📊 Form Guide

Zorya Luhansk

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Zorya Luhansk will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-0 Premier League triumph against Chornomorets Odessa.

The only name on the scoresheet from Zorya Luhansk was Igor Gorbach (12').

Yuriy Koval's Zorya Luhansk have netted 7 times over their past six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 8.

Going into this encounter, Zorya Luhansk have left without a victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in their previous 3 league matches.

Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk will go into the game following on from a 0-1 Premier League win as they beat Vorskla Poltava in their previous match.

The only scorer from Shakhtar Donetsk was Danylo Sikan (22').

Over the course of their last six clashes, Shakhtar Donetsk have helped themselves to a tally of 17 goals. Shakhtar Donetsk have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 5 goals scored by their opponents.

Looking at their past form shows that Shakhtar Donetsk:

• have not been beaten by Zorya Luhansk when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 10 league matches away from home. They've been so good on the road.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 27/06/2020 shows us that Zorya Luhansk have won 1 of these and Shakhtar Donetsk 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A total of 19 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 of them from Zorya and 13 for Hirnyky. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premier League match day 28 on 24/05/2023 which ended up with the score at Zorya Luhansk 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk.

That time, Zorya Luhansk managed 42% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 on target.

Shakhtar Donetsk had 15 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Heorhii Sudakov (5'), Artem Bondarenko (59') and Kevin Kelsy (83') scored.

📋 Team News: Zorya Luhansk

The Zorya Luhansk boss Yuriy Koval will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk

Shakhtar Donetsk manager Marino Pušić has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Tymur Puzankov (Cruciate ligament tear) and Dmytro Chygrynskyi (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Oleksandr Zubkov will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Shakhtar Donetsk will more than likely score more than once when they come up against Zorya Luhansk, who might well find it a difficult task scoring.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 0-2 winning margin for Shakhtar Donetsk come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:03 18/04/2024