Premier League: A pair of sides who have done well thus far. Get ready for Oleksandria - Shakhtar Donetsk with this thorough preview!
- Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (57) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oleksandria and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Oleksandria form and stats
The overall Premier League results at home this season for Oleksandria are 6-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Oleksandria tasted defeat here at KSK Nika, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Oleksandria, who won 1-0 against Lviv (placed 16th). At last, a league win after four fixtures without one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hirnyk (1-2).Oleksandria are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Dnipro-1 awaits in four days.
14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League. In general it has been a productive period now for Shakhtar Donetsk as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Shakhtar Donetsk are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Minai (placed 13th).
Prior to that result Shakhtar won their away game at Kolos Kovalivka. The scoreline was 3-1.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 32 goals in 11 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the contenders met previously this campaign; Shakhtar Donetsk - Oleksandria 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Oleksandria victories, four draws and four Shakhtar Donetsk wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 8 goals |   M. Tretyakov 7 goals |  A. Bondarenko 6 goals |
Oleksandria missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Oleksandria | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | 24 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 32 | 57 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 79% |
| 57% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 62% |
| 35% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 45% | 38% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 50% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 14.7 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| 38% | 44% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 43% |
| 6.7 | 6.6 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- Oleksandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (32) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (57) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+40) in Premier League
- 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) in Premier League
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 40 | 59 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 54 |
| 3 | Zorya | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 52 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Hirnyk | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 31 |
| 7 | Vorskla | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -15 | 26 |
| 12 | Veres | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 13 | Minai | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | Metal Kharkiv | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 19 |
| 16 | Lviv | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -25 | 13 |
