Top-ranking Shakhtar Donetsk arrive at Metalist 1925 Kharkiv after their 4-1-result versus Minai. Check out our thorough match preview!
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
This promises to be an exciting fixture with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have to build on here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the Premier League.
The home team returns to Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist after drawing with Oleksandria (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Metalist in the Oleksandria match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Dynamo Kyiv that finished 0-0.Metalist 1925 Kharkiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have conceded 13 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shakhtar Donetsk in their Premier League matches away.
Shakhtar play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Minai (placed 13th).
A defeat, in the Europa League away at Rennes (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties), earlier.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 11 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Feyenoord in just four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shakhtar Donetsk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Surprisingly enough, Shakhtar have found the net in every league game they've performed in since failing to score against today's opposition; the Shakhtar Donetsk - Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0-0 game 14 fixtures ago. Previous two meetings with these sides: Metalist 1925 Kharkiv won zero, Shakhtar Donetsk triumphed in one and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 8 goals |   R. Rusyn 4 goals |  A. Boryachuk 3 goals |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 33 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 71% |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 21% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 7.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 10.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | 45% |
| 11.5 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- 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 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dnipro-1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Zorya | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Vorskla | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hirnyk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Veres | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Metal Kharkiv | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Minai | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | Lviv | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 9 |
