It's the second chance for points this season as Zorya and Shakhtar Donetsk battle it out at Slavutych-Arena.
Zorya form and stats
No payout for Zorya in their previous match, an away game at Desna that ended in defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Desna that ended 1-1.
Last season, Zorya's league statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Zorya managed 6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 8 conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Shakhtar failed to get anything from their last game, a Super Cup home match vs Dynamo Kyiv (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Kolos Kovalivka in the Premier League.
Let's have a look at how Shakhtar Donetsk performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 59 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 24/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zorya won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Shakhtar Donetsk has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Lourenço 2 goals |   D. Favorov 1 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 1 goals |
Zorya missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Zorya | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| Zorya | Last season | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 12 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Scored | S | 34 | 80 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 66% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 47% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 31% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 47% | ||
| 19% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 457 | 250 | Total Shots | T S | 183 | 380 | ||
| 168 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 75 | 176 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vorskla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Desna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Dnipro-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Inhulets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Zorya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Mariupol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Olimpik Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 54 | 82 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 30 | 59 |
| 3 | Zorya | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Desna | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 56 |
| 5 | Oleksandria | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 49 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 33 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 34 | -26 | 32 |