Gent 3-5 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016

Result

Gent 3-5 Shakhtar Donetsk

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-3

Gent · Shakhtar Donetsk · Europa League predictions

Gent 3-5 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report

Gent were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 3-5 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 November 2016. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Kalifa Coulibaly opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Gent's goals came from Kalifa Coulibaly (1'), J. Perbet (83') and Danijel Miličević (89'). Shakhtar Donetsk scored through Marlos (36', penalty), Taison (41'), Taras Stepanenko (45+3'), Fred (67') and Facundo Ferreyra (87').

Discipline: Gent received no yellow cards; Shakhtar Donetsk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Gent were 10th on 14 points from 7 and Shakhtar Donetsk 24th on 12 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Gent lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Taison of Shakhtar Donetsk (8.6), ahead of Facundo Ferreyra (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Kalifa CoulibalyGent · 1-0
  • 36'Penalty goal · MarlosShakhtar Donetsk · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · TaisonShakhtar Donetsk · 1-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk
  • 45+3'Goal · Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk · 1-3
  • 67'Goal · FredShakhtar Donetsk · 1-4
  • 83'Goal · J. PerbetGent · 2-4
  • 87'Goal · Facundo FerreyraShakhtar Donetsk · 2-5
  • 89'Goal · Danijel MiličevićGent · 3-5

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Gent line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jacob Rinne, Nana Asare, Lasse Nielsen, Rami Gershon, Renato Neto, Brecht Dejaegere, Thomas Foket, Anderson Esiti, Kalifa Coulibaly, Moses Simon, Danijel Miličević

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

Andriy Pyatov, Oleksandr Kucher, Ismaily, Darijo Srna, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Taras Stepanenko, Fred, Bernard, Marlos, Taison, Facundo Ferreyra