📊 Form Guide

Zorya Luhansk

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Zorya Luhansk head into this game following on from a 1-1 Premier League drawn game against LNZ Cherkasy.

The only scorer from Zorya Luhansk was Roman Vantukh (47' Own goal).

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Zorya Luhansk have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Zorya Luhansk have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals during that time.

Heading into this fixture, Zorya Luhansk have left without a victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in their previous 6 league games.

Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk come into this match following on from a 0-3 Premier League win with the eclipse of Chornomorets Odessa in their last game.

The only name on the scoresheet from Shakhtar Donetsk was Artem Bondarenko (55').

Demonstrating their involvement in productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 24 times in the previous six games in which Shakhtar Donetsk have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 4 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have hit 8 of those goals. That trend won’t necessarily be continued here, though.

Their previous form shows that Shakhtar Donetsk:

• haven't been defeated by Zorya Luhansk in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results stretching back to 15/10/2021 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Zorya Luhansk. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all while Shakhtar Donetsk have been dominant against them, winning in 83% of those games played.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Premier League match day 13 on 10/11/2024 when it ended Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Zorya Luhansk.

📰 Team News: Zorya Luhansk

In our view, Zorya Luhansk could opt for a 4-1-4-1 formation, beginning the first half with Oleksandr Saputin, Zan Trontelj, Jordan, Jakov Basic, Leovigildo, Kyrylo Dryshliuk, Artem Slesar, Petar Micin, Dejan Popara, Roman Vantukh and Pylyp Budkivsky.

📰 Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk

There’s a good chance that Hirnyky might begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Kiril Fesyun, Vinicius Tobias, Valeriy Bondar, Alaa Ghram, Pedro Henrique, Artem Bondarenko, Marlon Gomes, Dmytro Kryskiv, Pedrinho, Eguinaldo and Kevin.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Zorya Luhansk will surely be able to score a goal against this Shakhtar Donetsk side, however a single goal probably won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Therefore, we’re predicting a narrow 1-2 win for Shakhtar Donetsk when the full-time whistle blows. It really should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 12:04 09/05/2025