The Zorya & Shakhtar Donetsk managers V. Skripnik and L. Ribeiro de Castro are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
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, against Wolfsburg, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Zorya is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Happy, happy days for Shakhtar Donetsk who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.
Zorya form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Zorya so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Zorya bring valid hopes of a third.
No payout for Zorya in their previous match, an away game at Desna that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that, Zorya had a home game versus Lviv which ended with a victory 2-0.
Zorya have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Slavutych-Arena with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Zorya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Slavutych-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
The away performances of Shakhtar Donetsk, who have the most scored goals (59) in Premier League, have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Shakhtar Donetsk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Wolfsburg. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kolos Kovalivka at their stadium, the result 4-3.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wolfsburg in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shakhtar Donetsk are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Zorya - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2. Zorya-Shakhtar Donetsk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zorya one win, Shakhtar Donetsk eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 17 goals |  B. Lednev 11 goals |  T. Barcellos Freda 9 goals |
Zorya missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Zorya | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 24 | 59 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 77% |
| 50% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 64% |
| 27% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| 45% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 41% |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 55% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 6.9 |
| 4.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 305 | 174 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 126 | 274 |
| 116 | 61 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 52 | 134 |
| 31% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 46% | 44% |
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals (14)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most clean sheets (12)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most points (28) away
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals (59)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Shakhtar Donetsk has the the best goal difference (+45)
- Shakhtar Donetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 (5-0-1)
- Zorya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zorya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 59 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Zorya | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | Desna | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 9 | Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | Vorskla | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -20 | 18 |
| 12 | Karpaty | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 13 |