Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Shakhtar D v Brest
League position, Shakhtar Donetsk 27th, Brest 7thTotal points, Shakhtar Donetsk 4, Brest 13

Goals scored

Shakhtar Donetsk 5Brest 10

Form guide

All competitions

Shakhtar Donetsk won
v Ludogorets
0
4
Club Friendlies
Brest won
v Nantes
2
1
Coupe de France
Shakhtar Donetsk won
v CSKA Sofia
0
1
Club Friendlies
Brest won
v Olympique Lyonnais
2
1
Ligue 1
Shakhtar Donetsk lose
v Polissya
1
0
Premier League
Brest lose
v Angers SCO
2
0
Ligue 1
Shakhtar Donetsk lose
v Bayern Munich
1
5
UEFA Champions League
Brest won
v La Roche VF
0
1
Coupe de France
Shakhtar Donetsk won
v Vorskla
3
1
Premier League
Brest won
v Nantes
4
1
Ligue 1

Match Facts

  • Shakhtar Donetsk and Brest have never previously faced each other in Europe, while this will be the first clash between Ukrainian and French sides in the UEFA Champions League since the 2018-19 season - Shakhtar and Lyon drew both games in the group stage in that campaign.

  • French sides are unbeaten against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League to date, with Paris SG beating them twice in the 2015-16 season and Lyon drawing twice against them in 2018-19. Indeed, Shakhtar have won just one of their last eight games against French opponents in major European competition (D3 L4).

  • Shakhtar Donetsk have only lost two of the last 12 games when they’ve faced an opponent for the first time in European competition (W7 D3). However, one of those did come in their most recent such fixture, losing 3-2 against PSV on MD5 this season.

  • Brest have won four of their six UEFA Champions League matches this season (D1 L1). The last French side to win five games in their debut season was Lyon in 2000-01 (5 in 12 games).

  • Shakhtar Donetsk’s 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on MD6 of this season’s UEFA Champions League was the ninth time they’d shipped 5+ goals in a game in the competition, two more than any other club.

  • Shakhtar Donetsk have lost their last two UEFA Champions League games despite scoring first in both games, having gone 27 unbeaten when going 1-0 up before this (W16 D11).

  • All five of Shakhtar Donetsk’s UEFA Champions League goals this season have been scored in the first half – they have converted 22% of their shots in the first 45 minutes but have failed to score with any of their 37 shots after the break.

  • 18.3% of the passes Brest have played in the UEFA Champions League this season have been defined as long passes, the highest percentage of any side in the competition.

  • Brest manager Éric Roy is looking to win his fifth UEFA Champions League match in just his seventh game in the competition – the only French manager to hit five wins in seven or fewer games is Luis Fernandez in 1994 with PSG (won first five).

  • In their 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich, Kevin became the 21st Brazilian player to score a UEFA Champions League goal for Shakhtar Donetsk – only FC Porto (25) have had more Brazilian scorers.