Mariupol will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 27 points behind Shakhtar Donetsk.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mariupol form and stats
Mariupol have collected 18 points from their home games so far after 5-3-3.Mariupol lost their last game at Oleksandria after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Dynamo Kyiv with the scoreline 0-1.
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 points are very slim. When Mariupol have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 3 from three games. 2 defeats by at least two goals.
The Mariupol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Mariupol have conceded 15 goals.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Shakhtar Donetsk so far, with 10-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far.Shakhtar Donetsk has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dynamo Kyiv for a Premier League game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that game was the away Ukrainian Cup victory against Dnipro-1 with the score of 2-0.
As mentioned earlier, Shakhtar Donetsk will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 7 wins (6 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 0 surprising defeats.
Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 27 goals from 11 away matches. Shakhtar Donetsk's manager Paulo Fonseca has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Mariupol - Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Mariupol victories, 0 draws and 10 Shakhtar Donetsk wins.Top Goalscorers
  Júnior Moraes 17 goals / 6 assists |  Marlos 9 goals / 1 assists |   A. Boryachuk 6 goals / 1 assists |
Mariupol missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Mariupol | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 12 | 4 | Scored | 6 | 28 | 56 |
| 38 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 76% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 72% |
| 52% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 44% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 56% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | 0% | 15% | 24% |
| 20% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | 100% | 77% | 72% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Failed To Score | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners For (avg) | 7 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17-03-19 | | Karpaty | 1 - 1 | Mariupol |
| 27-03-19 | | Zorya | 2 - 2 | Mariupol |
| 03-04-19 | | Lviv | 2 - 3 | Mariupol |
| 13-04-19 | | Mariupol | 0 - 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 24-04-19 | | Oleksandria | 2 - 1 | Mariupol |
| 28-04-19 | | Mariupol | 11:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 04-05-19 | | Zorya | 11:00 | Mariupol |
| 11-05-19 | | Mariupol | 11:00 | Lviv |
| 18-05-19 | | Dynamo Kyiv | 14:00 | Mariupol |
| 22-05-19 | | Mariupol | 14:00 | Oleksandria |
| 03-04-19 | | Oleksandria | 0 - 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 07-04-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 - 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 13-04-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 - 0 | Zorya |
| 17-04-19 | | Dnipro-1 | 0 - 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 24-04-19 | | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 - 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 28-04-19 | | Mariupol | 11:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 04-05-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 16:30 | Lviv |
| 11-05-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 16:30 | Oleksandria |
| 15-05-19 | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 16:30 | Inhulets |
| 19-05-19 | | Zorya | 14:00 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 43 | 57 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 50 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | Zorya | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Lviv | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 30 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 29 |
| 8 | Desna | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Karpaty | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | -11 | 21 |
| 10 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Chornomorets | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 16 |
| 12 | Arsenal Kyiv | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -30 | 12 |
