Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shakhtar Donetsk & Dynamo Kyiv face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Shakhtar nor Dynamo Kyiv 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
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Shakhtar Donetsk have to build on here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj in the Premier League. Shakhtar has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Zorya defeat 163 days ago. The Shakhtar Donetsk fans aren't used to losing league-games here at NSK Olimpijs'kyj and will expect new points from this game. Shakhtar Donetsk has played 29 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Shakhtar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kolos Kovalivka in Premier League and win 3-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Inter in the Europa League.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shakhtar handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.
At NSK Olimpijs'kyj, Shakhtar Donetsk has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Dynamo Kyiv playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two travels in a row for Dynamo Kyiv, whose manager M. Lucescu could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Olimpik Donetsk. Prior to that match, the Dynamo manager M. Lucescu faced defeat when travelling to Kolos Kovalivka and losing 0-2.
Dynamo Kyiv are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
4 goals so far away for Dynamo Kyiv, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Shakhtar, three draws and two wins for Dynamo Kyiv. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lourenço 2 goals |  M. Lemos Martins 1 goals |   V. Buyalskyy 1 goals |
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 53 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 78% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 4% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 264 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 105 | 280 | ||
| 118 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 121 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 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 |