We love the setup of this game, with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2nd and Oleksandria at 3rd. Here's our full preview!
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Oleksandria have not yet lost a game away.
The hosts Shakhtar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Celtic, so at least Shakhtar Donetsk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
The Shakhtar Donetsk boss Jovičević and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Celtic in the Champions League.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Kolos Kovalivka.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shakhtar Donetsk home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Shakhtar, as the Champions League home game vs RB Leipzig is only four days away.
Shakhtar Donetsk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena L'viv with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Shakhtar have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oleksandria form and stats
Oleksandria are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The Oleksandria goalkeeper Oleg Bilyk is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 191 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Oleksandria won their last game, 2-0 versus Lviv played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Hirnyk.You'll want to know how Oleksandria managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
The visiting Oleksandria have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. It's not easy to score on Oleksandria as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Shakhtar Donetsk victories, three draws and two Oleksandria wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 4 goals |  M. Mudryk 3 goals |   A. Tsurikov 3 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Oleksandria missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Oleksandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 86% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 6.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 9.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 44% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 52% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
- Oleksandria have not yet lost a game away.
- Oleksandria have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Oleksandria have scored away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most points (13) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Zorya | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Veres | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Metal Kharkiv | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Minai | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Hirnyk | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 15 | Inhulets | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
