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Before the match
 
Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk are the leaders of the Group F. Two weeks ago in Kharkiv, the Miners kicked off their Champions League campaign by defeating Napoli, Italy (2-1).
 
Paulo Fonseca’s men approach the encounter in a good mood after the league win over Zirka. In England, the Orange-and-Blacks are facing a tough encounter, because the Citizens have not suffered a single defeat in the recent 10 games.

Opponents
 
Manchester City are topping the English Premier League table. The Blues have an equal number of points with Manchester United (16 each), still boasting a better goal difference (21-2).
 
This season, Josep Guardiola’s side have not suffered a single defeat and lost points on a single occasion after drawing with Everton 1-1 in the domestic league round 2. In the rest of cases, Shakhtar's opponents were successful. The latest Premier League results eloquently speak of Manchester City’s current Premier League form: they thrashed Liverpool (5-0), Watford (6-0) and Crystal Palace (5-0).

The English side kicked off their Champions League campaign with an away victory over Feyenoord. In Rotterdam, defender John Stones netted two goals out of the four. The top scorer is Sergio Aguero (7 goals), followed by Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane (5 each).