Royal Antwerp FC vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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Royal Antwerp FC vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk — Champions League at Bosuil.
- Royal Antwerp FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- FK Shakhtar Donetsk 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rade Obrenovic
- Assistant 1 Jure Praprotnik
- Assistant 2 Grega Kordez (Slovenia)
8 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 4.8 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 04 Oct FK Shakhtar Donetsk H 2–3 L 30 Sep KV Mechelen A 0–0 D 27 Sep KAA Gent H 0–0 D 23 Sep RWDM Molenbeek FC H 0–0 D 19 Sep FC Barcelona A 0–5 L 15 Sep KVC Westerlo A 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 16 Feb Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Bosuil that hosts another battle between Royal Antwerp FC and FK Shakhtar Donetsk.
- 3' Goal! Arbnor Muja scores his 10 goal in 303 matches.
- 8' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 12' The referee shows Royal Antwerp FC player a Yellow card on 12.
- 17' 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.
- 22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 27' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royal Antwerp FC that had 303 games and scored 434 goals.
- 32' It looks surprising FK Shakhtar Donetsk does not make any changes. Vincent Janssen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 33' Goal! Michel-Ange Balikwisha scores his 25 goal in 372 matches.
- 35' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Yukhym Konoplya.
- 36' FK Shakhtar Donetsk player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 37' The referee calls foul for Vincent Janssen. He receives a Yellow card.
- 42' 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.
- 47' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mandela Keita made 184 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 48' GOAL! Danylo Sikan scores on 48.
- 53' 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.
- 58' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 63' 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 Arthur Vermeeren suffering a number of foals already.
- 66' The referee calls foul for Yaroslav Rakitskiy. He receives a Yellow card.
- 71' GOAL! Yaroslav Rakitskiy scores on 71.
- 74' It is a substitution in Royal Antwerp FC team. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp is replaced by Anthony Valencia on 74 minute.
- 76' Goal! Danylo Sikan scores his 4 goal in 7 matches.
- 81' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 81 minutes.
- 82' It’s a booking for FK Shakhtar Donetsk player. Danylo Sikan gets a Yellow card.
- 83' Time for substitution for Royal Antwerp FC. Owen Wijndal is replaced by George Ilenikhena.
- 87' Another change for FK Shakhtar Donetsk made on 87 minute. Danylo Sikan leaves to be changed by Marian Shved.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Toby Alderweireld on 90.
- Full Time. FK Shakhtar Donetsk beats Royal Antwerp FC
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Lineups
Royal Antwerp FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 5
- 23
- 18
- 24
- 1
- 34
- 10
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27
Mandela Keita ↓ Alhassan Yusuf 83'
- 44
- 11
- 48
Bench
- 7
- 26
- 19
- 91
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8
Alhassan Yusuf ↑ 83'
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33
Zeno Van Den Bosch ↑ 87'
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55
Anthony Valencia ↑ 74'
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9
George Ilenikhena ↑ 83'
Coach Mark van BommelFK Shakhtar Donetsk Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 11
- 31
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14
Danylo Sikan ↓ Marian Shved 87'
- 16
- 10
- 44
- 26
- 8
- 22
- 29
Bench
- 1
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Marian Shved ↑ 87'
- 21
- 13
- 32
- 25
- 18
- 25
- 7
- 19
- 27
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Coach Patrick van Leeuwen -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Danylo Sikan 2 Michel-Ange Balikwisha 1 Arbnor Muja 1 Yaroslav Rakitskiy 1 Mykola Matvienko 1 Head to Head
Royal Antwerp FC Form
FK Shakhtar Donetsk Form
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 2023-02-16 FK Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Stade Rennais FC 1901 W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.91 Royal Antwerp FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.82 FK Shakhtar Donetsk xGI would bet for: Royal Antwerp FC or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 75% + Both teams to score 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Shakhtar Donetsk winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.73Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 71% 29% ± 3.5 51% 49% ± 4.5 32% 68% Double Chance
Royal Antwerp FC or Draw 64%Draw or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 61%Royal Antwerp FC or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Royal Antwerp FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.2%2 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 7.3%2 – 2 6.9%3 – 1 4.9%2 – 0 4.4%3 – 2 4.4%1 – 3 4.4%2 – 3 Actual1 – 0 4%0 – 2 4%0 – 1 3.8%Asian Handicap — Royal Antwerp FC
Handicap Royal Antwerp FC covers Push FK Shakhtar Donetsk covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 12% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 18% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 17% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 11% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓FK Shakhtar Donetsk keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.