Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League · Wednesday 5 October 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Real Madrid beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 October 2022. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Rodrygo opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Rodrygo (13') and Vinicius Junior (28'). Shakhtar Donetsk scored through Oleksandr Zubkov (39').

Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Shakhtar Donetsk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 19th on 6 points from 2 and Shakhtar Donetsk 33rd on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrygo of Real Madrid (9.1), ahead of Anatoliy Trubin (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Shakhtar Donetsk.