Zorya Luhansk vs Shakhtar Donetsk — Premier League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 8+ matches
Zorya Luhansk22%
Shakhtar Donetsk54%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Shakhtar Donetsk creates 71% more chances
Season form · 14 home / 8 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Zorya Luhansk ↓
Most likely 0–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Zorya Luhansk at home — creates 1.14, concedes 1.33 · 14 matches
Shakhtar Donetsk away — creates 2.12, concedes 0.88 · 8 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Zorya Luhansk attack 1.14 + Shakhtar Donetsk defence 0.88 → ÷2 → 1.01
Shakhtar Donetsk attack 2.12 + Zorya Luhansk defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.73
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 54%?"
Shakhtar Donetsk at 54% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 54% does not mean "Shakhtar Donetsk will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Zorya Luhansk substitutes
Shakhtar Donetsk substitutes
Shakhtar Donetsk
LNZ Cherkasy
Polessya
Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Kolos Kovalivka
Kryvbas KRZorya Luhansk
Karpaty
Epitsentr Dunayivtsi
Veres Rivne
Kudrivka
Obolon'-Brovar
Ruh Lviv
Oleksandria
SK Poltava
Livyi Bereh
Ahrobiznes VolochyskIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Statistics
Zorya Luhansk host Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday, 24 May 2023 at 14:00. The match is part of the Premier League 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Zorya Luhansk vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Zorya Luhansk 3-0 in Premier League on May 24, 2023.
Goals: H. Sudakov (5'), A. Bondarenko (59'), K. Kelsy (83').
Shakhtar Donetsk controlled possession (58%) and registered 15 shots to 6.
The match was played at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky in Kiev.