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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv - Premier League

Shakhtar Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk
L W W W D
1 - 0
HT: 0-0
Arena Lviv · Ref: Vitaly Romanov, Ukraine
Sha 3 · Met 4

AI Match Analysis

A fascinating clash awaits in the Ukrainian Premier League as second-placed Shakhtar Donetsk host Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, who currently occupy sixth position. With Shakhtar looking to close the gap on the league leaders and Metalist aiming to solidify their European qualification aspirations, both teams have plenty to play for at Arena Lviv. The match promises to be a tightly contested affair, with crucial points on the line.

Shakhtar's recent form shows a slight dip with two draws in their last five games, including a frustrating stalemate against Oleksandria. While their home record boasts an impressive eight wins, one draw and one loss, those recent draws suggest vulnerabilities. Contrastingly, Metalist 1925 arrive with momentum, having won three of their last five. Their away form mirrors Shakhtar's home form almost identically at five wins, four draws, and only one loss, making them a tough opponent on the road. However, recent results have also seen them draw twice in a row, mirroring Shakhtar's stuttering form.

Head-to-head records reveal a closely contested history, with Shakhtar holding a slight edge at two wins, two draws, and one loss in their last five meetings. Despite the seemingly close Elo-based win probabilities that heavily suggest an away win, Shakhtar's need for points might push them to dig deep. Expect a tactical battle, where Shakhtar's experience might just give them the edge, despite Metalist’s impressive away form.

Our Predictions

1X2 1 61% 1.44 high
BTTS BTTS No 52% 1.62 medium
CS 1-0 11% 9.82 medium
CS 1-0 11% 9.82 medium
HT/FT 1/1 30% 3.60 medium
HT/FT 1/1 30% 3.60 medium
O/U Under 2.5 51% 1.75 medium

Match Info

Stadium
Arena Lviv
Referee
Vitaly Romanov, Ukraine
Round
Regular Season - 20
Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
51.18% Win Probability 48.82%

Match Analysis

Double chance : Shakhtar Donetsk or draw

Predicted winner: Shakhtar Donetsk — Win or draw

Shakhtar Donetsk 45.00%
Draw 45.00%
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 10.00%
Expected goals: -2.5 - -2.5

Match Events

21' 🔄
V. Churko (V. Kalitvintsev) Substitution 1
45' 🟦
O. Ocheretko Yellow Card
52' 🟦
V. Bondar Yellow Card
57' 🟦
V. Salyuk Yellow Card
61'
Pedrinho Penalty
63' 🔄
Y. Nazaryna (Isaque Silva) Substitution 1
63' 🔄
Pedrinho (A. Bondarenko) Substitution 2
63' 🔄
B. Zabergja (E. Rashica) Substitution 2
63' 🔄
J. N. Arevalo Chaparro (I. Lytvynenko) Substitution 3
64' 🟦
I. Kaliuzhnyi Yellow Card
68' 🟦
Marlon Yellow Card
72' 🟦
D. Varakuta Yellow Card
72' 🟦
A. Shabanov Yellow Card
77' 🔄
P. Itodo (C. Mba) Substitution 4
77' 🔄
D. Antyukh (S. Castillo) Substitution 5
79' 🔄
Newerton (Lucas Ferreira) Substitution 3
79' 🔄
L. Traore (Luca Meirelles) Substitution 4
85' 🔄
Alisson (V. Tobias) Substitution 5

Lineups

Shakhtar Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk 4-3-3
4-1-4-1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Arda Turan Coach Mladen Bartulovic
4-3-3
30
Santana
2
Traoré
11
Palmares
27
Ocheretko
29
Nazaryna
10
Pedrinho
26
Konoplia
5
Bondar
4
Marlon
13
Henrique
31
Riznyk
4-1-4-1
98
Itodo
26
Zabergja
11
Churko
16
Arevalo
15
Antyukh
5
Kalyuzhnyi
13
Salyuk
18
Pavliuk
31
Shabanov
27
Krupskyi
30
Varakuta
Starting XI
31 Dmytro Riznyk G
G Danylo Varakuta 30
26 Yukhym Konoplia D
D Volodymyr Salyuk 13
5 Valeriy Bondar D
D Yevhen Pavliuk 18
4 Marlon D
D Artem Shabanov 31
13 Pedro Henrique D
D Ilya Krupskyi 27
27 Oleg Ocheretko M
M Ivan Kalyuzhnyi 5
29 Yehor Nazaryna M
M Baton Zabergja 26
10 Pedrinho M
M Vyacheslav Churko 11
30 Alisson Santana M
M Nicolas Arevalo 16
2 Lassina Traoré F
M Denys Antyukh 15
11 Newerton Palmares M
F Peter Itodo 98
Substitutes
23 Kiril Fesyun
Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 45
16 Irakli Azarovi
Yaroslav Protsenko 23
17 VinĂ­cius Tobias
Dmytro Kapinus 2
9 Marian Shved
Oleksandr Martinyuk 24
14 Isaque
Valeriy Dubko 37
21 Artem Bondarenko
Ari Moura 7
37 Lucas Ferreira
Igor Kogut 17
45 Denys Smetana
Ermir Rashica 19
7 Eguinaldo
Ivan Lytvynenko 25
19 KauĂ£ Elias
Cauan Baptistella 77
49 Luca Meirelles
Sebastian Castillo 8
68 Prosper Obah
Christian Mba 99

Head to Head

Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3
0
3 wins 2 draws 0 wins
2025-09-13
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
HT: 0-1
2023-12-03
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 - 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
HT: 0-0
2023-07-29
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1 - 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
HT: 0-1
2023-03-05
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0 - 7 Shakhtar Donetsk
HT: 0-4
2022-08-23
Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
HT: 0-0

Odds

Bet365
Home
1.44
Draw
3.70
Away
6.50
Home
1.95
Draw
2.20
Away
7.00
Home
1.80
Draw
2.50
Away
6.00
Over 1.5
1.33
Under 1.5
3.25
Over 2.5
2.05
Under 2.5
1.75
Over 3.5
3.50
Under 3.5
1.28
Over 0.5
1.06
Under 0.5
8.00
Over 4.5
7.00
Under 4.5
1.08
Over 7.5
21.00
Under 7.5
1.00
Over 5.5
10.50
Under 5.5
1.02
Over 6.5
17.00
Under 6.5
1.00
Over 1.5
3.00
Under 1.5
1.36
Over 2.5
7.00
Under 2.5
1.08
Over 3.5
12.00
Under 3.5
1.01
Over 0.5
1.40
Under 0.5
2.75
Over 1.5
2.10
Under 1.5
1.67
Over 2.5
4.50
Under 2.5
1.18
Over 3.5
13.00
Under 3.5
1.04
Over 0.5
1.25
Under 0.5
3.75
Over 4.5
23.00
Under 4.5
1.01
Yes
2.20
No
1.62
Yes
6.00
No
1.12
Yes
4.33
No
1.20
Home -1.25
2.08
Away -1.25
1.72
Home -1
1.78
Away -1
2.02
Home -0.75
1.58
Away -0.75
2.35
Home -0.5
1.45
Away -0.5
2.68
Home -0.25
1.30
Away -0.25
3.45
Home +0
1.15
Away +0
5.50
Home +0.25
1.12
Away +0.25
6.25
Home +0.5
1.10
Away +0.5
6.80
Home -3
5.75
Away -3
1.14
Home -2
3.55
Away -2
1.27
Home -1.75
2.75
Away -1.75
1.42
Home -1.5
2.35
Away -1.5
1.58
Home -2.5
4.40
Away -2.5
1.20
Home -2.25
4.00
Away -2.25
1.23
Home -3.5
6.40
Away -3.5
1.12
Home -3.25
5.90
Away -3.25
1.13
Home -2.75
5.90
Away -2.75
1.13
Home -1.25
4.40
Away -1.25
1.20
Home -1
3.70
Away -1
1.26
Home -0.75
2.42
Away -0.75
1.52
Home -0.5
2.02
Away -0.5
1.78
Home -0.25
1.62
Away -0.25
2.25
Home +0
1.22
Away +0
4.15
Home +0.25
1.14
Away +0.25
5.75
Home -1.75
6.80
Away -1.75
1.10
Home -1.5
5.25
Away -1.5
1.16
Home/Draw
1.07
Home/Away
1.22
Draw/Away
2.40
Home/Draw
1.08
Home/Away
1.62
Draw/Away
1.80
1:0
6.00
2:0
6.00
2:1
9.00
3:0
9.50
3:1
15.00
3:2
34.00
4:0
19.00
4:1
26.00
0:0
9.00
1:1
8.00
2:2
21.00
0:1
15.00
0:2
34.00
0:3
81.00
1:2
23.00
1:3
51.00
2:3
51.00
3:3
81.00
1:4
151.00
2:4
151.00
4:2
51.00
5:0
41.00
5:1
51.00
5:2
101.00
6:0
67.00
6:1
101.00
6:2
151.00
4:3
151.00
7:0
151.00
7:1
151.00
1:0
3.25
2:0
7.00
2:1
21.00
3:0
21.00
3:1
51.00
3:2
151.00
4:0
51.00
4:1
126.00
0:0
2.75
1:1
10.00
2:2
67.00
0:1
8.50
0:2
41.00
0:3
151.00
1:2
41.00
1:3
151.00
5:0
151.00
Home/Draw
19.00
Home/Away
51.00
Draw/Away
13.00
Draw/Draw
5.50
Home/Home
2.20
Draw/Home
4.00
Away/Home
26.00
Away/Draw
21.00
Away/Away
12.00
Home
1.14
Away
5.00
Home/Yes
4.00
Draw/Yes
6.00
Away/Yes
15.00
Home/No
2.10
Draw/No
9.00
Away/No
11.00
o/yes 2.5
2.88
o/no 2.5
5.50
u/yes 2.5
8.00
u/no 2.5
2.10
Odd
2.00
Even
1.85
Odd
2.10
Even
1.73
Odd
2.00
Even
1.73
0
9.00
1
4.50
2
3.50
3
4.33
4
6.50
5
12.00
6
23.00
more 7
17.00
0
2.75
1
2.50
2
4.33
3
10.00
4
29.00
more 5
21.00
0
3.75
1
2.75
2
3.75
3
7.50
4
19.00
more 5
29.00
Over 1.5
1.35
Under 1.5
3.10
Over 1.75
1.42
Under 1.75
2.75
Over 2.25
1.80
Under 2.25
2.00
Over 2.5
2.05
Under 2.5
1.75
Over 2.75
1.95
Under 2.75
1.85
Over 3.5
3.55
Under 3.5
1.27
Over 2
1.55
Under 2
2.38
Over 3
2.85
Under 3
1.40
Over 4
6.40
Under 4
1.12
Over 1.25
1.21
Under 1.25
4.25
Over 4.5
7.00
Under 4.5
1.10
Over 3.25
3.30
Under 3.25
1.32
Over 3.75
4.40
Under 3.75
1.20
Over 4.25
6.80
Under 4.25
1.10
Over 4.75
6.60
Under 4.75
1.11
Over 1.5
3.00
Under 1.5
1.38
Over 1.75
3.80
Under 1.75
1.25
Over 2.25
6.80
Under 2.25
1.10
Over 2.5
7.00
Under 2.5
1.10
Over 1
1.98
Under 1
1.82
Over 2
6.40
Under 2
1.12
Over 0.75
1.60
Under 0.75
2.30
Over 1.25
2.08
Under 1.25
1.72
Home -1
2.30
Away -1
2.40
Draw -1
3.50
Home -3
9.00
Draw -3
6.50
Away -3
1.17
Home -2
4.33
Draw -2
4.33
Away -2
1.53
Home +1
1.07
Draw +1
9.50
Away +1
19.00
Home +2
1.02
Draw +2
23.00
Away +2
51.00
Home -1
5.00
Away -1
1.80
Draw -1
2.88
Home -3
41.00
Draw -3
19.00
Away -3
1.02
Home -2
15.00
Draw -2
6.50
Away -2
1.12
Home +1
1.08
Draw +1
7.50
Away +1
34.00
Over 1.5
1.67
Under 1.5
2.10
Over 2.5
3.25
Under 2.5
1.33
Over 3.5
6.50
Under 3.5
1.10
Over 0.5
1.14
Under 0.5
5.00
Over 4.5
10.50
Under 4.5
1.02
Over 5.5
17.00
Under 5.5
1.00
Over 6.5
21.00
Under 6.5
1.00
0
5.00
1
3.10
2
3.40
more 3
3.25
Over 1.5
5.50
Under 1.5
1.12
Over 2.5
12.00
Under 2.5
1.01
Over 3.5
21.00
Under 3.5
1.00
Over 0.5
1.91
Under 0.5
1.80
0
1.80
1
2.60
2
7.00
more 3
12.00
Home
2.10
Away
11.00
Home
3.75
Away
29.00
Home
1.28
Away
3.75
Home
9.00
Away
26.00
Home
1.40
Draw
9.00
Away
3.40
Home
1.40
Draw
9.00
Away
3.40
Draw
3.40
1st Half
3.00
2nd Half
2.10
Home
2.62
Away
10.00
Home/Over 2.5
2.50
Draw/Over 2.5
19.00
Away/Over 2.5
13.00
Home/Under 2.5
3.20
Draw/Under 2.5
4.50
Away/Under 2.5
12.00
1 by 1
3.50
2 by 1
9.50
1 by 4+
9.00
1 by 2
4.33
2 by 2
23.00
1 by 3
6.50
2 by 3
81.00
2 by 4+
251.00
Score Draw
6.00
Draw
9.00
Draw
1.62
1st Half
4.75
2nd Half
3.50
Odd
2.50
Even
1.50
Yes
5.00
No
1.14
Yes
1.80
No
1.91
Draw
2.75
1st Half
3.10
2nd Half
2.30
Odd
1.83
Even
1.83
Draw/Over 1.5
10.00
Away/Over 1.5
23.00
Home/Over 1.5
4.33
Home/Under 1.5
3.25
Draw/Under 1.5
2.75
Away/Under 1.5
8.50

Premier League Standings

# Team MP W D L G GD PTS Form
1.
LNZ Cherkasy
20 14 2 4 28:11 +17 44
W W L W W
2.
Shakhtar Donetsk
19 13 5 1 47:12 +35 44
W W W W D
3.
Polessya
20 12 3 5 34:14 +20 39
W L W W W
4.
Dynamo Kyiv
20 11 5 4 44:23 +21 38
W W W W W
5.
Kryvbas KR
20 8 7 5 31:27 +4 31
L D W D D
6.
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
18 8 7 3 22:12 +10 31
W W D W
7.
Kolos Kovalivka
19 7 7 5 18:19 -1 28
L W L D D
8.
Zorya Luhansk
19 7 6 6 26:23 +3 27
W L D L W
9.
Obolon'-Brovar
20 6 6 8 17:29 -12 24
L D W W L
10.
Karpaty
20 5 8 7 25:26 -1 23
W D L L L
11.
Veres Rivne
19 5 7 7 16:23 -7 22
D L L W L
12.
Kudrivka
20 5 6 9 24:33 -9 21
D D W D D
13.
Ruh Lviv
19 6 1 12 15:28 -13 19
L L L W W
14.
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi
19 5 2 12 22:33 -11 17
W L L L W
15.
Oleksandria
20 2 5 13 14:35 -21 11
L L L L D
16.
SK Poltava
20 2 3 15 16:51 -35 9
L L L L L
Champions League
Europa / Conference
Relegation

Season Form

Shakhtar Donetsk
3
Wins
1
Draws
1
Losses
GF: 13 GA: 7 GD: +6
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3
Wins
0
Draws
0
Losses
GF: 10 GA: 4 GD: +6

Last 5 Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk
12 Mar A Lech Poznan 3-1 W
06 Mar A Oleksandria 1-0 W
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
09 Mar A Ruh Lviv 3-0 W
05 Mar H Lokomotiv Kyiv 3-0 W

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