Chornomorets
Ukrainian Premier League
0 - 0
Sunday, September 17, 2017 7:30 PM
Chornomorets stadium
Shakhtar
Preview
Before the match
Shakhtar switch to the domestic league in a great mood after a spectacular Champions League win over SSC Napoli, Italy. Paulo Fonseca’s men are topping the Premier League table after scoring 21 points in 8 previous rounds.
Yaroslav Rakits’kyy and Marlos can help the team again after the suspension. Maksym Malyshev and Sergii Kryvtsov are injured.
Marlos has notched up 4 league goals to top the best goalscorers list.
Opponents
In the 8th round, Chornomorets managed to interrupt their series of setbacks, which lasted from the very start of the league season. In the previous 7 matches, the Odesa team managed to score only one point vs Oleksandriia, losing to
Dynamo, Stal, Mariupol, Olimpik, Veres and Zorya.
On September 4, the Belarusian specialist Oleg Dulub, who previously worked at Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian league, took the helm at Chornomorets. In the first game under his leadership, the Belarusian Alyaksandr Hutar, the Frenchmen
Mamadou Wague and Alassane N’Diaye, as well as Fousseni Bamba debuted for the team; with Chornomorets claiming an away win at Zirka (Denys Vasin scored the only goal).
The winless run of the Odesa team in the Premier League was interrupted in the 14th game.
Head-to-head history
The teams had 46 Ukrainian League meetings. 33 victories belong to Shakhtar, 7 ones to Chornomorets, with 6 draws. The goal difference is 92-28. Taking into account the USSR top flight games, the sides met 96 times, with 49 wins by
Shakhtar, 26 by Chornomorets, plus 21 draws.
23 Premier League games took place on the field of Chornomorets. 4 of them were won by the hosts, 14 by Shakhtar, and 5 more ended in a draw. The goal difference is 40-20 in favour of the Donetsk team.
David Khocholava, who came on as a substitute in the matches against Zorya and Napoli, may well make his first appearance for Shakhtar against his former club.
Previous league meeting
On May 13, the Orange-and-Blacks claimed a major victory in Odesa already as the early domestic champions. In many respects the game was decided before the break. In the 29th minute, Bezruk parried away Dentinho's attempt, with the ball
bouncing off Ablitarov right into the back of the net. A little later, Blanco Leschuk doubled the lead of Shakhtar, later grabbing a brace and sealing the 3-0 win.
Chornomorets Vs. Shakhtar history
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Ukrainian Premier League
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Chornomorets stadium
Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyi
P | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PNT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shakhtar | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 24 | 75 |
2 | Dynamo | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 25 | 73 |
3 | Vorskla | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 49 |
4 | Zorya | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
5 | Mariupol | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 39 |
6 | Veres | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 35 |
7 | Oleksandriia | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 45 |
8 | Karpaty | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 45 | 37 |
9 | Olimpik | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 36 |
10 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 40 | 31 |
11 | Chornomorets | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 49 | 29 |
12 | Stal | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 44 | 26 |