It's advantage Shakhtar Donetsk so far with their 2nd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Oleksandria who are placed 6th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League, at their home stadium (NSK Olimpijs'kyj) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
A strong away win for Shakhtar against Dynamo Kyiv the last match, as Marcos Antonio, Junior Moraes and Alan Patrick were on target. Preceding that match was a Champions League defeat to Borussia M'gladbach (0-6).
There will be little rest for Shakhtar Donetsk after this match as they are travelling to Borussia M'gladbach 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 (15 goals in 5 games). Shakhtar Donetsk are not conceding a lot of goals here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Oleksandria form and stats
It's not happening yet for Oleksandria on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on V. Sharan, the Oleksandria manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Impressive finishing from Maksym Tretyakov secured the home win 1-0 against Lviv in their previous game. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Desna.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oleksandria as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Oleksandria's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Shakhtar victories, two draws and one Oleksandria win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Kovalenko 4 goals |  A. Lourenço 4 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 2 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 56% | 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 22% | 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 78% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 115 | 80 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 21 | 87 |
| 59 | 41 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 8 | 38 |
| 39% | 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 45% |
- All of Shakhtar Donetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Oleksandria has the fewest points (0) away in Premier League
- Oleksandria have lost all their away matches so far.
- Oleksandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (23) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (13) 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 (+14) 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Oleksandria have scored away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Vorskla | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Olimpik Donetsk | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Zorya | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | Dnipro-1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Minai | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| 14 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -17 | 4 |