The standings reveals that 11 points divide the two duelists in this Premier League match. Shakhtar Donetsk have both the points- and home advantage.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
- Desna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a match only three days ago in the Ukrainian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chornomorets.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. After failing to beat Oleksandria here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist, Shakhtar has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Shakhtar Donetsk enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Chornomorets's place. The match ended 3-0 with Marcos Antonio, Fernando and Dentinho scoring.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Vorskla.There will be little rest for Shakhtar after this match as they are travelling to Real Madrid for a Champions League game in only four days.
Shakhtar are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. Shakhtar have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Desna form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Desna playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Desna's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Oleksandria that finished 1-1.
Before that, Desna travelled to Minai and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.With the home side identified as having a winning probability of approximately 80% by the bookies, any positive result for the visiting team would be a small shock. Checking previous matches with similar odds and Desna playing away, we found three results. The data from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The visitors lost two of these matches by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Desna when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Desna have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shakhtar Donetsk-Desna H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Shakhtar eight wins, Desna zero wins, one draw. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 6 goals |   D. Bezborodko 6 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 5 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Desna missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Desna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 58% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 13.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.6 | 10 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 45% | 49% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 17% | 29% |
- All of Shakhtar Donetsk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Desna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Desna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Desna.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (18) 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 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 32 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 29 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Zorya | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Veres | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Desna | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Inhulets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 14 | Lviv | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 15 | Chornomorets | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 7 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -16 | 4 |