Shakhtar Donetsk and Desna are both riding high in the Premier League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Desna have scored away.
Shakhtar Donetsk have less rest than Desna in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Roma, so at least Shakhtar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj as Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premier League, have scored 23 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Olimpik Donetsk and winning 1-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Roma in only four days. This game is also played here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj.
Shakhtar are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. Shakhtar have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Desna have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far.
180 minutes! That's how long the Desna goalkeeper Evgen Past and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Desna, whose manager O. Ryabokon could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Rukh Vynnyky. Before that, Desna secured a home win against Inhulets with the score 3-0.
As mentioned above, Desna was the only team on the pitch versus Rukh Vynnyky in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Desna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Desna in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Desna - Shakhtar 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Shakhtar won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Desna has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  P. Budkivskyi 7 goals | A. Totovytsky 6 goals |   A. Lourenço 4 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Desna missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | 23 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 89% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 76% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 41% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 12% | 11% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 16.6 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 32% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 37% |
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Desna have scored away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (23) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 40 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 36 |
| 3 | Zorya | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 4 | Desna | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 13 | Minai | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 13 |
| 14 | Lviv | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 12 |