Shakhtar Donetsk vs Wolfsburg Europa League Match Preview or Key Statistics
✅This will be just the second competitive meeting between Shakhtar and Wolfsburg after the Ukrainian side’s 2-1 victory in the first leg. Indeed, Shakhtar have drawn each of their last seven home matches against German opposition in European competition, with three of those games ending goalless.
✅ Shakhtar Donetsk have 3W, 2D and 0L in last 5 matches while Wolfsburg have 2W, 1D and 2L in last 5 matches.
✅Wolfsburg have already won in Ukraine in the Europa League this season, beating FC Oleksandria 1-0 in the group stages.
✅ Shakhtar Donetsk haven't lost in last 11 matches.
✅ Shakhtar Donetsk have scored 8 goals in last 3 matches while Wolfsburg scored 4.
✅Shakhtar will be aiming to reach the quarter finals of the Europa League for the first time since 2015-16. However, the Ukrainian side have been eliminated from two of their last three knockout ties in European competition in which they’ve won the first leg (Europa League last 32 in 2016-17 and Champions League last 16 in 2017-18).
✅Wolfsburg have failed to progress in any of their previous two Europa League knockout ties in which they’ve lost the first leg.
✅Shakhtar have scored seven of their 33 attempts in the Europa League this season since dropping out of the Champions League (21.2% shot conversion rate), the highest conversion rate in the competition this campaign.
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