Inhulets Petrove vs Shakhtar Donetsk Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

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Inhulets Petrove

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Inhulets Petrove, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 Premier League triumph over Livyi Bereh Kyiv.

Inhulets Petrove haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 versus opposing sides over the course of their previous six matches. In those meetings, Inhulets Petrove have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 8. Even so, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall continue on here in this match.

Shakhtar Donetsk

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In their last game, Shakhtar Donetsk drew 0-0 in the Premier League match with Zorya Luhansk.

Demonstrating their predisposition for action-packed encounters, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the previous 6 matches in which Shakhtar Donetsk have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have hit 8 from this total.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 09/05/2021 shows that these encounters have not been kind to Inhulets Petrove. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Shakhtar Donetsk have been the better of the two, getting wins in 100 per cent of those matches.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 1 for Inhulets and 15 belonging to Hirnyky. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 29 on 23/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 Inhulets Petrove.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Inhulets Petrove must be fancied to find the net against this Shakhtar Donetsk lineup, but a single goal might not be enough to give them the result that they want.

Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 win for Shakhtar Donetsk after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

Victor Martins, 07:04 14/05/2025