Shakhtar Donetsk are in red-hot form: five wins from their last five games. They have won seven in a row. Goals have come in every one of their last nine matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Kolos Kovalivka 2-1 at home in a Premier League game on 17 October. They are scoring 2.2 goals a game and conceding 0.6 over their last 18 matches. Six of those 18 games saw both teams score, and ten went over 2.5 goals.
Shakhtar Donetsk top the Premier League table with 24 points from 9 games, two points clear of Polessya. Shakhtar Donetsk are 11th in the UEFA Champions League table with 4 points from 2 games, two points behind leaders Paris Saint Germain.
Next up is a UEFA Champions League trip to Inter on Wednesday 21 October. Form like this feeds into our Shakhtar Donetsk prediction, and the Shakhtar Donetsk tips page is where picks for the next match appear.