2018-19 UEFA Champions League Group F Manchester City Vs Shakhtar Donetsk @ Etihad Stadium Wednesday Nov 07,2018

 

  

Head-to-head

• City have won two of their three Champions League encounters with Shakhtar Donetsk, losing the other in December 2017.
• Shakhtar have never won an away European match in England in seven attempts (W0 D1 L6) - in their most recent game there, they lost 0-2 to City.
• Shakhtar faced 24 shots in their 0-3 defeat to City, the most they had faced in a Champions League game since September 2015 against Real Madrid (26).

Manchester City

• City have lost their last three home Champions League games, all in 2018 and all by the same scoreline - 1-2 against Basel, Liverpool and Lyon.
• Should City lose against Shakhtar, they will be the first English side in the history of the European football elite competition to lose four consecutive home matches - the only other side to lose three in a row are Spurs in November 2016.
• De Bruyne has assisted six goals in his last 12 Champions League appearances for City, including one against Shakhtar in October - all assists have been for different players (David Silva, John Stones, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling, Gundogan and Aymeric Laporte).
• Since his Champions League debut for City in September 2011, only striker Sergio Aguero (33) has been involved in more goals for the club than Silva (15, seven goals, eight assists).

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Shakhtar have lost seven of their last nine away Champions League matches (W1 D1), though they avoided defeat in their last away game at Lyon, drawing 2-2.
• Ukrainian sides have never won in England in 28 attempts in European competition (W0 D6 L22) - the last team to avoid defeat were Dynamo Kiev in March 2016 at the Etihad against City, a 0-0 draw.
• Twenty-one of Shakhtar's last 22 away Champions League goals have been scored by Brazilian players; the last Brazilian to score at the Etihad against City in the competition was Roberto Firmino for Liverpool in April 2018.

Manchester City beat Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0

Goalscorers for Manchester City

• David Silva (13' minutes), 
• Gabriel Jesus (24' minutes pen, 72' minutes pen, 90'+2 minutes), 
• Raheem Sterling (48' minutes), 
• Riyad Mahrez (84' minutes)

Manchester City recorded their biggest win in the Champions League as they thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk - but an injury-time goal in the other Group F match meant they must wait to secure qualification for the last 16.

Pep Guardiola's side are top of the group and were heading into the next phase, until 10-man Hoffenheim came from 2-0 down and scored a 92nd-minute equaliser to draw 2-2 with Lyon

But City will qualify as group winners with one game to spare if they beat Lyon in France on Tuesday Nov 27,2018

Six goals again for City - the statistics

• Manchester City have scored six (or more) goals in back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since November 1987 when they followed up a 10-1 second-tier win over Huddersfield Town with a 6-2 win at Plymouth in the now-defunct Full Members Cup.
• City midfielder David Silva has scored three goals in the 2018-19 Champions League, his best tally in a single season in the competition. He has scored in three successive Champions League games for the first time.
• Gabriel Jesus is the first player to score two penalties in a Champions League game for an English club since Wayne Rooney did so for Manchester United against Otelul Galati in October 2011.
• Jesus is the third player to score a Champions League hat-trick for Manchester City after Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero (twice).
• Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez has had a hand in seven goals his six starts at home in the Champions League (three goals, four assists).
• This 6-0 victory ended a run of three consecutive Champions League defeats for Manchester City at the Etihad, and was their biggest ever win in any European competition in their history.