📊 Form Guide
Rukh Lviv WLLLLL 🔻
Rukh Lviv will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against LNZ Cherkasy.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Rukh Lviv have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Rukh Lviv have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals during that time. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen if that pattern will continue on in this game.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Rukh Lviv:
- remain undefeated by Shakhtar Donetsk in games played at home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
- have not lost a league tie with Shakhtar Donetsk in their previous 2 games.
- have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk WDWWDW 📈
Shakhtar Donetsk will go into the game following on from a 1-0 Premier League win to defeat Zorya Luhansk in their last outing.
The only player to score from Shakhtar Donetsk was Isaque (87').
A sequence of accomplished displays from the Shakhtar Donetsk defensive unit has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their past 6 outings overall. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 02/09/2022 shows that Rukh Lviv have won 0 of them and Shakhtar Donetsk 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
A combined total of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Rukh Lviv and 9 netted by Hirnyky. The average goals per game has been 2.17.
The last league encounter featuring these sides was Premier League match day 30 on 24/05/2025 when the final score was Rukh Lviv 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk.
📰 Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk boss Arda Turan has to choose a team with limited availability. Lassina Traoré (Hamstring injury), Danylo Udod (unknown injury), Eguinaldo (unknown injury) and Alisson (Metatarsal fracture) will miss out on this game.
🧠 Prediction
We’re thinking that Rukh Lviv are likely to breach the defence of this Shakhtar Donetsk outfit, although just one goal possibly won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
We are therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-2 victory for Shakhtar Donetsk when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s just see how this one goes.