Struggling Vorskla will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shakhtar Donetsk in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Shakhtar Donetsk could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Benfica. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Shakhtar Donetsk have already won the Premier League. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
Vorskla form and stats
Vorskla, who have the most conceded goals (35) in Premier League, have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vorskla after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Vorskla lost their last game at Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Vorskla won a home game hosting Karpaty (2-1).
Heartbreak for Vorskla in their last match as Dynamo Kyiv's B. Verbic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Vorskla are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Mariupol awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vorskla here at Stadion Vorskla im. Oleksiya Butov'skogo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). 13 goals have been conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (51) in Premier League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 9 Premier League games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.
Shakhtar Donetsk has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Benfica for a Europa League game that ended a draw (3-3). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Desna in the Premier League.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Benfica. Shakhtar Donetsk were trailing 1-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Alan Patrick scoring the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Benfica was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned earlier, Shakhtar Donetsk will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in nine wins (seven by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Shakhtar Donetsk are hosting Dnipro-1 in the Premier League only three days away.
Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. The Shakhtar Donetsk defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 9 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shakhtar Donetsk - Vorskla 4-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Vorskla, zero draws and nine wins for Shakhtar Donetsk. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
 A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 15 goals |  M. Romero Bonfim 9 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 7 goals |
Vorskla missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Vorskla | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 51 |
| 35 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 63% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 37% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 63% |
| 58% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 144 | 71 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 105 | 240 |
| 56 | 28 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 45 | 120 |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | 42% |
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (12)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most points (25) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (51)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+42)
- Shakhtar Donetsk have not yet lost a game.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Vorskla.
- Shakhtar Donetsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shakhtar Donetsk is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Vorskla has the fewest scored goals (13)
- Vorskla has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- Vorskla has the most conceded goals (35)
- Vorskla has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Vorskla has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Vorskla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vorskla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vorskla 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 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | Zorya | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 4 | Desna | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 7 | Mariupol | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 18 |
| 10 | Lviv | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 12 |