Shakhtar Donetsk and Desna are both riding high in the Premier League with their 1st and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Shakhtar Donetsk are already the Premier League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Desna is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Shakhtar Donetsk so far, with 25 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist after three straight home wins.
A strong away win for Shakhtar Donetsk against Zorya the last match, as Marlos and Junior Moraes were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Zorya and winning 2-1.
It's goals goals goals for Shakhtar Donetsk who have scored 30 goals from 9 league home games. Shakhtar Donetsk have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
Desna's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Desna, who have the most scored goals (22) away in Premier League, collect 21 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Desna failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Dynamo Kyiv.
Desna have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 9 away matches. Desna are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Desna - Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Shakhtar Donetsk won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Desna has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 15 goals |   O. Filippov 9 goals |  M. Romero Bonfim 8 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Desna missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 50 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 61% |
| 67% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 39% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 22% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 7.3 | 7.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 225 | 120 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 101 | 215 |
| 114 | 69 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 49 | 82 |
| 44% | 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 35% |
- Desna has the most scored goals (22) away
- Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Desna have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Desna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (11)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most points (25) at home
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (30) at home
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (50)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+25) at home
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+41)
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 41 | 50 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 36 |
| 3 | Zorya | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Desna | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 20 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Lviv | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 15 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -21 | 14 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 11 |