Shakhtar
Tete (34, pen.) Manor Solomon (75) Manor Solomon (77) Tete (80)
Ukrainian Premier League
4 - 0
Sunday, March 14, 2021 5:00 PM
NSC Olimpiyskiy
Desna
Preview
March 14, Kyiv, NSC Olimpiyskiy, 17:00
Match build-up
After 17 rounds, Shakhtar have the second position in the table, four points adrift of Dynamo. The teams scored an equal number of goals (36 each), but the Kyiv team conceded a goal more (13 and 12, respectively). Just next to them are Zorya who are about to play Dynamo and Desna.
In the previous round, the Miners defeated Olimpik 1-0 - Dodo scored a goal in the 24th minute after receiving Maycon's long ball. Then Luis Castro's men lost their UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg vs Roma in Rome (0-3). On Friday, the Orange-and-Blacks returned to Kyiv, and on Saturday they held a training session in Sviatoshyno. The players’ goals are obvious: to try to recover in two days and prepare for the Ukrainian Championship fixture.
Opponents
Desna began the season’s second part with two really difficult matches in which they could claim a point, suffering a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Zorya (Totovytskyi - Hladkyi's double), tying 1-1 with Dynamo (Budkivskyi - Tsyhankov scoring from the spot). Moreover, in the match against the Kyivites, Oleksandr Ryabokon’s men were close to victory, but they conceded one in stoppage time. Then our opponents claimed two confident wins and a clean sheet – 3-0 vs Inhulets (Totovytskyi, Hytchenko, Yermakov) and 4-0 vs Rukh (Chepurnenko, Kartushov, Budkivskyi, Hutsulyak).
Desna are the second in the league for the number of shots after Shakhtar, and the second for the number of corners and deliveries / crosses taken after Dynamo. In this last component, the team leader is Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev. The former Shakhtar footballer Andrii Totovytskyi makes the most advancing runs. Another former Shakhtar player Pylyp Budkivskyi will miss the upcoming match due to four yellow cards earned. And Yukhym Konoplya who started in three of the four previous games, plays at Desna on loan from Shakhtar.
Head-to-head record
Shakhtar and Desna have had seven meetings in the league: the Miners claimed six wins, along with a draw. The goal difference is 14–6.
Previous meeting
In Chernihiv on October 4, Desna took points away from Shakhtar for the first time in their history. Kovalenko scored in the 4th minute, but in the 17th minute Hutsulyak provided an assist to Mostovyi, also assisting Totovytskyi in the 26th minute. Before the break, Lytovka rescued his team from the attempts of Moraes and Korniienko. In the second half, the Miners failed to logically complete the attacks for a long time, but in the 79th minute the sub Dentinho converted Tete's efforts into a goal, making it 2-2.
Shakhtar Vs. Desna history
Recent games
Ukrainian Premier League
Sun 14
•Mar 2021
•17:00
NSC Olimpiyskiy
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
P | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PNT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Vorskla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Desna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Dnipro-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Zorya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Inhulets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Kolos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Lviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Mariupol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Minaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Oleksandriia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Olimpik | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | 22 |
14 | Rukh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Shakhtar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |