Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 13 March 2018

Result

Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League · Tuesday 13 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Roma · Shakhtar Donetsk · Champions League predictions

Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report

Roma won against Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 13 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Edin Dzeko of Roma in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards; Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 23rd on 11 points from 7 and Shakhtar Donetsk 14th on 15 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aleksandar Kolarov of Roma (7.8), level with Edin Džeko (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Roma win, 0 draws and 4 for Shakhtar Donetsk.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Alessandro FlorenziRoma
  • 52'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · K. ManolasRoma
  • 71'Yellow card · Taras StepanenkoShakhtar Donetsk
  • 76'Yellow card · FredShakhtar Donetsk
  • 80'Yellow card · Facundo FerreyraShakhtar Donetsk

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Roma 1, draws 0, Shakhtar Donetsk 4.

Team news

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Federico Fazio, Aleksandar Kolarov, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele De Rossi, Kevin Strootman, Cengiz Ünder, Edin Džeko, Diego Perotti

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

Andriy Pyatov, Bogdan Butko, Ivan Ordets, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Ismaily, Fred, Taras Stepanenko, Marlos, Taison, Bernard, Facundo Ferreyra