Match Report
Minaj, 15th on 25 points, faced a 46-point deficit to Shakhtar Donetsk (1st, 71). Minaj had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Shakhtar Donetsk, 1 draw and 0 for Minaj, at 3.83 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
With 33 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, V. Novokhatny was the man in the middle. Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, capacity 40,003, hosted the game. Shakhtar Donetsk led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.