Match Report
7 points and 13 places separated them: PSV 14th with 14, Shakhtar Donetsk 27th with 7. Recent form flatters PSV's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Per game in the league, PSV were scoring 2 and conceding 1.5, Shakhtar Donetsk 1 and 2, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
PSV arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Shakhtar Donetsk, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven (capacity 35,119). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shakhtar Donetsk led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
PSV: Malik Tillman (87'), Malik Tillman (90'), Ricardo Pepi (90') · Shakhtar Donetsk: Danylo Sikan (8'), Oleksandr Zubkov (37')