Shakhtar Donetsk vs Inter Milan UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Shakhtar Donetsk are without a win in their three previous encounters with Inter Milan in all competitions (D1 L2), with this their first clash in the Champions League.
Inter Milan have kept a clean sheet in two of their three matches against Shakhtar Donetsk, winning on each occasion, 2-0 in August 2005 (UEFA CL qualifier) and 5-0 in August 2020 (UEFA Europa League).
Shakhtar Donetsk have lost their last two matches against Italian teams in European competition — they last lost three in a row in August 2005, when they lost seven on the bounce.
Inter Milan have never lost against Ukrainian opposition in all European competition (W6 D3). winning each of the last four such matches in a row.
Shakhtar Donetsk are winless in their last six home match es in the UEFA Champions League, all of which came in the group stage (D3 L3), since a 2-1 win against Italian opponents Roma in February 2018. inter Milan have lost four of their last five away games in the UEFA Champions League, winning last time out versus Slavia Prague in November 2019.
The Italian giants last won consecutive away games in the competition in October 2011. Shakhtar Donetsk have scored 17 goals across their last seven games in European competition, netting at least twice in six of the games in this run; including three in their win at Real Madrid on MD1.
Romelu Lukaku remains on the longest ever run of scoring in consecutive European appearances for Inter Milan (nine games), while he's been directly involved in 15 goals across these nine games (11 goals and four assists).
Mateus Teté has been directly involved in three goals in four UEFA Champions League appearances for Shakhtar Donetsk (two goals and one assist); no player has been involved in more for the club since the Brazilian's debut in the competition in November 2019.
Romeiu Lukaku has scored in each of his last three UEFA Champions League games for Inter Milan, and could become just the fifth player to score in four in a row for the Italian side in the competition (after Christian Vieri, Hernan Crespo, Samuel Eto'o and Lautaro Martinez).
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