On Wed Nov 2nd, Shakhtar Donetsk hosts RB Leipzig at Oblasny Sportkomplex Metalist in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Shakhtar Donetsk recorded a 1-1 draw against Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis struck first for Celtic in the 34th minute, then Mykhailo Mudryk got the equalizer for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 58th minute on a feed from Danylo Sikan earning them at least the one point. Shakhtar Donetsk should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while rB Leipzig is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 32nd minute, then Timo Werner added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Amadou Haidara At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk last played eachother at the Red Bull Arena on Tue Sep 6th. Shakhtar Donetsk won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of a crowd of almost 42000 spectators. Maryan Shved struck first for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 16th minute, then Mohamed Simakan got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 57th minute on a feed from Dominik Szoboszlai.
RB Leipzig’s most prolific scorer has been Christopher Nkunku. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Mykhailo Mudryk has been the most prolific scorer on Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 5 matches with three goals.