KIEV. Shakhtar Donetsk had a surprising win over Veres with a 2-0 win with an own goal from J. Cesar (14′) and a goal from O. Zubkov (69′). Shakhtar Donetsk capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

Oleksandr Zubkov squandered a penalty (50′) for Shakhtar Donetsk.​

The match was played at the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex stadium in Kiev on Friday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Kateryna Monzul with the help of Maryna Striletska and . The 4th official was Kristina Kozorog. The weather was light snow. The temperature was freezing at -2.05 degrees Celsius or 28.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Standings

After this match, Shakhtar Donetsk has 31 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Veres will stays with 12 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk will play away against Oleksandria on the 24th of February with a 16-3 head to head record in favor of Shakhtar Donetsk (6 draws).

Veres will host Kolos Kovalivka on the 24th of February with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Kolos Kovalivka (1 draw).

Shakhtar Donetsk – Formation

Shakhtar Donetsk started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Marino Pusic decided to play with the following team: Dmytro Riznyk, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matvienko, Irakli Azarovi, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko, Newerton and Danylo Sikan.

The home team had on the bench: Artur Rudko, Stav Lemkin, Denil Castillo, Eguinaldo, Maryan Shved, Bogdan Viunnyk, Kevin Kelsy, Pedrinho, Yegor Nazaryna, Eduard Kozik, Yaroslav Rakitskyi and Oleksiy Kashchuk.

Substitutions

Shakhtar Donetsk made 4 changes: Newerton for Eguinaldo (61′), Danylo Sikan for Kevin Kelsy (61′), Dmytro Kryskiv for Yegor Nazaryna (64′) and Oleksandr Zubkov for Oleksiy Kashchuk (89′).

Veres – Formation

Veres started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Sergiy Lavrynenko played with: Evgeny Past, Denys Balan, Julio Cesar, Vasyl Kurko, Evgeniy Shevchenko, Valerii Kucherov, Oleksandr Kucherenko, Vitalii Dakhnovskyi, Andrii Kukharuk, Vladyslav Sharay and Mykola Haiduchyk.

These were the players on the bench: Semen Vovchenko, Andriy Bliznichenko, Mykhailo Shestakov, Dmytro Klyots, Maksym Marusych, Roman Kovaliuk, Danyil Khondak, Rostyslav Baran, Stanislav Sharai, Bogdan Kogut, Arseniy Korkodym and Denys Svityukha.

Substitutions

Veres made 3 changes: Mykola Haiduchyk for Mykhailo Shestakov (75′), Valerii Kucherov for Rostyslav Baran (86′) and Vitalii Dakhnovskyi for Roman Kovaliuk (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Shakhtar Donetsk – Veres – 2-0
• Polessya – Dnipro-1 – 1-1