Shakhtar Donetsk 2 - 2 1899 Hoffenheim: Finished | 2018-09-19 | Champions League

Goalkeepers	G	GC	SAV
Andriy Pyatov	0	2	4

Forwards	G	A	SHO	FC	FS
Júnior Moraes	0	1	0	5	0

Midfielders	A	SHO	FC	FS
Marlos	1	0	1	0
Taras Stepanenko	0	2	0	0
Taison	0	2	0	4
Alan Patrick 76'	0	0	2	1
Sergiy Bolbat 57'	0	0	0	0

Defenders	G	SHO	FC	FS
Bogdan Butko	0	0	0	1
Ismaily 27'	1	2	0	1
Davit Khocholava	0	1	0	2
Yaroslav Rakitskiy	0	0	1	1

Substitutes	G	SHO	FC	FS
Viktor Kovalenko 57'(Sergiy Bolbat)	0	0	0	0
Maycon 76'(Alan Patrick) 81'	1	1	0	0
Fernando	0	0	0	0
Oleg Danchenko	0	0	0	0
Andriy Totovytsky	0	0	0	0
Serhii Kryvtsov	0	0	0	0
Oleksiy Shevchenko	0	0	-	-

Goalkeepers	G	GC	SAV
Oliver Baumann	0	2	2

Forwards	G	A	SHO	FC	FS
Joelinton	0	0	1	2	1
Ádám Szalai 75'	0	0	1	1	0

Midfielders	G	A	SHO	FC	FS
Florian Grillitsch 6'	1	0	1	1	1
Andrej Kramaric 85'	0	1	4	0	2
Leonardo Bittencourt 64'	0	1	1	2	3

Defenders	G	SHO	FC	FS
Pavel Kaderábek	0	0	1	0
Nico Schulz	0	1	1	1
Stefan Posch	0	1	1	0
Kevin Vogt	0	0	0	1
Håvard Nordtveit 38'	1	2	1	0

Substitutes	SHO	FC	FS
Kerem Demirbay 64'(Leonardo Bittencourt)	0	0	0
Steven Zuber 75'(Ádám Szalai)	1	0	0
Reiss Nelson 85'(Andrej Kramaric)	0	0	0
Vincenzo Grifo	0	0	0
Justin Hoogma	0	0	0
Kevin Akpoguma	0	0	0
Gregor Kobel	0	-	-

90'+5'

That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed our coverage of this entertaining Champions League fixture!

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Manchester City play Lyon in the other match in this group later this evening, and Shakhtar travel to Lyon in their next Champions League fixture, while Hoffenheim host Manchester City.

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And there's the full-time whistle! A breathtaking game finishes all square as Shakhtar Donetsk and Hoffenheim share the points. Both sides attacked with vigour and energy throughout, and produced three goals of real quality between them, alongside one from an error. Grillitsch drew first blood for Hoffenheim with a lovely dink, before Ismaily's mazy run and clever finish drew the sides level. Questions will be asked of Pyatov following Nordtveit's unchallenged header, but none can be asked of Baumann following substitute Maycon's sizzling long-range strike into the far corner! It finishes 2-2 in Ukraine!

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FULL-TIME: SHAKHTAR DONESTK 2-2 HOFFENHEIM

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The referee is keen to let play go on as he allows another robust challenge to go unpunished, before Kaderabek smashes the ball into the back of a Shakhtar defender.

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NO FOUL! What a call by the referee! Posch dives in to try and win the ball as the last man, and upends the striker! He doesn't look to have touched the ball, but the referee waves play on! He's got away with one there!

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There will be FIVE minutes of added time. Plenty of action left to come!

90'

SAVE! It's a good corner, and it falls kindly for Marlos inside the box, but he can only find the goalkeeper's gloves through the crowd as Baumann makes a crucial save!

89'

Shakhtar win a corner down the right. This could be one of their last chances to snatch a winner.

87'

Both sides clearly want to win here, but neither is throwing caution to the wind in search of a late winner. To come away from this game with nothing would be cruel on either side.

85'

Arsenal loanee Nelson enters the fray for Kramaric as Nagelsmann trusts the exciting young talent to restore his side's advantage.

82'

CHANCE! Shakhtar could be ahead! The ball is fizzed across the face of goal and Baumann misses it, but it just doesn't take the touch it needs to go into the back of the net!

81'

Marlos squared the ball for the substitute outside the area, and the attacking midfielder delivered a quality strike!

81'

GOOOAAALLL!!!! WHAT A HIT BY MAYCON! Shakhtar are level at 2-2, and it's a glorious strike from the substitute! It falls to him outside the box, and he takes one touch to set himself, before unleashing a bullet of a strike through the crowd that arrows past the goalkeeper and into the far corner! We're all square again!

80'

MISS! Zuber tries an ambitious strike from outside the box, and it's dipping, but just over the bar!

79'

SAVE! Taison has a golden chance to level the game as he surges into space on the left, but then rolls a tame effort straight at the goalkeeper!

77'

YELLOW! And Rakitskiy is very lucky it's not red. Schulz charges past several defenders on the left before sliding the ball through for Kramaric, and Rakitskyi takes him out with just the goalkeeper to beat! The central defender is a very lucky man.

76'

For Shakhtar, Maycon comes in for Patrick to try and provide a spark in the side.

75'

There's a change apiece now, and Szalai is replaced by Zuber as Nagelsmann trades a striker for a midfielder in an attempt to see the rest of the game out a little more securely.

73'

Hoffenheim are keeping their opponents at arm's length for now, as the Ukrainian champions seem to be flagging a touch, movong the ball a little too slowly to cause any real problems.

71'

The tempo of the game has finally dropped a little as Shakhtar take a breather on the ball. Their back four passes it around on the halfway line as Hoffenheim are forced to sit in and try to keep things tight.

69'

The hosts have dominated possession since scoring, but these sides are locked together very evenly thus far. Shakhtar just can't find a way back into the game yet.

67'

MISS! Shakhtar carve their way through down the left and try to cut it back into the box, but it's just behind its intended target, and has to be worked backwards twice before Moraes sends the ball high over the bar.

64'

Nagelsmann makes his first change, and it's Demirbay on for Bittencourt, who provided the excellent assist for his side's opening goal.

62'

CHANCES! Ismaily fires wide at the near post before Kramaric's long-range strike is blocked bravely away! No sign of either side relaxing in this one!

60'

OFFSIDE! A Shakhtar corner is headed half-clear, before Moraes plays it through for Kovalenko, who squares and the ball is in the back of the net, but the substitute was offside.

59'

CHANCE! Shakhtar have a two-on-two as they break with the ball, but Taison's pass out wide is overhit and goes out for a goal-kick!

58'

CHANCE! What a chance for Shakhtar, who work an intricate move excellently in a crowded central space. Marlos eventually lays the ball off for Taison to strike, but there's too many bodies in the box and it cannons away!

57'

It's an early change for Fonseca as he replaces Bolbat on the left with Kovalenko. The wide midfielder had been quiet and Shakhtar need to be firing on all cylinders to get back into this one.

55'

Kramaric makes a nuisance of himself on the left wing as he twists and turns before pulling the ball back to the edge of the box, where Bittencourt tries a first-time effort that is blocked away.

53'

MISS! The free-kick is right on the edge of the box and to the left of goal. Kramaric tries to go for the top-left corner over the wall, but it's just too high! It was always going to be difficult to get it up and down from that close in.

52'

YELLOW! Joelinton produces a lovely piece of skill on the edge of the box, and a desparate Patrick hauls him down just outside the area, and picks up a yellow card.

50'

SAVE! Hoffenheim work a brilliant attack as Schulz works it into the middle, and it's pinged into Szalai, who lays it off for Kramaric and his stinging, low drive is palmed away by Pyatov and stays in play, before the keeper pounces on the loose ball as Joelinton tries to play it back into the danger zone.

48'

Ismaily wins a free-kick on the left and it's worked across to the right where Marlos eventually tries a shot, but there's far too many bodies in the way and the ball is blocked and cleared.

47'

Shakhtar are straight out of the blocks at the start of this half, pushing Hoffenheim back into a 5-3-2 as they work it around quickly. They look like a side that have been fired up at half-time.

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And we're back underway!

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HALF-TIME: SHAKHTAR DONETSK 1-2 HOFFENHEIM

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Neither side seems to be able to control the game, and we could see plenty more chances in the second half. Fatigue could certainly come into play in the latter stages, along with the strength of the respective benches. It doesn't see, as though either side is equipped for anything other than attacking, and it's made for a breathless affair thus far!

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And breathe! What a half of football that was! End-to-end stuff right from the off, as Hoffenheim took an early lead through Grillitsch's delightful chip, and dominated the opening minutes. However, they were pegged back by a sublime goal from Ismaily, who beat his man on the left and guided the ball coolly into the far corner with the outside of his boot. Poor defending from the hosts allowed Hoffenheim to restore their advantage, however, as Nordtveit nodded in a corner almost completely unchallenged! It's 2-1 to Hoffenheim at the break!

45'

YELLOW! Moraes goes in recklessly on Bittencourt in frustration and picks up a deserved booking.

42'

It's Shulz's turn to give away a silly foul and alleviate the pressure on Shakhtar as he battles with Butko on the flank.

40'

CHANCES! First, Kramaric drags a right-footed shot wide from outside the box, beofre Taison draws a save from Baumann with a long-range shot of his own. It was straight down the middle though, and no trouble for the keeper.

38'

Kramaric's corner was into a good area, but the defending was very poor by Shakhtar. It's no wonder they haven't kept a clean sheet in what is now 11 consecutive Champions League games.

38'

GOAL!! 2-1!! Nordtveit puts Hoffenheim back into the lead! Pyatov does very poorly as he allows Nordtveit to get to the ball ahead of him and head home unchallenged! The goalkeeper has been very up-and-down this evening.

37'

Hoffenheim win a corner on the left as they start to impose themselves on the game once again. This is end-to-end stuff!

35'

SAVE! Shulz gets away down the left and floats a wonderful cross into the centre of the box, where Bittencourt had ghosted in, but his downward header is held well by Pyatov!

33'

BLOCK! Marlos goes for goal from outside the area on his weaker right foot, and it's blocked away. They certainly look the liklier side to score at the moment.

31'

Moraes is a little overzealous and concedes a free-kick on Bittencourt that relieves the pressure on Hoffenheim. The hosts have been a different animal in the last five minutes or so.

29'

YELLOW! Grillitsch then has to haul Taison down as Shakhtar break again, and earns himself a yellow card for a cynical challenge. The hosts have their tails up now!

28'

SAVE! What a game this is! Joelinton tries to put his side back into the lead from inside the box as he goes with the outside of his right boot, but the ball deflects off Pyatov and then a defender and is then hacked clear!

27'

Moraes played the left-back down the line from a deep position, and was probably hoping to get the ball back, but his left-back went alone and scored superbly!

27'

GOAL!! WHAT A GOAL BY ISMAILY! Shakhtar are level at 1-1 after missing a gilt-edged chance, and this is quite a goal from the left-back. He surges down the line before cutting back inside, and looks to have overrun it a touch, but manages to guide a low effort with the outside of his left boot low into the far corner! Game on!

26'

MISS! A poor free-kick is recycled by Shakhtar and they get another chance to cross through Rakitskyi, but Stepaneko can only head over the bar from close range!

24'

It's all-action in this game still as Hoffenheim drive forward once again, but the attack fizzles out this time. They look confident and energetic on their Champions League debut.

22'

BLOCK! Joelinton smacks one at goal from distance that's heading on target, but it's deflected over the bar by a brave Patrick, who put his body on the line.

20'

SAVE! It's Shakhtar's turn to produce a quality move, as Ismaliy works it into the middle before Marlos slips it out wide for Butko to cross dangerously to the edge of the six-yard box, forcing Baumann to fly out of his goal and punch clear!

18'

Ismaily tries a cross from the left as Shakhtar feel their way forward again, but it's well dealt with by the Hoffenheim defence.

16'

SAVE! WHAT A SAVE! Kaderabak heads a cross back into the mixer where Szalai is lurking, and the striker swivels and smacks a sweet left-footed volley at goal from close range, but Pyatov is able to repel the powerful effort! Hoffenheim looking good value for a second so far.

14'

Shakhtar earn a corner and try to work it to the edge of the box. The chance looks to have gone, but Bolbat releases Ismaily down the left cleverly to cross. However, Baumann holds it well at his near post.

12'

Baumann is charged down by Moraes and is almost tackled on the penalty spot, but just about manages to clear the ball to safety! Had he lost the ball in that position, the Shakhtar striker would have been faced with an empty net! Risky play from the goalkeeper there!

10'

Hoffenheim have been forced to retreat into their own half as Shakhtar hold their high line and advance slowly upfield. No evidence of them being carved open at the moment though.

8'

Shakhtar are just trying to steady themselves following that early blow. They're keeping the ball at the back and moving it around, not trying anything too ambitious just yet.

6'

The passing play in midfield was excellent, before Bittencourt found the perfect pass to split open the hosts' defence. Nagelsmann has got his side playing wonderful football.

6'

GOAL!!! It's 1-0 to Hoffenheim! The Germans open the scoring early after a lovely interchange in midfield sees Bittencourt slip the ball through for the advancing Grillitsch, who dinks the ball over the onrushing Pyatov and into the back of the net! Lovely goal!

5'

Butko is forced to concede a corner as he blocks a cross down the left-hand side, but Pyatov just about gets to the cross and punches unconvincingly clear.

3'

Nordveit looks to launch a quick attack from deep as he pings a ball over the top for Szalai, but the Hungarian striker went too early and is caught offside. Both sides are holding a high line here, and it could lead to plenty of chances.

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And we're underway!

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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Champions League Group F fixture between Shakhtar Donetsk and Hoffenheim at the Metalist Stadium in Ukraine.

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Exciting Arsenal loanee Reiss Nelson came off the bench to make his debut and scored for Hoffenheim in their last game, but he hasn't done quite enough to earn a start tonight, and remains on the bench as Julian Nagelsmann names an unchanged line-up.

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They come here after a patchy start to their Bundesliga season, having lost on the opening day to defending champions Bayern Munich, and lost their last game against Fortuna Dusseldorf despite a resounding win over Freiburg in between.

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Hoffenheim substitutes: Reiss Nelson, Kerem Demirbay, Steven Zuber, Gregor Kobel, Justin Hoogma, Vincenzo Grifo, Kevin Akpoguma

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Hoffenheim XI (3-1-4-2): Oliver Baumann; Stefan Posch, Havard Nordtveit, Kevin Vogt; Florian Grillitsch; Pavel Kaderabek, Andrej Kramaric, Leonardo Bittencourt, Nico Schulz; Joelinton, Adam Szalai

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Shakhtar Donetsk substitutes: Maycon, Fernando, Viktor Kovalenko, Sergey Krivtsov, Oleg Danchenko, Andriy Totovytsky, Oleksiy Shevchenko

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Shakhtar Donetsk XI (4-2-3-1): Andriy Pyatov; Ismaily, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Davit Khotcholava, Bogdan Butko; Alan Patrick, Taras Stepanenko; Sergiy Bolbat, Taison, Marlos; Moraes

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