About Match
Zorya Luhansk go into the game 8th in the table on 8 points; Shakhtar Donetsk sit 2nd on 15 — a 7-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Zorya Luhansk 1.17 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Shakhtar Donetsk 2 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.13. A win here leaves Zorya Luhansk on 11 points and up to 4th, other results permitting.
GioScore's database holds 40 meetings between the two: 5 for Zorya Luhansk, 30 for Shakhtar Donetsk and 5 drawn, at 3.18 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 70% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 57%. 1.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 3.18.
Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky (Kyjiv (Kiev)) in Kiev, capacity 16,873, hosts the game.