Match Report
Shakhtar Donetsk went into the game 3rd in the table on 9 points; FC Barcelona sat 1st on 12 — a 3-point gap. FC Barcelona had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Shakhtar Donetsk ran at 1.67 scored and 2 conceded, FC Barcelona at 2 and 1.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Shakhtar Donetsk, 4 by FC Barcelona, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 80% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The match was played at Imtech Arena in Hamburg (capacity 57,000). On the scoreboard, Shakhtar Donetsk led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.