Match Report
4 points and 2 places separated them: Karpaty 3rd with 14, Shakhtar Donetsk 1st with 18. Per game in the league, Karpaty were scoring 2.14 and conceding 0.71, Shakhtar Donetsk 2.14 and 0.57, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Karpaty had not lost in 10 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
27 meetings are on record — 2 won by Karpaty, 21 by Shakhtar Donetsk, 4 drawn, at 3.37 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 74% of the meetings.
Stadion Ukrajina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 28,051. With 47 matches recorded and 1.1 yellow cards per game, O. Afanasiev was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Karpaty: Nazariy Rusyn (12') · Shakhtar Donetsk: Luca Meirelles (25'), Alisson (67')
Key stats
Possession: Karpaty 44% · Shakhtar Donetsk 56% · Total shots: 1-5 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 5-3