Most experts are most impressed by Shakhtar Donetsk so far, with the 2nd position in the Premier League table and hosting Veres (who are sitting at 8th).
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Veres.
It's no vacation for neither Shakhtar Donetsk nor Veres 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
When playing at home in the Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov not having conceded a league goal in 194 minutes.
Shakhtar Donetsk's previous game was a Super Cup match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Dynamo Kyiv (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Mariupol.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shakhtar as they have a new game in only three days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Inter are visiting.
The Shakhtar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. 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 3 from 4 matches.
Veres form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Veres, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Obolon'-Brovar in the Ukrainian Cup last time out.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Dnipro-1 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Veres's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, one of them by at least two goals. Veres managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
Veres are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Veres have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior six meetings involving these two contenders are: six wins for Shakhtar, zero draws and zero wins for Veres. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Traore 5 goals |  H. Sudakov 3 goals |  A. Lourenço 2 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Veres missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Veres | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 50% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.4 | 13.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 37% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
- All of Shakhtar Donetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 Veres.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (10) 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.
- Veres have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Veres haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Desna | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Zorya | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Veres | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rukh Vynnyky | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Inhulets | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Minai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Chornomorets | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 15 | Mariupol | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Lviv | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 3 |