On 16 February, one of the matches in the Europa League took place. Shakhtar Donetsk and Rennes France met.
Europa League
"Shakhtar Donetsk v Rennes France 2-1 (2-0)
Goals: D. Kryskiv (11), A. Bondarenko (45+1) - K. Toko Ecambi (59)
Warnings: T. Stepanenko (40), Burigo (43), K. Ugochukvu (56), B. Mykhaylichenko (84), O. Zubkov (85), Omari (85)
88th minute, Goal, Rennes, B. Meling The match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Rennes was memorable as at the break the scoreline was 2-0 in favour of the home side. Dmitry Kryskev's goal on 11 minutes and Shakhtar's penalty on 45 minutes gave Shakhtar a two goal lead. "Rennes started to pile on the pressure and on 59 minutes, K. Toko Ekambi's goal made it 2-1.
Then, both teams made substitutions: A. Guiry and D. Due replaced J. Doku and I. Salah. Doku and Salah were replaced by Rennes, while Traore and Sican were replaced by Kryskev and Petryak. However, in the 88th minute, the game was finally decided. Rennes got the ball in a dangerous position. Meling slotted it into the net. The match, which took place at the Meiski Legia Warszawa stadium named after Marshal Józef Piłsudski, ended 2-1 in favour of Rennes.
In the next round, the opponents will play Rennes vs Shakhtar and Rennes vs Shakhtar.
Shakhtar vs Rennes match statistics
| Shakhtar | Rennes | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 14 | Shots | 18 |
| 3 | Blocked kicks | 5 |
| 9 | Kicks from the penalty area | 7 |
| 5 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 11 |
| 9 | Offences | 11 |
| 2 | Corner | 8 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 50% | Possession of the ball | 50% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 1 |
| 453 | Total assists | 447 |
| 390 | Accurate passes | 377 |
| 86% | Accuracy of transmissions | 84% |