Feyenoord face adult to Shakhtar challenge
A initial assembly between Feyenoord and FC Shakhtar Donetsk finds both wanting to regroup after defeats on matchday two.
• While a Dutch champions were going down 3-1 during SSC Napoli in their second fixture – their second better in as many Group F games – Shakhtar lost 2-0 during territory leaders Manchester City FC.
• The Ukrainian bar sojourn in second place on 3 points, however, turn with Napoli and 3 behind City. Feyenoord are nonetheless to get off a symbol carrying conceded 7 goals in their dual reversals so far.
Match background
Feyenoord
• The Dutch side’s record during home to clubs from Ukraine is W1 D2 L1. Their many new fixtures came in a 2016/17 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, when they won 1-0 during home to FC Zoryn Luhansk before a 1-1 divided pull in Odessa.
• Having beaten a same opponents 4-3 during home in a 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs, Feyenoord are dominant in their final 4 matches (W2 D2) opposite Ukrainian opposition, given a 1-0 detriment during home to FC Dynamo Kyiv in Aug 2012. That was a third better (D1) in their initial 4 games with teams from Ukraine.
• Beaten 4-0 during home by Manchester City on opening night, Feyenoord have not purebred a home win in a UEFA Champions League, organisation theatre to final, given a 2-1 success over FC Spartak Moskva in Rotterdam on 31 Oct 2001. Their record given is D2 L2.
• Having carried a initial Eredivisie pretension in 18 years final season, Feyenoord are in a final 32 of a UEFA Champions League for a initial time given 2002/03, when they were separated in a initial organisation stage.
• The Rotterdammers mislaid in a third subordinate turn in both 2012/13 (to FC Dynamo Kyiv – 1-2 in Ukraine, 0-1 in Holland) and 2014/15 (Beşiktaş JK).
Shakhtar
• This is Shakhtar’s fifth diversion opposite a bar from a Netherlands – and they have mislaid all a prior four, scoring 3 goals and surrender ten.
• Their many new contests came opposite AZ Alkmaar in a 2004/05 UEFA Cup turn of 16, a 3-1 home defeat preceding a 2-1 retreat in a Netherlands (2-5 on aggregate).
• In a same foe in 1999/2000, Shakhtar were beaten 2-0 during Roda JC and 3-1 during home in a initial turn (1-5 aggregate).
• Shakhtar, who started 2017/18 with a 2-1 win during home to Napoli on matchday one, are creation their seventh organisation theatre coming in 8 seasons and their 12th in total – all given 2000. They have got to a final 16 on 3 occasions: 2010/11 (when they were quarter-finalists), 2012/13 and 2014/15.
• In 2016/17, a Ukrainian side mislaid to BSC Young Boys in a third subordinate turn (2-0 home, 0-2 away, 2-4 on penalties). They eventually done it to a UEFA Europa League turn of 32, going down to RC Celta de Vigo (1-0 away, 0-2 home aet).
• Shakhtar had won their prior 5 European divided games before losing during Manchester City, and have picked adult victories in 8 of their final 11 matches outward Ukraine, losing a other three.
Coach and actor links
• Giovanni outpost Bronckhorst was in a Netherlands organisation that achieved a 3-0 accessible win opposite Ukraine during a Stadion Feijenoord on 24 May 2008.
• Andriy Pyatov and Kenneth Vermeer faced any other twice during a 2006 UEFA Under-21 Championship in Portugal. Ukraine kick Netherlands 2-1 in a organisation theatre though were degraded 3-0 in a final.