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1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 25 August 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OSC Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv

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Shakhtar Donetsk are looking to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the fifth season in a row and hold the edge as Monaco come to Kharkiv for the conclusion of their play-off tie. • A first European goal for Shakhtar midfielder Pedrinho 19 minutes into the first leg at the Stade Louis II ultimately separated two sides who have made 24 UEFA Champions League group appearances between them. Monaco are bidding to feature for the first time in three seasons while their Ukrainian opponents have not missed out since 2016/17. Previous meetings • The first leg was the clubs' first meeting since their only previous tie, in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup first round. Shakhtar were 2-1 winners in the home first leg in Donetsk, Mykhaylo Sokolovsky scoring both goals, but Monaco turned the tie round with a 2-0 second-leg victory thanks to two goals in five second-half minutes from Delio Onnis (49) and Christian Dalger (53). Form guide Shakhtar • Shakhtar's run of four successive titles was ended in 2020/21 as they finished second to great rivals , ending the season 11 points adrift in second place. Defeat in the quarter- finals ensured the Pitmen finished without a trophy for the first time since 2014/15. • That meant Shakhtar started the 2021/22 European campaign in the third qualifying round, where they beat Genk 2- 1 in both Belgium and . • This is only Shakhtar's second UEFA Champions League play-off. They defeated Rapid Wien 3-2 on aggregate in 2015/16 (1-0 a, 2-2 h), scoring in both legs. • Shakhtar's 2020/21 European campaign started in the UEFA Champions League group stage where, despite wins away (3-2) and home (2-0) against Real Madrid, they finished third in Group B behind the Spanish side and Borussia Mönchengladbach having picked up only two more points, although they did edge out eventual Italian champions Internazionale. A team coached by Luís Castro then overcame Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 (2-0 a, 1-0 h) before losing to Roma in the last 16 (0-3 a, 1-2 h). • Castro was replaced after two years as Shakhtar coach by , who joined from Sassuolo in the summer. • UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists in 2010/11, Shakhtar are aiming to reach the group stage for the 16th time and have been eliminated in the group stage on 11 of the previous 15 occasions, including the last three. • Their victory at Monaco was Shakhtar's first in five games against French clubs (D2 L2), with the most recent fixtures before this season the draws away (2-2) and home (1-1) with Lyon in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage. They have won three of their seven games at home to visitors (D3), the sole defeat a 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Shakhtar have won three of their last four home European games, losing the other to Roma last season. • Shakhtar have won 11 of the 12 UEFA competition ties in which they were victorious away from home in the first leg, the only aberration an extra-time defeat by Celta Vigo in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League round of 32 (1-0 a, 0-2 h aet). That was one of only two previous ties in which the Pitmen won 1-0 in the away first leg, the other coming against Rapid Wien in that 2015/16 UEFA Champions League play-off. • Shakhtar's record in two UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W0 L2: 1-4 v Club Brugge, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round 2-4 v Young Boys, 2016/17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round Monaco • Third in Ligue 1 in 2020/21, five points behind champions LOSC Lille, Monaco are aiming to reach the group stage for the tenth time and the first since 2018/19. • Monaco's last UEFA Champions League campaign, three years ago, was also their most recent foray into European football before this season. In 2018/19 they finished fourth in Group A behind Borussia Dortmund, Atlético de Madrid and Club Brugge, picking up only one point from their six matches (D1 L5). • That extended Monaco's winless European run to 14 games (D3 L11), since a 3-1 home victory against Dortmund in the quarter-final second leg in April 2017. • Niko Kovač's side ended that long sequence without a victory in this season's third qualifying round, winning 2-0 at

2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 25 August 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OSC Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Sparta Praha before a 3-1 home success. • This is Monaco's third UEFA Champions League play-off. They lost to Valencia in 2015/16 (1-3 a, 2-1 h) before beating Villarreal the following season (2-1 a, 1-0 h) – making it three wins in a row before the first leg against Shakhtar. • Runners-up in 2004, Monaco have also reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on three further occasions, in 1993/94, 1997/98 and 2016/17. • Aside from their three games against Shakhtar, Monaco's only other fixtures against a Ukrainian club came in the 1990/91 UEFA Cup second round, George Weah scoring the only goal of their tie against Chornomorets Odesa 14 minutes into the second leg at the Stade Louis II. • The win at Sparta in this season's third qualifying round ended Monaco's seven-game run without an away European victory (D3 L4). • Monaco have lost all six UEFA competition ties in which they were defeated in the home first leg, most recently against Juventus in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (0-2 h, 1-2 a). That includes two ties in which they were beaten 1-0 in the home first leg – against Galatasaray in the 1988/89 European Cup quarter-finals (1-1 a) and Olympiacos in the 1992/93 European Cup Winners' Cup second round (0-0 a). • Monaco's penalty shoot-out record in UEFA competitions is W1 L0: 3-1 v Real Valladolid, 1989/90 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final Links and trivia • Monaco coach Kovač was in the Salzburg side beaten 3-2 on aggregate (1-0 h, 1-3 a) by Shakhtar in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The second leg was the Croatian's last match as a player in the competition. • Shakhtar's Marlon spent 2017/18 on loan at French side Nice, making his debut in a 4-0 Ligue 1 win at home to Monaco on 9 September 2017. • Shakhtar's saved a penalty from Cesc Fàbregas in Ukraine's 1-0 loss to Spain in Kyiv in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying on 12 October 2015. • Fàbregas had, however, scored a penalty past Pyatov in Arsenal's 5-1 defeat of Shakhtar in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 19 October 2010. • and played one game together for Sevilla – a 3-0 loss to Barcelona in the second leg of the 2016 Spanish Super Cup. • Have also played together: Yevhen Konoplyanka & Alexander Nübel (Schalke, 2016–18) Dodô, Maycon & Caio Henrique (Brazil U20 and U23, 2016–20) Pedrinho & Caio Henrique (Brazil U23, 2019–20) Marcos Antônio, Tetê & Caio Henrique (Brazil U23, 2020) • While Shakhtar won 3-0 at ten-man Chornomorets Odesa at the weekend to record their fourth successive victory in all competitions, Monaco dropped to 19th in Ligue 1 after losing 0-2 at home to Lens – their third successive defeat without scoring in nine days.

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4 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 25 August 2021 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OSC Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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