Shakhtar – Chornomorets: before the match
Friday, September 21, 2018
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In the Premier League round 9, the Orange-Blacks will take on Chornomorets in Kharkiv
The match will be held at 17:00 on September 23. You can purchase the tickets at the OSK Metalist ticket office and online, at shakhtar.com.
Previous encounter
The opponents’ last meeting ended in a 5-0 win for Shakhtar. Facundo Ferreyra and Marlos grabbed a brace each, with Viktor Kovalenko sealing the win before the final whistle.
Clean-sheet run
Paulo Fonseca’s men secured three clean sheets in a row vs the Odesa team in the league. At home vs Chornomorets, the Orange-Blacks have scored goals in the last 10 games and produced good results (an average of 2.37 goals per game).
Opponents’ run of form
The Sailors’ winless run includes 4 rounds: draws vs Arsenal-Kyiv and Dynamo, defeats at the hands of Vorskla and Lviv. At the same time, the team conceded the least goals among the sides sitting bottom of the table (8 goals). Chornomorets use the 4-1-4-1 formation featuring a stable quartet of defenders Romanyuk - Ryzhuk - Hrachev - Trubochkin plus the holding midfielder Smirnov. The squad’s experienced performers are a 30-year-old goalkeeper Serhii Lytovchenko and a 36-year-old forward Anatolii Didenko.
Head coach
The Odesa team’s mentor Angel Chervenkov twice encountered Shakhtar with different clubs. In the 2010/11 season, the Orange-Blacks defeated Sevastopol away (1-0), also thrashing Arsenal-Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup round of 32 (3-0) in the 2015/16 season.
The hosts’ initiative
Shakhtar took more shots on target in the UPL (13.76 shots over 90 minutes), with Chornomorets’ average performance being the lowest in the league (7.62). The opponents also have entirely different figures for possession and passes completed.
Previous encounter
The opponents’ last meeting ended in a 5-0 win for Shakhtar. Facundo Ferreyra and Marlos grabbed a brace each, with Viktor Kovalenko sealing the win before the final whistle.
Clean-sheet run
Paulo Fonseca’s men secured three clean sheets in a row vs the Odesa team in the league. At home vs Chornomorets, the Orange-Blacks have scored goals in the last 10 games and produced good results (an average of 2.37 goals per game).
Opponents’ run of form
The Sailors’ winless run includes 4 rounds: draws vs Arsenal-Kyiv and Dynamo, defeats at the hands of Vorskla and Lviv. At the same time, the team conceded the least goals among the sides sitting bottom of the table (8 goals). Chornomorets use the 4-1-4-1 formation featuring a stable quartet of defenders Romanyuk - Ryzhuk - Hrachev - Trubochkin plus the holding midfielder Smirnov. The squad’s experienced performers are a 30-year-old goalkeeper Serhii Lytovchenko and a 36-year-old forward Anatolii Didenko.
Head coach
The Odesa team’s mentor Angel Chervenkov twice encountered Shakhtar with different clubs. In the 2010/11 season, the Orange-Blacks defeated Sevastopol away (1-0), also thrashing Arsenal-Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup round of 32 (3-0) in the 2015/16 season.
The hosts’ initiative
Shakhtar took more shots on target in the UPL (13.76 shots over 90 minutes), with Chornomorets’ average performance being the lowest in the league (7.62). The opponents also have entirely different figures for possession and passes completed.