Shakhtar Donetsk manager Luís Castro looking for maximum points from Mariupol trip

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Volodymyra Boika Stadium (12680 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Mariupol have their presumed home advantage while Shakhtar Donetsk are ahead 26 points in the Premier League table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mariupol form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Mariupol have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

The fans are hoping that Mariupol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Karpaty.

The Mariupol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Mariupol have conceded 10 goals.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

The away performances of Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League, have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Shakhtar Donetsk's record of seven away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Oleksandria game.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Manchester City in their previous outing. The Champions League match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Shakhtar Donetsk secured a home win against Lviv with the score 4-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar Donetsk are regular goalscorers on their travels. Shakhtar Donetsk are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Mariupol - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Mariupol won 0, Shakhtar Donetsk won 9 and 1 draw. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskJúnior Moraes
Júnior Moraes
14 goals
Shakhtar DonetskTaison
Taison
6 goals
Shakhtar DonetskMarlos
Marlos
6 goals

Mariupol missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Mariupol Shakhtar Donetsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
4 3 0 Won W 3 7 14
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 2 Lost L 0 0 0
14 8 0 Scored S 9 17 44
24 9 5 Conceded C 1 2 7
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
47% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 67%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 47%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 33%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 71% 67%
27% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.9 5.6 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.7 6.6 7.3
6.1 5.6 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.3 2.6 2.6
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
150 80 20 Total Shots T S 41 84 189
57 30 9 Shots on Target S O 18 40 104
25% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 42%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Mariupol has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Mariupol has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Mariupol haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the most points (22) away
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (45)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
  • Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+37)
  • 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 Mariupol.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won all their away games so far.
  • 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 (5-1-0)

Mariupol
26-10-19 PL Mariupol 2 - 0 Kolos Kovalivka
30-10-19 UC Mariupol 1 - 0 Olimpik Donetsk
03-11-19 PL Oleksandria 3 - 1 Mariupol
09-11-19 PL Mariupol 2 - 2 Karpaty
24-11-19 PL Dynamo Kyiv 3 - 0 Mariupol
01-12-19 PL Mariupol 13:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
08-12-19 PL Mariupol 13:00 Lviv
14-12-19 PL Olimpik Donetsk 18:30 Mariupol
22-02-20 PL Mariupol 01:00 Zorya
29-02-20 PL Desna 01:00 Mariupol
Shakhtar Donetsk
02-11-19 PL Karpaty 0 - 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
06-11-19 CL Dinamo Zagreb 3 - 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
10-11-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
22-11-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 4 - 1 Lviv
26-11-19 CL Manchester City 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
01-12-19 PL Mariupol 13:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
06-12-19 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 18:00 Olimpik Donetsk
11-12-19 CL Shakhtar Donetsk 18:55 Atalanta
14-12-19 PL Zorya 16:00 Shakhtar Donetsk
22-02-20 PL Shakhtar Donetsk 01:00 Desna

  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 16 14 2 0 45 8 8 7 1 0 27 5 8 7 1 0 18 3 37 44
2 Dynamo Kyiv 16 10 3 3 34 10 8 4 2 2 14 6 8 6 1 1 20 4 24 33
3 Zorya 16 9 4 3 31 13 8 4 3 1 14 6 8 5 1 2 17 7 18 31
4 Desna 16 9 3 4 23 10 8 3 3 2 7 4 8 6 0 2 16 6 13 30
5 Oleksandria 16 8 3 5 18 16 8 6 0 2 13 9 8 2 3 3 5 7 2 27
6 Dnipro-1 16 5 3 8 17 22 8 4 0 4 10 11 8 1 3 4 7 11 -5 18
7 Mariupol 16 4 6 6 15 25 8 3 3 2 9 10 8 1 3 4 6 15 -10 18
8 Olimpik Donetsk 16 5 3 8 15 27 8 2 1 5 7 18 8 3 2 3 8 9 -12 18
9 Kolos Kovalivka 16 5 2 9 12 28 8 3 1 4 8 14 8 2 1 5 4 14 -16 17
10 Karpaty 16 2 5 9 12 25 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 1 3 4 7 13 -13 11
11 Lviv 16 3 2 11 11 30 8 1 1 6 3 13 8 2 1 5 8 17 -19 11
12 Vorskla 16 3 2 11 10 29 8 2 2 4 6 12 8 1 0 7 4 17 -19 11

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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.