The Youth League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Shakhtar Donetsk U21 and Olimpik Donetsk U21 are placed 2nd and 14th respectively.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Youth League. That game was an away game at Rukh Vynnyky U21, so at least Shakhtar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 form and stats
The hosts won their first Youth League game here at Knyazha-Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Shakhtar Donetsk U21 last season were 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 10 games.
Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Olimpik Donetsk U21 form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Youth League ended in defeat. Last season Olimpik Donetsk U21 had these away match statistics: Played 0; won 0, drew 0 and lost 0. Olimpik are desperate to end a 17-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Desna U21 fixture.
A 2-4 defeat away at Dnipro-1 U21 before that.
Olimpik Donetsk U21 have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Shakhtar three wins, one draw and Olimpik Donetsk U21 zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Shakhtar Donetsk U21 missing players
Olimpik Donetsk U21 missing players
| Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
- Olimpik Donetsk U21 has the most conceded goals (14) in Youth League
- Olimpik Donetsk U21 has the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Youth League
- Olimpik Donetsk U21 has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Youth League
- Olimpik Donetsk U21 has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Youth League
- Shakhtar Donetsk U21 has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Youth League
| Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | Last season | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 8 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 86% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 71% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 34% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 19% | 22% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 53% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 81% | 72% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 175 | 80 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 78 | ||
| 96 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 30 | ||
| 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Mariupol U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Minai U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Desna U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Lviv U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Inhulets' U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 14 | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 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 U21 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 53 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev U21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 29 | 49 |
| 3 | Vorskla Poltava U21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 41 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya U21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Zorya U21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Karpaty U21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Lviv U21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -13 | 26 |
| 8 | Mariupol U21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -12 | 24 |
| 9 | Desna U21 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Kolos Kovalivka U21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -22 | 12 |
| 11 | Dnipro-1 U21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -31 | 12 |
| 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 | Mariupol U21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Ch. Odessa U21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Karpaty U21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 4 | Desna U21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Lviv U21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 3 |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |