Preview

July 12, Chernihiv, YuriiGagarin stadium, 19:30

Before the match

Shakhtar, who have claimed the title early andbeen awarded gold medals, are to play 3 more league games this season. In the upcoming round, the team will go on a visit to Desna who have been actively competing for silver medals and a Champions League berth.

The Shakhtar manager Luis Castro gave some rest to Mykola Matviienko, Marlos and Junior Moraes. Due to injuries, David Khocholava, Marcos Antonio and Viktor Kovalenko did not train in the general group for a week now. Valerii Bondar and Ismaily continue recovering from injuries.

At the same time, the coaching staff carried out a certain rotation in the recent games. So, in the last round game vs Dynamo, the long-awaited debut of the Brazilian defender Vitao took place, with Serhii  Bolbat spending a little more than fourty five minutes at left-back. After quarantine, Maycon was on the bench without making any appearances yet.Vladyslav Vakula has been looking forward to his first competitive game. This Sunday, Fernando, Danylo Sikan, or Dentinho may well appear as strikers.

Opponents

Desna have been enjoying their best season in the history. For the second year in the Premier League, the team of Oleksandr Ryabokon have secured a European club cup berth.Moreover, the Chernihiv side have every chance of competing with Dynamo and Zorya for the second position that may well enable them to start at the UCL qualifying stage.

For today, Desna and Dynamo have the equal number of points - 55 each, while Zorya have a point less. Our opponents twice defeated the Kyiv outfit and tied with them once. The Chernihiv side have one of the best defensivethirds in the Championship: only Shakhtar conceded less goals (22) than they did (25). As for their attacking players, after quarantine, it was Desna who scored the most goals (18).

Head-to-head record

The teams met on 5 occasions. In all cases, Shakhtar claimed wins with an aggregate goal difference of 8-2.

Previous league meeting