The game starts at 19:00.
Dynamo: aces in the hole
Early in the season every coach must define the starting line-up.
It’s not easy to guess who will take the field among first eleven in Donetsk.
Olexandr Shovkovskyi and Maxym Koval have equal chances to face Shakhtar.
As for defense – it may look as follows: Danilo Silva, Benoit Tremoulinas, Yevhen Khacheridi and Aleksandar Dragovic. Miguel, Lukman Haruna and Younes Belhanda can play as midfielders, Oleh Husiev and Andriy Yarmolenko – as wingers. Dieumerci Mbokani is a non-competitive finisher at the moment.
Of course Oleh Blokhin must have other options, like aces in the hole.
Shakhtar: time is necessary
At the moment Shakhtar newcomers are in search of mutual understanding.
Lucescu needs time to form a new team as a big group of players has left Donetsk.
Supporting midfielder Teixeira plays not as confidently as Fernandinho did.
Opposition statistics
Unfortunately over the last years Shakhtar have become an almost insuperable opponent for the White-Blues.
In general Kyivans faced Donetsk side 43 times within the UPL (W-18, D-12, L-13).
Last game between these teams in Donetsk
UPL matchday 8
02.09.2012. Donetsk. Donbas Arena, 53 423 spectators
Shakhtar – Dynamo – 3:1 (1:1)
Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna (c), Rakytskyi, Kucher (Kryvtsov, 70), Rat, Stepanenko, Fernandinho, Mkhitaryan, Willian, (Costa, 78), Ilsinho (Teixeira, 61), Adriano.
Dynamo: Koval, Silva, Betao, Khacheridi, Taiwo, Miguel, Harmash, Husiev (c) (Milevskyi, 81), Kranjcar (Raffael, 70), Yarmolenko, Ideye.
Goals: Kucher (20, 62), Adriano (81) – Yarmolenko (assist – Harmash).
