The Shakhtar Donetsk & Zorya managers Jovičević and van Leeuwen are both fearful of and feeling excited about this crucial match in the upper area of the Premier League league table.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
- Zorya have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
The hosts Shakhtar saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Veres.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here at Arena L'viv for Shakhtar Donetsk. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov not having conceded a league goal in 184 minutes.
It's back home for Shakhtar Donetsk, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Veres away with the result 2-0. Mudryk and Kryskiv found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Inhulets.Shakhtar Donetsk are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 0.
Shakhtar Donetsk have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zorya form and stats
Playing away, Zorya have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Zorya, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Inhulets (placed 14th). That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Metal Kharkiv.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 11 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Zorya's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Zorya in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Shakhtar Donetsk won six, Zorya were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Sikan 6 goals |  M. Mudryk 5 goals |   N. Rusyn 3 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Zorya missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Zorya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 90% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 82% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 82% |
| 30% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 64% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 55% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 27% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 18% |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 9.3 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 45% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8 | 9.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have the most points (17) at home in Premier League
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Zorya have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Zorya have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- Zorya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Zorya | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Oleksandria | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Veres | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Metal Kharkiv | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Minai | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Hirnyk | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Lviv | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -12 | 3 |
