Minai played 1-1 score against Zorya in their previous game, a match to keep in mind. The next job is this sturdy Shakhtar Donetsk side.
- Minai have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
It's quite the trip for Shakhtar Donetsk when visiting Minai as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Minai and Shakhtar Donetsk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Minai form and stats
Minai's struggle is real here at Stadion Mynai with only 5 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Minai shared the glory with Zorya in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Zorya that finished 1-1.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Minai had similar winning odds as today, and found 5 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 4. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Minai lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.
Minai have scored {3 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Minai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Mynai in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.
Two away matches in a row for Shakhtar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Rennes in the Europa League.
Before that, the victory at home against Rennes in the Europa League (2-1). As mentioned earlier, Shakhtar Donetsk will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 8 wins (6 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 2 surprising defeats.
Take note that 9 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The Shakhtar manager Jovičević has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 4 league matches. It's not easy to score on Shakhtar Donetsk as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Minai zero wins, one draw and Shakhtar Donetsk two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 3 red cards from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 6 goals |   E. Tverdokhlib 3 goals | D. Kryskiv 3 goals |
Minai missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Minai | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 77% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 15% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 9.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 53% | 46% |
| 7.7 | 5.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
- Minai have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Minai haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 Minai.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Premier League
- 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 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 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 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 |
