Preview

The teams will complete the 2017/18 season with the encounter at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo stadium.
 
Triumph of the season
 
Shakhtar approach the closing ‘Clasico’ as the champions for the second consecutive year. They are 5 points ahead of Dynamo. The current winning streak of the Donetsk players in all competitions includes 6 games.

They need a hundred
 
The Miners scored 197 goals within two years under the leadership of Paulo Fonseca, including 98 goals this season.
 
Paulo’s motivation
 
If successful, the Miners’ coach will secure his milestone 50th victory with Shakhtar in the Premier League, while a draw will be his 10th one in all competitions.
 
Brazilian-Argentinean figures
 
Alan Patrick will make his 50th app for the Orange-and-Blacks, while Facundo Ferreyra may well score his 60th goal for the Donetsk club.
 
Referee appointment
 
Vitalii Romanov will officiate the meeting between the Ukrainian football giants for the second time in his career. The referee from Dnipro was in charge of his first Dynamo – Shakhtar game on October 22 this season, it was the 13th round game at the NSC Olympiyskyi (0-0).
 
Meeting point
 
Previously, the teams met in the league at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo stadium on September 24, 2011. Back then, the men of Mircea Lucescu and Yurii Syomin also draw 0-0.