Shakhtar Donetsk have journeyed here for an engaging fight against the hosts Crvena Zvezda. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Club Friendlies 3 preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Shakhtar Donetsk have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Crvena Zvezda nor Shakhtar Donetsk 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.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
In the previous season, Crvena Zvezda's league results were 17 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, results that produced 2nd spot in the Club Friendlies 3. In these 21 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 13. Playing at home in the former season Crvena Zvezda generated 8-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 3 conceded.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Shakhtar in the national league as they took home the Club Friendlies 3 trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 2 draws and only 1 defeat. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 7, drew 2 and lost 0.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Lemos Martins 9 goals |  L. Traore 6 goals |  F. Dos Santos Pedro 5 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crvena Zvezda | Last season | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 76% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 89% | ||
| 62% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 33% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 6% | ||
| 7.9 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18.1 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.4 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 45% | ||
| 6.8 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 | Partizan | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 51 | 59 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Cukaricki | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Napredak | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Vozdovac | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Radnicki Nis | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Spartak Subotica | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 9 | Proleter Novi Sad | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 27 |
| 10 | Backa Topola | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Mladost Lučani | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Kolubara | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 23 |
| 13 | Radnik Surdulica | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 15 | Metalac GM | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
| 16 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -21 | 16 |
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 45 |
| 3 | Dnipro-1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Zorya | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Vorskla | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Oleksandria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Desna | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 8 | Kolos Kovalivka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Veres | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Rukh Vynnyky | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Lviv | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 15 | Minai | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 10 |
| 16 | Mariupol | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
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