8 goals |
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Kolos Kovalivka | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 55 |
| 35 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 81% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 76% |
| 57% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 24% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 38% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 188 | 78 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 115 | 263 |
| 78 | 30 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 48 | 130 |
| 27% | 43% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | 42% |
- Kolos Kovalivka has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Kolos Kovalivka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kolos Kovalivka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (12)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most points (25) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (55)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+44)
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 56 |
| 2 | Zorya | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 43 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 42 |
| 4 | Desna | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 39 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Lviv | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 19 |
| 10 | Olimpik Donetsk | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -19 | 18 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -24 | 17 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 12 |