Shakhtar Donetsk vs Young Boys, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
· UEFA Champions LeagueShakhtar fight back to sink Young Boys
Shakhtar Donetsk staged a quick comeback to secure a 2-1 home victory over Swiss side Young Boys in their Champions League group clash on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt missed. Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ebrima Colley with a through ball.
- 3': Hand ball by Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 4': Foul by Artem Bondarenko (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 4': Kastriot Imeri (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eguinaldo.
- 9': Offside, Shakhtar Donetsk. Eguinaldo is caught offside.
- 10': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Zachary Athekame.
- 12': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Zachary Athekame.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 13': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Ebrima Colley.
- 15': Attempt saved. Eguinaldo (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov with a through ball.
- 16': Attempt missed. Kastriot Imeri (Young Boys) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zachary Athekame with a cross.
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Kastriot Imeri (Young Boys).
- 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 18': Attempt missed. Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov.
- 18': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 19': Foul by Lewin Blum (Young Boys).
- 19': Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Ebrima Colley (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 21': Foul by Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 26': Delay in match (Young Boys).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 27': Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Young Boys 1. Kastriot Imeri (Young Boys) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cheikh Niasse.
- 29': Delay in match because of an injury Loris Benito (Young Boys).
- 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 31': Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 1, Young Boys 1. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
- 32': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Cheikh Niasse.
- 33': Substitution, Young Boys. Lukasz Lakomy replaces Loris Benito because of an injury.
- 33': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Sandro Lauper.
- 35': Attempt saved. Eguinaldo (Shakhtar Donetsk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yukhym Konoplia with a cross.
- 36': Ebrima Colley (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36': Foul by Dmytro Kryskiv (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 37': Foul by Zachary Athekame (Young Boys).
- 37': Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Delay in match because of an injury Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 39': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Cheikh Niasse.
- 40': Foul by Lewin Blum (Young Boys).
- 40': Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Lewin Blum (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 41': Goal! Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1. Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eguinaldo.
- 44': Attempt missed. Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lewin Blum with a cross.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys).
- 45'+1': Mykola Matviienko (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Foul by Zachary Athekame (Young Boys).
- 45'+3': Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+3': Zachary Athekame (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+4': Offside, Shakhtar Donetsk. Artem Bondarenko is caught offside.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1.
- 45': Substitution, Young Boys. Joël Monteiro replaces Kastriot Imeri.
- 46': Foul by Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 46': Lewin Blum (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Eguinaldo (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 47': Sandro Lauper (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Zachary Athekame (Young Boys).
- 47': Pedro Henrique (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Zachary Athekame (Young Boys).
- 48': Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Cheikh Niasse.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 50': Attempt saved. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 51': Ebrima Colley (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 54': Attempt missed. Artem Bondarenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yukhym Konoplia.
- 56': Cheikh Niasse (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Eguinaldo (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 58': Delay in match because of an injury Sandro Lauper (Young Boys).
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Delay in match (Young Boys).
- 62': Substitution, Young Boys. Meschack Elia replaces Darian Males.
- 62': Substitution, Young Boys. Rhodri Smith replaces Sandro Lauper because of an injury.
- 62': Substitution, Young Boys. Alan Virginius replaces Ebrima Colley.
- 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 65': Attempt missed. Lukasz Lakomy (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 67': Foul by Lukasz Lakomy (Young Boys).
- 67': Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Danylo Sikan replaces Eguinaldo.
- 70': Foul by Cheikh Niasse (Young Boys).
- 70': Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70': Cheikh Niasse (Young Boys) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov following a set piece situation.
- 73': Attempt saved. Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov with a cross.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 73': Attempt missed. Silvere Ganvoula (Young Boys) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 74': Foul by Meschack Elia (Young Boys).
- 74': Pedro Henrique (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt missed. Zachary Athekame (Young Boys) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 76': Foul by Lukasz Lakomy (Young Boys).
- 76': Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Rhodri Smith (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zachary Athekame with a cross.
- 78': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Cheikh Niasse.
- 79': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Marlon Gomes replaces Kevin.
- 79': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov following a corner.
- 81': Alan Virginius (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 81': Foul by Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 81': Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 83': Foul by Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 83': Lewin Blum (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Bondarenko.
- 84': Corner, Shakhtar Donetsk. Conceded by Zachary Athekame.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 85': Delay in match because of an injury Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 89': Foul by Dmytro Kryskiv (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 89': Zachary Athekame (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Yukhym Konoplia.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Offside, Shakhtar Donetsk. Danylo Sikan is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Foul by Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 90'+2': Lewin Blum (Young Boys) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Artem Bondarenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Lukasz Lakomy (Young Boys).
- 90'+3': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Taras Stepanenko replaces Dmytro Kryskiv.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Bartol Franjic replaces Artem Bondarenko.
- 90'+4': Foul by Marlon Gomes (Shakhtar Donetsk).
- 90'+4': Joël Monteiro (Young Boys) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Cheikh Niasse (Young Boys) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Keller.
- 90'+5': Corner, Young Boys. Conceded by Marlon Gomes.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1.
- 0': Match ends, Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1.
Statistics
 YB |
SHK |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 51.4 | Possession | 48.6 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 375 | Accurate Passes | 344 |
| 445 | Passes | 420 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 16 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 13 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 31 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 31 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: VELTINS-Arena
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Attendance: 17,420
Venue: VELTINS-Arena
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Attendance: 17,420
UEFA Champions League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 4 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | +7 | 10 |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 4 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Brest | 4 | +6 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Shakhtar Donetsk (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Dmytro Riznyk (GK) |
| 22 | Mykola Matviyenko |
| 5 | Valeriy Bondar |
| 13 | Pedrinho |
| 26 | Yukhym Konoplia  |
| 10 | Georgiy Sudakov |
| 8 | Dmytro Kryskiv |
| 21 | Artem Bondarenko |
| 7 | Eguinaldo |
| 37 | Kevin Macedo |
| 11 | Oleksandr Zubkov |
Young Boys (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 33 | Marvin Keller (GK) |
| 23 | Loris Benito |
| 30 | Sandro Lauper |
| 27 | Lewin Blum |
| 24 | Zachary Athekame |
| 10 | Kastriot Imeri |
| 20 | Cheikh Niasse |
| 7 | Filip Ugrinic |
| 35 | Silvére Ganvoula |
| 11 | Ebrima Colley |
| 39 | Darian Males |
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