📊 Form Guide

Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-3 Premier League victory versus Zorya Luhansk.

Shakhtar Donetsk haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have totted up the amount of 17 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. Previous results aside, time will tell whether the trend might be replicated in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Shakhtar Donetsk:

• have not lost a league tie with Zorya Luhansk in their last 4 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches at home.

Zorya Luhansk

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During their six most recent matches, Yuriy Koval's Zorya Luhansk have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 7 times therefore yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Taking a look at their past results, Zorya Luhansk:

• have not emerged victorious against Shakhtar Donetsk when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 20/09/2020 tells us that Shakhtar Donetsk have won 3 of these and Zorya Luhansk 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Premier League match day 10 on 18/04/2024 when it finished Zorya Luhansk 1-3 Shakhtar Donetsk.

🗞️ Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk

Tymur Puzankov (Cruciate ligament tear) and Dmytro Chygrynskyi (unknown injury) won’t be available for Shakhtar Donetsk manager Marino Pušić. Oleksandr Zubkov will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Zorya Luhansk

Thanks to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Zorya Luhansk manager Yuriy Koval has no fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Shakhtar Donetsk can and should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Zorya Luhansk will be up against it to score although we do see them being dangerous at times, too.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Shakhtar Donetsk at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:01 22/04/2024