Manchester City FC vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk, Champions League 2019-20 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk — Champions League at Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City FC 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- FK Shakhtar Donetsk 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rade Obrenovic
- Referee Slavko Vincic
- Referee Tomaz Klancnik
- Referee Andraz Kovacic
- Referee Jure Praprotnik
- Referee Danny Makkelie
Standings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov FK Shakhtar Donetsk H 1–1 D 23 Nov Chelsea FC H 2–1 W 10 Nov Liverpool FC A 1–3 L 06 Nov Atalanta BC A 1–1 D 02 Nov Southampton FC H 2–1 W 26 Oct Aston Villa FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov Manchester City FC A 1–1 D 06 Nov GNK Dinamo Zagreb A 3–3 D 22 Oct GNK Dinamo Zagreb H 2–2 D 01 Oct Atalanta BC A 2–1 W 18 Sep Manchester City FC H 0–3 L 21 Feb Eintracht Frankfurt A 1–4 L Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Etihad Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' FK Shakhtar Donetsk seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Raheem Sterling needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 15' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Shakhtar Donetsk needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' It’s high time Pep Guardiola made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 35' 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.
- 40' The travelling FK Shakhtar Donetsk supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 45' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 55' It looks surprising FK Shakhtar Donetsk does not make any changes. Bernardo Silva has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' Manchester City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ilkay Gundogan on 56.
- 61' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 65' It is a substitution in FK Shakhtar Donetsk team. Yevhen Konoplyanka is replaced by Manor Solomon on 65 minute.
- 69' Goal! Manor Solomon scores his 10 goal in 203 matches.
- 70' Time for substitution for Manchester City FC. Kevin De Bruyne is replaced by David Silva.
- 75' It looks like no one’s ball. FK Shakhtar Donetsk is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 76' Time for substitution for Manchester City FC. Rodri is replaced by Phil Foden.
- 81' Another substitution for FK Shakhtar Donetsk to replace Viktor Kovalenko by Marcos Antonio on 81 minute.
- 86' 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.
- 90' It’s a booking for Manchester City FC player. Fernandinho gets a Yellow card.
- 90' Another change for FK Shakhtar Donetsk made on 90 minute. Junior Moraes leaves to be changed by Danylo Sikan.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Manchester City FC
Starting XI- 12
- 8
- 30
- 31
- 25
- 9
- 20
- 7
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17
Kevin De Bruyne ↓ David Silva 70'
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16
Rodri ↓ Phil Foden 76'
- 27
Bench-
21
David Silva ↑ 70'
- 2
- 5
- 22
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47
Phil Foden ↑ 76'
- 26
- 33
Coach Pep GuardiolaFK Shakhtar Donetsk
Starting XI- 15
- 98
- 31
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10
Junior Moraes ↓ Danylo Sikan 90'
- 30
- 4
- 22
- 6
- 20
- 21
- 14
Bench-
8
Marcos Antonio ↑ 81'
- 5
- 50
- 1
- 28
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19
Manor Solomon ↑ 65'
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45
Danylo Sikan ↑ 90'
Coach Luis Castro -
Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
2019-11-26 Manchester City FC 1–1 FK Shakhtar Donetsk D 2019-11-23 Manchester City FC 2–1 Chelsea FC W 2019-11-10 Liverpool FC 3–1 Manchester City FC L 2019-11-06 Atalanta BC 1–1 Manchester City FC D 2019-11-02 Manchester City FC 2–1 Southampton FC W 2019-10-26 Manchester City FC 3–0 Aston Villa FC WFK Shakhtar Donetsk Form
2019-11-26 Manchester City FC 1–1 FK Shakhtar Donetsk D 2019-11-06 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3–3 FK Shakhtar Donetsk D 2019-10-22 FK Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb D 2019-10-01 Atalanta BC 1–2 FK Shakhtar Donetsk W 2019-09-18 FK Shakhtar Donetsk 0–3 Manchester City FC L 2019-02-21 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 FK Shakhtar Donetsk L