Preview

May 5, Kharkiv, OSC Metalist, 19:30
Live broadcast on Futbol 2 channel
 
Before the match
 
The domestic champions prepared for the centrepiece duel of the round at the Sviatoshyn suburban base. The injured Ivan Ordets, Oleksandr Zubkov, Dmytro Hrechyshkin and Viacheslav Tankovskyi trained individually. On May 3, the Miners held an open training session, flying to Kharkiv the following day.
 
Paulo Fonseca cannot count on the suspended Marlos and Olarenwaju Kayode in the game vs Zorya. At the same time, Taras Stepanenko and Dentinho who missed the game with Mariupol, are ready to help the team, together with Facundo Ferreyra, who trains in the general group.
 
Opponents
 
After 29 rounds, Zorya sit in the 4th spot and compete for bronze medals against the Poltava players who have a point more. In late April, Yurii Vernydub’s men defeated Mariupol and Veres (with Iuri scoring goals in both games, with Gordiienko and Gromov scoring one goal each). At the league season finish, the Luhansk team will alternately have meetings with the top three clubs - Shakhtar, Dynamo and Vorskla.
 
Viacheslav Checher and Oleksandr Svatok will not play in Kharkiv due to suspension.
 
Head-to-head record
 
The teams have met 35 times in the league. With no single draw, Shakhtar claimed 30 wins and Zorya claimed 5 wins. The goal difference is 92-22 in favour of the Miners.
 
At home, the Miners claimed 14 wins and lost on three occasions (41-11).
 
Previous league meeting
 
In Zaporizhya on April 1, the Miners got off to a powerful start and had a number of great chances in the first half, but Lunin displayed great reflexes between the sticks. However, even he could not help Zorya shortly before the break, when the visitors carried out a blistering move with Taison finishing it off. In the 61st minute, Ferreyra got on the end of Butko's cross, with the sub player Kayode netting his debut goal for Shakhtar – 3-0.