Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk: UEFA Champions League - BBC Sport

All four UEFA Champions League meetings between Arsenal and Shakhtar Donetsk have been won by the home side, in the 2000-01 and 2010-11 group stages; the Gunners won 3-2 at Highbury in 2000 and 5-1 at the Emirates in 2010.

Shakhtar Donetsk have failed to win any of their seven away UEFA Champions League matches in England, all in the group stages (D1 L6). They did avoid defeat on their last visit though, drawing 1-1 with Manchester City in November 2019.

Arsenal havenâ€TMt lost a home game in the group/league stage of the UEFA Champions League since September 2015 (2-3 v Olympiakos), winning eight of the nine such games since then (D1). Indeed, the Gunners have kept a clean sheet in all eight victories in that run.

Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in both of their games in the UEFA Champions League this season (0-0 v Atalanta and 2-0 v Paris SG), while they last kept three in a row in the competition back in September-November 2007 under Arsà ̈ne Wenger (4).

Shakhtar Donetsk are one of only four teams yet to score in the UEFA Champions League this season, while the Ukrainian side rank last in the competition for total shots (10, level with Lille) and shots on target (1) through their opening two matches.

In open play, Shakhtar Donetsk have progressed the ball upfield slower than any other team in the UEFA Champions League this season (0.97 metres per second). Indeed, theyâ€TMre one of only three sides who havenâ€TMt recorded a direct attack in the competition this term, along with Girona and PSV Eindhoven.

Arsenalâ€TMs Kai Havertz has made the most high-intensity pressures in the final third of any player in the UEFA Champions League this season (57). Indeed, the most by a player in a single game in the competition this season was by Havertz, in his last outing versus Paris SG (37).

Excluding own goals, Danylo Sikan has been directly involved in four of Shakhtar Donetskâ€TMs last seven away goals in the UEFA Champions League (three goals and one assist).

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has scored four UEFA Champions League goals against Shakhtar Donetsk, all while playing for Man City, including a hat-trick against them in November 2018. Only Cristiano Ronaldo (five) has more goals against Shakhtar in the competition.

Bukayo Saka has scored five goals from eight shots on target for Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League. Since the start of last season, he is the player whoâ€TMs overperformed his expected goals total by the biggest margin in the competition in this period (+3.27 â€" five goals from 1.73 xG).