Shakhtar
Facundo Ferreyra (14)
Ukrainian Premier League
1 - 1
Saturday, October 28, 2017 5:00 PM
OSK Metalist
Stal
Nemanja Obradovic (66)
Preview
Before the match
The Miners will have their fourth meeting in 12 days. After the victory in Rotterdam, Paulo Fonseca’s men tied 0-0 with Dynamo in Kyiv and defeated Zorya in the Ukrainian Cup round of 16. In the championship, the Donetsk team are 7 points ahead of their closest pursuers.
Bernard and Marlos missed the game in Zaporizhya, so both should be ready to take part in Saturday's clash vs Stal. There are no suspended players at Shakhtar.
Opponents
Stal sit bottom of the Premier League table, having 9 points after 13 rounds. The Kamianske team claimed two wins at the season start, being later defeated by Shakhtar with Stal’s winless run kicking off, which continues up to the present moment.
A month ago, Yeghishe Melikyan resigned and was replaced by Nikolay Kostov. The Bulgarian is well known to Ukrainian fans for his spells at Metalurh Donetsk (2008-2010), Karpaty and Tavriya. In the last three rounds, Stal scored 2 points after losing to Zorya and drawing with Veres and Chornomorets.
Stal had their recent match in the Ukrainian Cup on October 25. The energy-consuming away match vs FC Lviv ended in a penalty shootout defeat.
Head-to-head record
The opponents met five times in the league. Shakhtar proved stronger four times and drew once. The goal difference is 10-4.
The Miners claimed two home wins with an aggregate difference of 4-0.
Previous league meeting
Before the 3rd round, Stal had maximum points and a place at the table top. At the stadium of Meteor, the nominal hosts opened the scoring in the 9th minute following a goal by Orest Kuzyk. In the middle of the half, Shakhtar had a real chance of comeback, but Ferreyra's header was inaccurate, with Bernard's attempt being neutralized by Penkov. In the 45th minute, Taison recovered the level score. The Orange-and-Blacks attacked for the entire second half and snatched the victory in injury time: Blanco Leschuk chipped the ball to fire it home past the goalkeeper – 1-2.
Shakhtar Vs. Stal history
Recent games
Ukrainian Premier League
Sat 28
•Oct 2017
•17:00
OSK Metalist
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
P | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PNT |
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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 |