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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS OSK Metalist Stadion - Kharkiv Thursday 20 February 2020 18.55CET (19.55 local time) FC Shakhtar Donetsk Round of 32, First leg SL Benfica Last updated 18/08/2020 17:41CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 18 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Benfica Thursday 20 February 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Lucarelli 30 (P); 04/12/2007 GS 1-2 Donetsk Benfica Cardozo 6, 22 SL Benfica - FC Shakhtar 03/10/2007 GS 0-1 Lisbon Jádson 42 Donetsk Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 SL Benfica 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Stoiljković 43, N. SC Braga - FC Shakhtar 08/12/2016 GS 2-4 Braga Vukčević 89; Kryvtsov Donetsk 22, 62, Taison 39, 66 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SC Stepanenko 5, 29/09/2016 GS 2-0 Lviv Braga Kovalenko 56 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Srna 25 (P), Ricardo FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SC 4-0 14/04/2016 QF Lviv Ferreira 43 (og), 73 Braga agg: 6-1 (og), Kovalenko 50 Wilson Eduardo 89; SC Braga - FC Shakhtar 07/04/2016 QF 1-2 Braga Rakits'kyy 45, Donetsk Ferreyra 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aboubakar 87; 10/12/2014 GS FC Porto - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Porto Stepanenko 50 Alex Teixeira 52, Luiz 30/09/2014 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Porto 2-2 Lviv Adriano 85; Martínez 89 (P), 90+4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/11/2011 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Porto 0-2 Donetsk Hulk 79, Raţ 90 (og) Hulk 28, Kléber 51; 13/09/2011 GS FC Porto - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Porto Luiz Adriano 12 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Benfica Thursday 20 February 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SC Raţ 78, Luiz Adriano 08/12/2010 GS 2-0 Donetsk Braga 83 Luiz Adriano 56, 72, SC Braga - FC Shakhtar 28/09/2010 GS 0-3 Braga Douglas Costa 90+2 Donetsk (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 04/11/2008 GS 1-0 Lisbon Derlei 73 Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Sporting 22/10/2008 GS 0-1 Donetsk Liedson 76 Clube de Portugal UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Boavista 1-1 Potskhveria 79; 02/10/1997 R1 Donetsk FC agg: 4-3 Latapy 89 Lopes 35, Litos 44; Boavista FC - FC Shakhtar 18/09/1997 R1 2-3 Porto Zubov 29, Atelkin 60, Donetsk 63 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 21/03/1984 QF FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Porto Donetsk Grachov 63; Walsh 72 agg: 3-4 Pacheco 41 (P), Frasco 48, Pereira 70; 07/03/1984 QF FC Porto - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 Porto Morozov 6, Sokolovski 38 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/2016 GS SL Benfica - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Lisbon Salvio 45+2 (P) 19/10/2016 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica 0-2 Kyiv Salvio 9 (P), Cervi 55 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Sachko 48, Yesin 74; 27/08/2009 PO FC Vorskla Poltava - SL Benfica Poltava agg: 2-5 Saviola 59 Di María 31, Cardozo 20/08/2009 PO SL Benfica - FC Vorskla Poltava 4-0 Lisbon 55 (P), Saviola 57, Weldon 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/2008 GS SL Benfica - FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-1 Lisbon Rykun 84 3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Benfica Thursday 20 February 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Brito 25, 62, Isaías 01/04/1992 R3 (GS) SL Benfica - FC Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 Lisbon 70, Yuran 82, 86 27/11/1991 R3 (GS) FC Dynamo Kyiv - SL Benfica 1-0 Kyiv Salenko 31 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Lima 55, 60, Ricardo 21/03/1990 QF FC Dnipro - SL Benfica Dnipropetrovsk agg: 0-4 86 07/03/1990 QF SL Benfica - FC Dnipro 1-0 Lisbon Magnusson 8 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Shakhtar Donetsk 9 3 3 3 9 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 18 8 4 6 30 21 SL Benfica 6 4 0 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 7 0 4 19 6 4 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Benfica Thursday 20 February 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Match background Shakhtar Donetsk host Benfica in the first leg of the only UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie between teams that competed in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Both clubs are participating in this round for the sixth time. • Shakhtar's hopes of prolonging their UEFA Champions League campaign into the spring were dashed on Matchday 6 when, needing a win against Atalanta in Kharkiv to guarantee qualification from Group C, they lost 0-3 – their joint heaviest home European defeat. The Ukrainian side ended up with six points, one fewer than Benfica, whose chances of further UEFA Champions League progress ended with a 2-2 draw at RB Leipzig on Matchday 5 but who subsequently sealed third spot in Group G by defeating Zenit 3-0 in Lisbon. Previous meetings • The clubs' only previous pairing was in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage, when both claimed away wins, Shakhtar 1-0 in Lisbon and Benfica 2-1 in Donetsk, with current Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov playing in both games. Neither club made it through to the knockout phase, Benfica finishing third and Shakhtar fourth behind AC Milan and Celtic. • Shakhtar's nine home games against Portuguese visitors have yielded three wins, three draws and three defeats. They have won the last two, both in the UEFA Europa League against Braga in Lviv, the first 4-0 in the 2015/16 quarter-final second leg to seal a 6-1 aggregate victory, the second 2-0 in the following season's group stage. Viktor Kovalenko scored in both matches, with Taras Stepanenko finding the net in the 2016/17 win. This is Shakhtar's first game against a Portuguese team in Kharkiv. • Benfica have won three of their five previous UEFA encounters in Ukraine, losing the other two. The Eagles were triumphant on their most recent visit, beating Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage. They have won their last four fixtures, home and away, against Ukrainian sides. Form guide Shakhtar • Shakhtar won the Ukrainian league last season, claiming the title for the 12th time and also completing a domestic double for the third season in a row, which gave them a third successive appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage – and 14th in all. • The Pitmen picked up only one win in the group stage, 2-1 at Atalanta with an added-time winner on Matchday 2. They then drew three games in succession, two against Dinamo Zagreb (2-2 h, 3-3 a) and the third, 1-1, away to a Manchester City side who had beaten them 3-0 in Kharkiv on Matchday 1. They ended the section exactly as they finished it with that decisive defeat by Atalanta to book a fourth UEFA Europa League round of 32 berth in five seasons. • The 2008/09 UEFA Cup winners have been successful in only one of their previous five UEFA Europa League round of 32 ties, overcoming Schalke 3-0 on aggregate (0-0 h, 3-0 a) in 2015/16, when they went all the way to the semi- finals. The defeats have come against Fulham in 2009/10 (1-2 a, 1-1 h), Viktoria Plzeň in 2013/14 (1-1 a, 1-2 h), Celta Vigo in 2016/17 (1-0 a, 0-2 h) and Eintracht Frankfurt in 2018/19 (2-2 h, 1-4 a). They have yet to win a home leg in this round of the competition (D3 L2). • The Donetsk club are without a win in seven home European fixtures (D4 L3), though they won four in a row prior to that sequence – all in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League, the last of them 2-1 against Roma in the round of 16 first leg. Their last home win in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase was that 4-0 victory against Braga in 2015/16. Benfica • Champions of Portugal for a record 37th time last season, Benfica thus qualified for a tenth successive appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage – and 15th in all.