Barcelona vs Shakhtar 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Barcelona

28': Ferran Torres
36': Fermín López

FT
2 - 1

Shakhtar Donetsk

62': Georgiy Sudakov

Barcelona edge Shakhtar to stay perfect in Champions League

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First-half goals from Ferran Torres and Fermin Lopez helped Barcelona secure a 2-1 home win against Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League Group H tie on Wednesday night.

Match Commentary

28': Goal! Barcelona 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
36': Goal! Barcelona 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 0. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
43': Ferran Torres (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Barcelona 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
45': Second Half begins Barcelona 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
50': Dmytro Kryskiv (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Goal! Barcelona 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 1. Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Irakli Azarovi with a through ball.
63': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Newerton replaces Dmytro Kryskiv.
70': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Kevin Kelsy replaces Danylo Sikan.
71': Substitution, Barcelona. Alejandro Balde replaces Marcos Alonso.
72': Yukhym Konoplya (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Guiu replaces João Félix because of an injury.
75': Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Fermín López.
82': Substitution, Barcelona. Andreas Christensen replaces Íñigo Martínez.
87': Valeriy Bondar (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Eguinaldo replaces Taras Stepanenko.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Shakhtar Donetsk 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 41,409

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

SHK		BAR
17	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	0
46.3	Possession	53.7
11	SHOTS	19
1	ON GOAL	6
0.1	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
380	Accurate Passes	445
455	Passes	520
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	6
9	Crosses	19
0.1	Cross %	0.3
45	Long Balls	44
20	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
6	Blocked Shots	5
13	Effective Tackles	3
27	Tackles	3
0.5	Tackle %	1.0
6	Interceptions	4
24	Effective Clearances	13
24	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Barcelona (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
5	Iñigo Martínez
4	Ronald Araújo
17	Marcos Alonso
2	João Cancelo
18	Oriol Romeu
22	Ilkay Gündogan
32	Fermín López
7	Ferran Torres
14	João Félix
27	Lamine Yamal

Substitutes:

Marc Casadó, Hector Fort, Marc Guiu, Ander Astralaga, Alejandro Balde, Aleix Garrido, Iñaki Peña, Pau Cubarsí, Andreas Christensen.

Shakhtar Donetsk (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Dmytro Riznyk (GK)
22	Mykola Matviyenko
5	Valeriy Bondar
16	Irakli Azarovi
26	Yukhym Konoplia
10	Georgiy Sudakov
6	Taras Stepanenko
21	Artem Bondarenko
14	Danylo Sikan
8	Dmytro Kryskiv
11	Oleksandr Zubkov

Substitutes:

Dmytro Topalov, Eguinaldo, Denil Castillo, Marian Shved, Newertton, Yehor Nazaryna, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Artur Rudko, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Kevin Kelsy, Oleh Ocheretko, Giorgi Gocholeishvili.