UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Olimpico - Rome Thursday 11 March 2021 21.00CET (21.00 local time) AS Roma Round of 16, First leg FC Shakhtar Donetsk Last updated 12/05/2021 12:19CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Match officials 20 Legend 22 1 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Thursday 11 March 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Olimpico, Rome Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 13/03/2018 R16 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Rome Džeko 52 agg: 2-2 ag FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Ferreyra 52, Fred 71; 21/02/2018 R16 2-1 Kharkiv Roma Cengiz Ünder 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 3-0 Willian 18, 58, 08/03/2011 R16 Donetsk Roma agg: 6-2 Eduardo 87 Raţ 28 (og), Ménez AS Roma - FC Shakhtar 61; Jádson 29, 16/02/2011 R16 2-3 Rome Donetsk Douglas Costa 36, Luiz Adriano 41 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS 22/11/2006 GS 1-0 Donetsk Marica 61 Roma Taddei 67, Totti 76, 12/09/2006 GS AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Rome De Rossi 79, Pizarro 89 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Roma 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 8 9 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 9 8 AS Roma - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bangoura 63; Panucci 27/11/2007 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - AS Roma 1-4 Kyiv 4, Giuly 32, Vučinić 36, 78 19/09/2007 GS AS Roma - FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 Rome Perrotta 9, Totti 70 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dellas 73 (og), 23/11/2004 GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - AS Roma 2-0 Kyiv Shatskikh 82 0-3 15/09/2004 GS AS Roma - FC Dynamo Kyiv Rome Match forfeited f FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Thursday 11 March 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Olimpico, Rome UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC 09/12/2020 GS 0-0 Milan Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC 27/10/2020 GS 0-0 Kyiv Internazionale Milano UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Martínez 19, 74, FC Internazionale Milano - FC 17/08/2020 SF 5-0 Dusseldorf D'Ambrosio 64, R. Shakhtar Donetsk Lukaku 78, 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Atalanta Castagne 66, Pašalić 11/12/2019 GS 0-3 Kharkiv BC 80, Gosens 90+4 Zapata 28; Júnior Atalanta BC - FC Shakhtar 01/10/2019 GS 1-2 Milan Moraes 41, Solomon Donetsk 90+5 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SSC Napoli - FC Shakhtar Insigne 56, Zieliński 21/11/2017 GS 3-0 Naples Donetsk 81, Mertens 83 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SSC Taison 15, Ferreyra 13/09/2017 GS 2-1 Kharkiv Napoli 58; Milik 72 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/12/2012 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus 0-1 Donetsk Kucher 56 (og) Bonucci 25; Alex 02/10/2012 GS Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Turin Teixeira 23 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers F. Inzaghi 66, 90+3, 06/11/2007 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-3 Donetsk Kaká 72 Gilardino 6, 14, 24/10/2007 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 Milan Seedorf 62, 69; Lucarelli 51 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC 1-1 24/08/2005 QR3 Milan Recoba 13; Elano 24 Shakhtar Donetsk agg: 3-1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Martins 68, Adriano 10/08/2005 QR3 0-2 Donetsk Internazionale Milano 78 3 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Thursday 11 March 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Olimpico, Rome UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kaká 52, 90+2, 24/11/2004 GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0 Milan Crespo 53, 85 14/09/2004 GS FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC Milan 0-1 Donetsk Seedorf 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Claudio López 48, 68, 25/10/2000 GS1 SS Lazio - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Rome 90, Favalli 54, Verón 57; Vorobey 41 Claudio López 27, 12/09/2000 GS1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SS Lazio 0-3 Donetsk Nedvěd 68, S. Inzaghi 78 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vicenza Calcio - FC Shakhtar 2-1 Luiso 24, Viviani 70; 06/11/1997 R2 Vicenza Donetsk agg: 5-2 Atelkin 59 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Vicenza Zubov 56; Luiso 1, 89, 23/10/1997 R2 1-3 Donetsk Calcio Beghetto 49 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 08/12/1976 R3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - Juventus Donetsk Schevliuk 35 agg: 1-3 Bettega 16, Tardelli 24/11/1976 R3 Juventus - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 Turin 19, Boninsegna 38 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Roma 5 3 0 2 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 6 14 15 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 13 5 1 7 13 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 27 7 4 16 20 54 4 AS Roma - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Thursday 11 March 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Olimpico, Rome Match background Familiar foes in the UEFA Champions League, Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk meet for the first time in the UEFA Europa League with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. The Italian side are led by former Shakhtar coach Paulo Fonseca. • Roma kicked off their 2020/21 European campaign in the UEFA Europa League group stage, registering 13 points as they topped Group A, three ahead of fellow qualifiers Young Boys. They progressed to the round of 16 for the second successive season by winning both round of 32 legs, 2-0 away and 3-1 at home against Braga – another of Fonseca's former clubs. • Shakhtar crossed over in the winter from the UEFA Champions League, their final tally of eight points in a congested Group B leaving them third behind Real Madrid and Borussia Mönchengladbach despite two wins against the Spanish champions. Home and away victories against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 mean the Ukrainian champions are also in the last 16 for the second season in a row. Previous meetings • The clubs have been drawn together three times before in the UEFA Champions League, and while Shakhtar have four wins to Roma's two, each club has won one of the two knockout ties. • After the sides had traded home wins in the 2006/07 group stage, Shakhtar beat Roma 6-2 on aggregate (3-2 a, 3-0 h) in the 2010/11 round of 16, thus reaching the quarter-finals of the competition for the first, and as yet only, time. The Italian club avenged that defeat seven years later at the same stage with an away goals success (1-2 a, 1-0 h) as they went on to reach the semi-finals – also their best UEFA Champions League showing. Edin Džeko scored Roma's second-leg winner. • Roma have also faced Shakhtar's domestic rivals Dynamo Kyiv twice in the UEFA Champions League group stage, losing both games in 2004/05 (0-3 h forfeit, 0-2 a) and winning at home (2-0) and away (4-1) three years later. That makes their all-time record against Ukrainian clubs W4 L6. • This is Shakhtar's 28th UEFA encounter with Italian opposition (W7 D4 L16) and their sixth in the last 18 months, the three most recent having all been against Internazionale – a 5-0 defeat in neutral Düsseldorf in last season's UEFA Europa League semi-final and two goalless draws in this term's UEFA Champions League group stage. The Pitmen have failed to score in five of their last six matches against Serie A sides, the exception a 2-1 win against Atalanta at the Stadio San Siro in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage in which Júnior Moraes and, in added time, Manor Solomon found the net. Form guide Roma • Roma finished fifth in Serie A last term to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage for the second season running and fourth time in all. Fonseca's side were defeated 2-0 by eventual winners Sevilla in last season's round of 16, which remains the furthest the club has gone in the UEFA Europa League – though they were UEFA Cup runners- up in 1990/91. • The Giallorossi made it four qualifications from as many UEFA Europa League group stage participations this term, and a third as group winners. They secured this season's round of 32 place with two group games to spare, doing the double over both Young Boys (2-1 a, 3-1 h) and CFR Cluj (5-0 h, 2-0 a) but dropping points in both games against bottom-placed CSKA-Sofia (0-0 h, 1-3 a).