FC Barcelona vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Barcelona vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk — Champions League at Olimpic Lluis Companys.
- FC Barcelona 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- FK Shakhtar Donetsk 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ivan Kruzliak
- Assistant 1 Branislav Hancko
- Assistant 2
10 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Oct FK Shakhtar Donetsk H 2–1 W 22 Oct Athletic Club H 1–0 W 08 Oct Granada CF A 2–2 D 04 Oct FC Porto A 1–0 W 29 Sep Sevilla FC H 1–0 W 26 Sep RCD Mallorca A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Oct FC Barcelona A 1–2 L 04 Oct Royal Antwerp FC A 3–2 W 19 Sep FC Porto H 1–3 L 16 Mar Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–7 L 09 Mar Feyenoord Rotterdam H 1–1 D 23 Feb Stade Rennais FC 1901 A 6–6 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
FC Barcelona0-151/–16-301/–31-45–/246-60–/–61-75–/176+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FC Barcelona gets underway.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Mykola Matvienko suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Barcelona that had 494 games and scored 579 goals.
- 20' It looks surprising FK Shakhtar Donetsk does not make any changes. Artem Bondarenko has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 28' GOAL! Ferran Torres scores on 28.
- 29' What a strike from Ferran Torres! The score is 2-0.
- 34' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 36' Goal! Fermin Lopez scores his 3 goal in 494 matches.
- 41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yukhym Konoplya, as he is very good at scoring at Olimpic Lluis Companys with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 43' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ferran Torres.
- 48' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 48 minutes.
- 53' Oleksandr Zubkov needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 58' The travelling FK Shakhtar Donetsk supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 62' GOAL! Heorhii Sudakov scores on 62.
- 63' Newerton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dmytro Kryskiv on 63 minute.
- 68' FK Shakhtar Donetsk is showing some good football. However, FK Shakhtar Donetsk are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' Another substitution for FK Shakhtar Donetsk to replace Danylo Sikan by Kevin Kelsy on 70 minute.
- 72' FK Shakhtar Donetsk receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 72.
- 75' It’s a booking for FC Barcelona player. Alex Balde gets a Yellow card.
- 75' Another substitution for FC Barcelona to replace Joao Felix by Marc Guiu on 75 minute.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Lamine Yamal made 494 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 82' Marc Casado has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fermin Lopez on 82 minute.
- 87' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Valerii Bondar.
- 90' The FK Shakhtar Donetsk manager makes a substitution. Taras Stepanenko departs to be replaced by Eguinaldo.
- The final score is 2-1.
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Lineups
FC Barcelona Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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17
Marcos Alonso ↓ Alex Balde 70'
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- 22
- 7
- 5
- 1
- 2
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14
Joao Felix ↓ Marc Guiu 75'
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- 27
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32
Fermin Lopez ↓ Marc Casado 82'
Bench
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15
Andreas Christensen ↑ 82'
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Alex Balde ↑ 70'
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30
Marc Casado ↑ 82'
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Marc Guiu ↑ 75'
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Coach Xavi HernandezFK Shakhtar Donetsk Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Taras Stepanenko ↓ Eguinaldo 90'
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- 31
- 5
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14
Danylo Sikan ↓ Kevin Kelsy 70'
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- 21
- 10
- 26
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Dmytro Kryskiv ↓ Newerton 63'
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Bench
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- 20
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- 44
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Kevin Kelsy ↑ 70'
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Eguinaldo ↑ 90'
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- 29
- 27
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Newerton ↑ 63'
Coach Dennis Gentenaar -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ferran Torres 1 Fermin Lopez 1 Heorhii Sudakov 1 Danylo Sikan 1 Head to Head
FC Barcelona Form
FK Shakhtar Donetsk Form
2023-10-25 FC Barcelona 2–1 FK Shakhtar Donetsk L 2023-10-04 Royal Antwerp FC 2–3 FK Shakhtar Donetsk W 2023-09-19 FK Shakhtar Donetsk 1–3 FC Porto L 2023-03-16 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7–1 FK Shakhtar Donetsk L 2023-03-09 FK Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Feyenoord Rotterdam D 2023-02-23 Stade Rennais FC 1901 6–6 FK Shakhtar Donetsk D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.87 FC Barcelona xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 FK Shakhtar Donetsk xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Barcelona winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.04Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
FC Barcelona or Draw 79%Draw or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 45%FC Barcelona or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Barcelona win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.3%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.2%1 – 0 8.2%0 – 0 6.5%1 – 2 5.9%3 – 1 5.9%2 – 2 5.5%3 – 0 5%0 – 1 4.8%3 – 2 3.5%0 – 2 3.3%Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona
Handicap FC Barcelona covers Push FK Shakhtar Donetsk covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 16% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 22% 48% -0.5 52% — 48% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 13% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet 32% ✓FK Shakhtar Donetsk keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.