Anderlecht 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2016

Result

Anderlecht 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2016, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

Anderlecht · Shakhtar Donetsk · Europa League predictions

Anderlecht 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report

Anderlecht were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Eduardo da Silva of Shakhtar Donetsk in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Anderlecht received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Anderlecht were 21st on 15 points from 9 and Shakhtar Donetsk 91st on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Anderlecht lined up in a 4-4-2 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yaroslav Rakitskyi of Shakhtar Donetsk (8.0), ahead of Ismaily (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Anderlecht wins, 1 draw and 0 for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Going into the match Anderlecht's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Shakhtar Donetsk's D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Bram NuytinckAnderlecht
  • 15'Yellow card · MarlosShakhtar Donetsk
  • 21'Yellow card · Steven DefourAnderlecht
  • 36'Yellow card · O. KucherShakhtar Donetsk
  • 46'Yellow card · Olivier DeschachtAnderlecht
  • 65'Yellow card · Imoh EzekielAnderlecht
  • 81'Yellow card · Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk
  • 84'Second yellow · O. KucherShakhtar Donetsk
  • 86'Red card · K. MbodjiAnderlecht
  • 90+3'Goal · Eduardo da SilvaShakhtar Donetsk · 0-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Anderlecht 0, draws 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

Team news

Anderlecht line-up (4-4-2)

Silvio Proto, Olivier Deschacht, Sami Qaeid, Andy Nájar, Bram Nuytinck, Stéphane Badji, Dennis Praet, Steven Defour, Frank Acheampong, Imoh Ezekiel, Stefano Okaka

Shakhtar Donetsk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andriy Pyatov, Oleksandr Kucher, Ismaily, Darijo Srna, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Taras Stepanenko, Marlos, Maksym Malyshev, Taison, Viktor Kovalenko, Facundo Ferreyra