It's early days in the Premier League and both Shakhtar Donetsk and Olimpik Donetsk are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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
Shakhtar Donetsk have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 14 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 16 matches.
Shakhtar manager L. Ribeiro de Castro and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Zorya (placed 12th) in the Premier League. Ahead of that match, Shakhtar Donetsk won a home game hosting Kolos Kovalivka (3-1).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shakhtar Donetsk at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Olimpik Donetsk form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches.
Olimpik go into this game after a win, the home game against Minai that ended 3-0. Prior to that result Olimpik Donetsk won their away game at Dnipro-1. The scoreline was 3-1.
Olimpik has another fixture away, a Ukrainian Cup game, against VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka in just two days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
3 goals so far away for Olimpik Donetsk, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Shakhtar wins - draws - Olimpik Donetsk wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Zahedi 3 goals |   A. Lourenço 2 goals | M. Do Couto Teixeira 2 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Olimpik Donetsk missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Olimpik Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 50% | 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Last season | Olimpik Donetsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 80 | 46 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | ||
| 31% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 9 | ||
| 380 | 197 | Total Shots | T S | 195 | 346 | ||
| 176 | 101 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 115 | ||
| 45% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vorskla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Kolos Kovalivka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Olimpik Donetsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Mariupol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Desna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Oleksandria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Minai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Zorya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Rukh Vynnyky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Lviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 54 | 82 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 30 | 59 |
| 3 | Zorya | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Desna | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 56 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 49 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 33 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 34 | -26 | 32 |