Chornomorets Odessa will face off against visiting team Shakhtar Donetsk at Chornomorets Stadium in the Premier League tie on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Chornomorets Odessa v Shakhtar Donetsk match are shown here (inc. the best betting odds).
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Chornomorets Odessa
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Chornomorets Odessa will be wanting a better result here after the 1-2 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Rukh Lviv.
The only player to score from Chornomorets Odessa was Oleksiy Khoblenko (62').
It has been seldom in recent times where Chornomorets Odessa haven’t conceded. In fact, Chornomorets Odessa have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals in the process. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.
Coming into this contest, Chornomorets Odessa haven't won against Shakhtar Donetsk in their previous 11 league matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk
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In their last game, Shakhtar Donetsk drew 2-2 in the Premier League tie with Dynamo Kyiv.
For Shakhtar Donetsk, the scorers were Kevin (6') and Eguinaldo (20'). Vladyslav Vanat (56') and Vladyslav Kabaiev (90') scored for Dynamo Kyiv.
Proving their partiality to high-scoring encounters, we’ve had goals 23 times in the prior six games in which Shakhtar Donetsk have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.83 goals per clash. Opposing teams have managed 8 of this grand total.
Coming into this meeting, Shakhtar Donetsk are undefeated in their last 4 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Delving into past results between these clubs stretching back to 21/08/2021 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Chornomorets Odessa. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all whereas Shakhtar Donetsk have simply been better than them, getting wins in 83% of those ties.
In all, 21 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 for The Sailors and 16 being from Hirnyky. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The last league encounter featuring the two was Premier League match day 12 on 02/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Chornomorets Odessa.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Shakhtar Donetsk will most probably get the win and a possible clean sheet when they play Chornomorets Odessa, who may well find it hard to get a goal of their own.
We can therefore see a routine 0-2 victory for Shakhtar Donetsk at the conclusion of the game.
Andre Moura,
14:03 29/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Chornomorets Odessa
Formed: 1936
Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium (34,164)
Captain: Serhiy Politylo
Chairman: Dmytro Shapiro
Manager: Roman Hryhorchuk
Competitions: Premier League position 15