A very important fixture in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Shakhtar Donetsk in 2nd position and Kolos Kovalivka located at 4th, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to find out more!
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Premier League game only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Kolos Kovalivka have had more rest.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-0.
Shakhtar's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Dynamo Kyiv (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Zubkov has scored in four games in a row. Outstanding!
A 1-1 scoreline against Real Madrid before that, played at their own home stadium in the Champions League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shakhtar Donetsk as they are travelling to their away game against Minai in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
The Shakhtar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Shakhtar Donetsk have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kolos Kovalivka form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Kolos Kovalivka with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Kolos Kovalivka have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 197 minutes ago. Myakushko was the goal scorer.
Kovalivka's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Inhulets that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Metalist 1925 Kharkiv's place.With the team playing at home identified as having a winning probability of around 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the away team would be an eye-opener. Inspecting previous matches with similar odds and Kolos Kovalivka as the visiting side, we found 6 results. The data from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The outsiders lost 4 of these matches by at least two goals.
A bet on few goals? 6 league fixtures in a row with this club have had two goals or less.
It's early days yet, but Kolos Kovalivka has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Shakhtar Donetsk have won or drawn the last 7 matches (6-1-0) versus Kolos Kovalivka.Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 4 goals |  O. Zubkov 2 goals |  L. Traore 1 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Kolos Kovalivka missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Kolos Kovalivka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 83% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 7 | 7.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 5.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 41% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 6.5 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
- All of Kolos Kovalivka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
- Kolos Kovalivka have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Kolos Kovalivka have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premier League
- Kolos Kovalivka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Kolos Kovalivka have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Kolos Kovalivka have yet to win a game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Kolos Kovalivka.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Metal Kharkiv | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Veres | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Zorya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Minai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Lviv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Hirnyk | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
