Premier League prediction: Shakhtar Donetsk should edge out Rukh Vynnyky on their own turf

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist (40003 seats)

Shakhtar Donetsk have delivered really well this season, sitting at 1st position in the table. Rukh Vynnyky have a view both ways from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (38) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Rukh Vynnyky.

Shakhtar Donetsk and Rukh Vynnyky should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Rukh Vynnyky have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats

Shakhtar Donetsk have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Shakhtar haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Oleksandria, 104 days ago.

A strong away win for Shakhtar Donetsk against Kolos Kovalivka the last match, as Mykhailo Mudryk, Mykola Matviyenko and Fernando were on target.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Real Madrid (1-2).

Shakhtar are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Inter awaits in four days.

Goals are plentiful at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league this season as Shakhtar has scored 21 goals here in 7 home games. Shakhtar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Rukh Vynnyky form and stats

Rukh Vynnyky have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-1-5 (7 played).

Vynnyky are travelling again after losing away to Chornomorets in their previous match (3-4). An off the wall match with plenty of goals last time out for Rukh Vynnyky, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this game be as much fun?

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Oleksandria.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vynnyky have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rukh Vynnyky have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Shakhtar Donetsk victories, one draw and zero Rukh Vynnyky wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shakhtar DonetskM. Lemos Martins
M. Lemos Martins
6 goals
ShakhtarL. Traore
L. Traore
6 goals
Shakhtar DonetskF. Dos Santos Pedro
F. Dos Santos Pedro
5 goals

Shakhtar Donetsk missing players

Rukh Vynnyky missing players

Shakhtar Donetsk Rukh Vynnyky
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 2 7 13
11 6 3 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
1 1 1 Lost L 2 5 6
38 21 11 Scored S 0 7 13
8 6 4 Conceded C 4 12 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 77%
64% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 31%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
29% 43% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
50% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 46%
50% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 23%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 38%
 
5.6 5.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.3 1.8
2 2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 5.4 5.2
1.6 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.8 14.3 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.6 7.2
5.9 6.6 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 3.3 2.7
46% 46% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 37%
 
5.7 5.4 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 9.7 10.5
2.1 2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Shakhtar Donetsk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Rukh Vynnyky have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Rukh Vynnyky haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have created more than twice as many corners as Rukh Vynnyky.
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Rukh Vynnyky.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals (38) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have the the best goal difference (+30) in Premier League
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 14 11 2 1 38 8 7 6 0 1 21 6 7 5 2 0 17 2 30 35
2 Dynamo Kyiv 14 11 2 1 35 7 8 6 1 1 21 2 6 5 1 0 14 5 28 35
3 Zorya 14 9 2 3 33 16 8 5 1 2 12 4 6 4 1 1 21 12 17 29
4 Vorskla 14 8 4 2 23 11 9 5 3 1 17 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 12 28
5 Dnipro-1 14 9 1 4 21 14 6 5 0 1 11 5 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 28
6 Oleksandria 14 6 5 3 14 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 10 3 5 2 8 7 4 23
7 Desna 14 6 3 5 17 21 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 2 2 3 7 13 -4 21
8 Veres 14 5 4 5 12 15 6 3 3 0 5 1 8 2 1 5 7 14 -3 19
9 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 14 6 1 7 16 22 7 4 0 3 12 13 7 2 1 4 4 9 -6 19
10 Rukh Vynnyky 13 3 4 6 13 18 6 2 3 1 6 6 7 1 1 5 7 12 -5 13
11 Chornomorets 14 2 5 7 16 29 7 1 3 3 8 14 7 1 2 4 8 15 -13 11
12 Kolos Kovalivka 13 3 2 8 8 21 8 2 1 5 6 11 5 1 1 3 2 10 -13 11
13 Lviv 14 2 4 8 9 22 8 0 3 5 4 14 6 2 1 3 5 8 -13 10
14 Inhulets 13 2 3 8 9 23 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 1 1 5 4 14 -14 9
15 Minai 13 1 5 7 8 20 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 0 2 5 3 13 -12 8
16 Mariupol 14 2 1 11 17 32 7 0 0 7 9 21 7 2 1 4 8 11 -15 7

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.