A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Shakhtar Donetsk fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Minai's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Minai have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Shakhtar Donetsk nor Minai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League, have performed here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj this season with 4 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
Shakhtar's previous game was a Champions League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Real Madrid. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Dnipro-1.
Anatolii Trubin loved the game against Real Madrid. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Shakhtar Donetsk have performed as huge favourites like they are today: eleven games found in the database showing eleven Shakhtar wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
There will be little rest for Shakhtar after this match as they are travelling to Inter for a Champions League game in only four days.
Shakhtar Donetsk are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). Shakhtar are not conceding a lot of goals here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Minai form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Minai in their Premier League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Minai, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Oleksandria in the Ukrainian Cup. A 0-3 loss hosting Zorya before that.
Minai are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 17 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were six wins, four draws and seven defeats. Of the defeats, one game were lost by at least two goals margin.
The attacking power of Minai when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Minai's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Kovalenko 4 goals |  A. Lourenço 4 goals |   A. Nuriev 4 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Minai missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Minai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 18% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 16.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| 6.1 | 7.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 37% | 36% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
- All of Shakhtar Donetsk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Minai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Minai have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Minai have yet to win a game away.
- Minai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (16) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+15) in Premier League
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Minai.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Desna | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Mariupol | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Zorya | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Minai | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 9 |
| 12 | Dnipro-1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Lviv | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 7 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 6 |