Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Roma: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 21 February 2018
Result
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Roma
Champions League · Wednesday 21 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Roma: match report
Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Roma 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Cengiz Ünder opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Shakhtar Donetsk's goals came from Facundo Ferreyra (52') and Fred (71'). Roma scored through Cengiz Ünder (41').
Discipline: Shakhtar Donetsk received 2 yellow cards; Roma received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Shakhtar Donetsk were 21st on 12 points from 6 and Roma 23rd on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Shakhtar Donetsk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fred of Shakhtar Donetsk (7.8), level with Taison (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Shakhtar Donetsk wins, 0 draws and 1 for Roma.
Going into the match Shakhtar Donetsk's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Roma's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 41'Goal · Cengiz Ünder
- 52'Goal · Facundo Ferreyra
- 71'Goal · Fred
- 80'Yellow card · Facundo Ferreyra
- 90+1'Yellow card · Diego Perotti
- 90+1'Yellow card · Taison
Head-to-head
Team news
Shakhtar Donetsk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andriy Pyatov, Bogdan Butko, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Ismaily, Taras Stepanenko, Fred, Marlos, Taison, Bernard, Facundo Ferreyra
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Federico Fazio, Aleksandar Kolarov, Daniele De Rossi, Kevin Strootman, Cengiz Ünder, Radja Nainggolan, Diego Perotti, Edin Džeko