Shakhtar Donetsk welcomes Real Madrid in Ukraine for a key Group B match with 3 problems separating the teams.
The Shakhtar Donetsk created a main marvel at Real Madrid on the first day and will look to repeat the circular in what is a possible adjustment of Group B in Ukraine.
Shakhtar started the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League with a remarkable victory in Spain, building a 3-0 lead in part-time thanks to Teto, a purpose opposed to the look of Raphael Varane and Manor Solomon and which remains despite the movements of Luka Modrio at the time part and Vin-cious Junior.
Donetsk’s club, however, has only won one point in its next 3 games and is third in the standings, two points ahead of Internazionale and three for Madrid, Borussia Monchengladbach an extra point down; a home win in Kiev would secure Madrid’s position in the eighth round.
Previous meetings
The only parties of the organizations before the first day were placed in the 2015/16 organizational phase, with Madrid winning 4-0 at home and 4-3 outside. Karim Benzema opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabéu, with Modrio and Dani Carvajal well in Lviv; Madrid’s other five goals in both matches came here from Cristiano Ronaldo, with Dentinho scoring one of Shakhtar’s goals.
Madrid finished first in the segment with 16 points, with Shakhtar third having amassed three. Zinedine Zidane’s look has won the club’s eleventh European Cup this season.
Form guide
The Pitmen have not scored since that victory in Madrid, tied 0-0 at home through Inter in their game so far before a 6-0 defeat to M’nchengladbach, who defeated at home record in UEFA club competitions. They lost 4-0 in Alemania. la last time, ending their six-game streak without losing in Europe (W3 D3).
• Shakhtar qualified as the Ukrainian league champion, earning the name for the time being, and fourth in a row, in 2019/20.
A UEFA Champions League quarter-finalist in 2010/11, Shakhtar is at the organization level for the 15th time and has made extra progress in ten of the last 14 times, adding up the last two.
Shakhtar finished third in their 2019/20 section, losing 3-0 at home to Atalanta in the sixth round, returning him to the UEFA Europa League. Donetsk’s appearance scored six points at last season’s organizing level to take down Manchester City and italian club.
Then Luus Castro’s team beat Benfica (2-1 hours, 3-3 a) and Wolfsburg (2-1 a, 3-0 h) in two matches in the 16th round of the UEFA Europa League respectively before beating Basel 4-1 in single quarter-finals in Gelsenkirchen, but Inter was too strong in the semi-finals, eliminating the winners 5-0.
Despite their first win in Madrid, Shakhtar has won 3 of their last 17 UEFA Champions League matches (seven draws and seven losses).
A 2–1 win over Benfica in the 16th round of the UEFA Europa League last season ended Shakhtar’s seven-match winning streak in European home games (D4 L3), and is the only one of only two wins in their last 11 home games (D5 L4), they have won 4 in a row before this series, all in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League.
Donetsk club’s home record at the UEFA Champions League organizational level last season D1 L2, with losses, against Manchester City and Atalanta, or 0-3. This season’s effects prolonged their winning streak at the festival to 8 games (D4 L4), since the 2–1 win over Roma in the 2017/18 first leg circular, a draw they then lost to home goals.
The victory in Madrid is Shakhtar’s sixth win in his 26 matches with Spanish clubs (6 draws and 14), and his fourth home win in his last 8 visits.
Shakhtar has won two of their 12 home games against La Liga visitors (4 draws and 6 losses), the last of which fell 2-0 after overtime against Celtic Vigo in the 32 uefa Europa League 2016/17 (1-2 overall) to win 3 losses in his last 4 home games against Spanish groups (D1).
Real Madrid – Madrid have only scored one point in their first two Group B matches; They seemed ready for a fourth consecutive European defeat for the first time in their history when they were led 2-0 against Munchengladbach in their game at the time, but the overdue goals of Benzema (87) and Casemiro (90 3) came to their rescue. Zidane’s appearance then recorded his first win with a 3–2 loss to Inter Madrid before the 2–0 win in Milan.
Champion of Spain for a 34th record in 2019/20, this is the 25th UEFA Champions League crusade in Madrid, a record shared with Barcelona, which qualified for the 16 in its 25 seasons, also a bigger competition.
This is the 51st European Cup crusade of the thirteen-time champion, more than any other team.
Madrid has finished his organization 3 times in the last 4 seasons.
In 2019/20, Zidane’s team was a finalist in their eventual Paris Saint-Germain finalist segment, completing with 11 points, five less than Paris. His crusade ended in the 16-way circular by losing 2-1 at home and outside Manchester. City.
With red in the semi-finals or more for 8 consecutive seasons between 2010/11 and 2017/18, Madrid lost in the last 16 of the last two campaigns, taking flight against Ajax in 2018/19.
On the fourth day, only Madrid’s third victory in their last 8 UEFA Champions League matches (two draws and three losses). He has lost six of his last 15 UEFA Champions League matches (six wins and three draws).
The Spaniard has won 17 of his last 28 European matches away from home, wasting six.
Benzema’s purpose at the time he equaled Lionel Messi’s record for purpose in 16 consecutive UEFA Champions League campaigns.
Madrid have won only two of their seven away matches against Ukrainian clubs (4 draws and 1 loss), the last of the 2015 win against Shakhtar.
The Spanish national team has scored 17 goals in their last five matches against Ukrainian clubs and has discovered at least twice in 8 of their last nine matches against groups in the country.
Links and curiosities • Yevhen Konoplyanka was a Sevilla player from 2015 to 2016, and played six matches in the club’s 2015/16 UEFA Europa League triumph in his only full season, he was an unused substitute for the season. final win over Liverpool. He won defeats against Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final (0-2) and in the UEFA Super Cup (4-5), marking the last draw that led the latter to overtime.
Konoplyanka also scored a penalty in Sevilla’s 3–2 loss to Madrid in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. He had played the 90th minute of Andalusia’s 3–2 win over Madrid on 8 November 2015.
The Ukrainian goalkeeper of Madrid, Andriy Lunin, played for the young people of Metalist Kharkiv (2012-15), Dnipro (2015-17) and Zorya (2017/18) in their local country. He has faced Shakhtar seven times with Dnipro and Zorya, recording one. wins and six losses and concedes 16 goals.
Sergio Ramos scored twice with Andriy Pyatov in Spain’s 4-0 UEFA Nations League win over Ukraine on 6 September.
Pyatov also beat Benzema (France 3-0 Ukraine, 2014 FIFA World Cup play-offs) and Modrio (Croatia 2-2 Ukraine, 2010 World Cup qualifiers).
They played together: Oleksii Shevchenko and Andriy Lunin (Zorya 2017/18) Marquinhos Cipriano, Vito, Teto and Rodrygo (Brazil U20) Marquinhos Cipriano, Vito and Vin-cius Junnior (Brazil U20) Alan Patrick and Casemiro (Brazil U20)
International teammates: Andriy Pyatov, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Taras Stepanenko, Viktor Kovalenko, Marlos, Mykola Matviyenko, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Serhiy Bolbat, Jenior Moraes, Valeriy Bondar and Andriy Lunin (Ukraine) Taison
Latest news
Shakhtar • On 25 August, Shakhtar lost 3–1 to Dynamo Kyiv at the 2020 Ukrainian Super Cup. It is their only defeat in all competitions (W4 D5) until they were overtaken by Munchengladbach on the fourth day.
On 8 November, Shakhtar won 3-0 against Dynamo to close the gap between them and the Kiev team just one point ahead of the Ukrainian Premier League, a 1–1 home draw against Olexandriya on 21 November, a draw shakhtar played for nearly an hour with ten men following Junior Moraes’ red card in the 31st minute. Array’s up the hole to 3 points.
Serhiy Kryvtsov, whose last appearance on 27 September due to injury and illness, returned to action in Ukraine’s 2-0 defeat to Poland on 11 November.
Valeriy Bondar made his debut for Ukraine as a substitute in the second half in the friendly against Poland.
Andriy Pyatov, Mykola Matviyenko, Marlos and Taras Stepanenko defeat ukraine 3–1 to Germany in the UEFA Nations League on 14 November; Moraes came on as a substitute and Ukraine’s next match in Switzerland has been cancelled.
Davit Khocholava, a defeated substitute for Georgia, who lost 1-0 to North Macedonia in the last UEFA EURO 2020 play-off on 12 November; He then started UEFA Nations League matches against Armenia (1-2) and Estonia (0-0).
• Manor Solomon either in UEFA Nations League matches in November against the Czech Republic (0-1) and Scotland (1-0), scoring the winning goal against the latter with his first foreign goal.
Dentinho returned as a replacement in the first half against Olexandriya, the first since the hamrus tendon was injured at the time he faced Inter.
Yevhen Konoplyanka (aductor) has been absent since 23 September. *
In June, Ismaily ruptured a cruciate ligament; he has been included in the Shakhtar UEFA Champions League team and is expected to return to action in December. *
Real Madrid – Madrid have won 4 of their last matches in all competitions (D2 L3). *
Madrid suffered their moment of defeat of the season on 8 November, losing 4-1 to Valencia, a start in which they granted 3 consequences for the first time in La Liga.
A 1-0 loss to Cadiz on 17 October The first defeat of Madrid in the Liga de los Angeles since the 2-0 defeat to Betis on 19 May 2019; Cadiz ended Madrid’s 20-match undefeated home streak (16 wins and 4 draws). *
Sergio Ramos broke Gianluigi Buffon’s all-time record for the Men’s European team in the 1–1 draw in Spain with Switzerland in the UEFA Nations League on 14 November, making his 177th appearance, but missed two consequences in the match, having marked his past. 25 for the club and the country.
We also ramos the 6-0 win against Germany, also in the UEFA Nations League, 3 days later, which reserved the spot for Spain in the final, although he had to be repositioned a while before halftime for a ham- tendon injury and has not played since. *
One purpose through Luka Jovic was not enough to prevent Serbia from wasting the consequences against Scotland after a 1–1 draw in the last match of the UEFA EURO 2020 playoff in Belgrade on 12 November. Jovic scored twice as many days later as Serbia. ended his UEFA Nations League crusade with a 5-0 home win over Russia.
Nacho (absent from 24 October from a thigh injury) and Dani Carvajal (2 October, knee) resumed play 90 minutes in the 1–1 draw at Villarreal on 21 November.
Odriozola injured his calf in education before the october alien break and has since played. *
Federico Valverde injured his leg in Valencia and has played ever since. *
Éder Milito and Jovic have been sidelined by the disease, while Karim Benzema has an adductor problem. *
Subject to weekend updates