KHARKIV. Shakhtar Donetsk demolishes Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 5-2 with goals of Yukhym Konoplya (10′), Dmytro Kryskiv (22′), Artem Bondarenko (68′), Dmytro Kryskiv (82′) and Lassina Traoré  (90′). Regarding the opposition, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih scored with ​ Prince Kwabena Adu (20′), Tymur Stetskov (85′). Shakhtar Donetsk capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist stadium in Kharkiv on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mykola Balakin with the help of Oleksandr Berkut and Dmytro Zaporozhenko. The 4th official was Oleksandr Afanasiev. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.5 degrees Celsius or 38.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shakhtar Donetsk had a superior ball possession 59% while Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shakhtar Donetsk was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shakhtar Donetsk won the match​.

Shakhtar Donetsk shot 27 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Shakhtar Donetsk received 1 yellow card (Yegor Nazaryna). On the opposite side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih received 1 yellow card (Prince Kwabena Adu).

Also, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Hrvoje Ilić (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (57′).

Standings

After this match, Shakhtar Donetsk has 35 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will stays with 37 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Shakhtar Donetsk will host Kolos Kovalivka on the 9th of March with a 9-0 head to head record in favor of Shakhtar Donetsk (1 draw).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will host Obolon’-Brovar on the 9th of March with a 0-0 head to head stats.

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, Yukhym Konoplya, Valeriy Bondar, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Pedrinho, Georgiy Sudakov, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleksandr Zubkov, Artem Bondarenko, Newerton and Danylo Sikan.

The home team had on the bench: Artur Rudko, Lassina Traoré , Maryan Shved, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Irakli Azarovi, Kevin Kelsy, Viktor Tsukanov, Novatus Miroshi, Yegor Nazaryna, Kevin, Denys Tvardovskyi and Luka Latsabidze.

Substitutions

Shakhtar Donetsk made 4 changes: Danylo Sikan for Lassina Traoré  (74′), Newerton for Yegor Nazaryna (61′), Pedrinho for Irakli Azarovi (90′) and Oleksandr Zubkov for Maryan Shved (90′).

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – Formation

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Yury Vernydub played with: Andriy Klishchuk, Rafael Fonseca, Andriy Ponyedyelnik, Tymur Stetskov, Junior Yvan Nyabeye Dibango, Hrvoje Ilić, Djihad Bizimana, Denys Kuzyk, Maksym Luniov, Daniel Sosah  and Prince Kwabena Adu.

These were the players on the bench: Bogdan Khoma, Dmytro Ivanisenia, Mikita Tatarkov, Danylo Beskorovaynyi, Yuri Vakulko, Volodymyr Makhankov, Nathanaël Saintini, Yegor Tverdokhlib, Oleg Kozhushko, Maksym Zaderaka, Jean Morel Poe and Viktor Bliznichenko.

Substitutions

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih made 5 changes: Denys Kuzyk for Maksym Zaderaka (74′), Maksym Luniov for Oleg Kozhushko (63′), Prince Kwabena Adu for Yuri Vakulko (63′), Daniel Sosah  for Viktor Bliznichenko (63′) and Rafael Fonseca for Nathanaël Saintini (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Shakhtar Donetsk – Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – 5-2
• Obolon’-Brovar – Dnipro-1 – 0-1
• Oleksandria – Zorya – 0-0