Shakhtar Donetsk vs BSC Young Boys

Shakhtar Donetsk have won three of their last four UEFA Champions League home games (L1), this after only winning one of their previous 16 such fixtures beforehand (D8 L7).

Young Boys remain winless in all 11 of their UEFA Champions League away games (D2 L9), with only AEK Athens (15) and APOEL Nicosia (14) playing more away matches in the competition without ever winning.

This was the first time that Shakhtar Donetsk came from behind to win a UEFA Champions League home game in which they conceded the opening goal since February 2018 against Roma.

Shakhtar Donetsk faced Young Boys in the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase – both legs ended in 2-0 home wins, with the Swiss side progressing from the tie via a penalty shootout.

Young Boys’ only two competitive European meetings with a Ukrainian side was in the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League group stage (excluding qualifiers), drawing 2-2 away and losing 1-0 at home to Dynamo Kyiv.

Shakhtar Donetsk have had just two shots on target in the UEFA Champions League this season, the fewest of any side and fewer than a Young Boys player has managed (Silvere Ganvoula, 4). They are the first side with two shots on target in their first three games in a season since Dinamo Zagreb in 2016-17.

Only Bologna (41) have had more shots without scoring in the UEFA Champions League than Young Boys (37) this season. The Swiss side are also one of only two sides to lose all three games without scoring, along with FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Young Boys have lost their last four UEFA Champions League matches and have suffered defeat in 14 of their 21 games overall (67%), the joint fourth worst defeat percentage in Champions League history among teams to play 20+ games.