PSV vs Shakhtar Donetsk Head-to-Head: Record, Stats & Form (Updated September 2026)

PSV host Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League on 10 September 2026, a fixture that pits two sides sitting in the lower half of this season’s 36-team league phase table against each other. PSV currently occupy 20th place in that table, with Shakhtar Donetsk just behind in 23rd – though both clubs have played zero matches in the competition so far this season, so those positions reflect the opening standings rather than results on the pitch.

Head-to-Head Record

The head-to-head history between these two clubs is limited to a single recorded meeting. PSV won that clash 3-2 in the Champions League on 27 November 2024, meaning PSV hold a 1-0 advantage in this fixture with no draws recorded. Across that one meeting, five goals were scored in total, matching the average of 5 goals per meeting derived from it. With only one previous encounter on record, current form and tournament context carry far more weight than any historical pattern between these sides.

PSV: Recent Form

PSV go into this match on the back of a W-W-W-W-D-L run across their last six matches, taking four wins, one draw and one loss for a points-per-game figure of 2.17. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 10 in that span, with a 3-1 win away at AFC Ajax their most recent result and a 6-1 win at FC Utrecht before that. PSV have failed to keep a single clean sheet in these six matches, and were held scoreless once, in a 0-4 defeat to AZ Alkmaar in the Johan Cruijff Schaal.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Recent Form

Shakhtar Donetsk arrive with an identical points-per-game mark of 2.17 from their last six matches, also returning four wins, one draw and one loss, but on a tighter goal difference of 10 scored to 4 conceded. Their most recent result was a 2-1 win over FC Karpaty Lviv, following a 0-2 loss to Polissya Zhytomyr. They have kept three clean sheets in this run and failed to score twice, though it should be noted that one of these six matches – a 0-0 draw with Bursaspor – was a friendly rather than a competitive fixture.

Form and Record at a Glance

• PSV lead the head-to-head 1-0 from the single previous meeting, a 3-2 win in November 2024.
• PSV have won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last six matches, scoring 18 and conceding 10 goals (ppg 2.17).
• Shakhtar Donetsk have also won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last six, with a stronger 10-4 goal difference and three clean sheets, though one match was a friendly.
• PSV have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last six matches; Shakhtar Donetsk have kept three.
• PSV sit 20th and Shakhtar Donetsk 23rd of 36 teams in this season’s Champions League league phase, with neither side having played a match yet.
• The one previous meeting between the sides produced 5 goals in total.

How PSV and Shakhtar Donetsk Compare

Both sides carry the same 2.17 points-per-game rate into this fixture, but the shape of their form differs: PSV have been the more prolific attacking side, averaging 3.00 goals for per match against Shakhtar Donetsk’s 1.67, while Shakhtar Donetsk have been tighter defensively, conceding just 0.67 per game on average compared to PSV’s 1.67 and recording three clean sheets to PSV’s none. In the Champions League league phase table itself, PSV’s 20th place sits three spots above Shakhtar Donetsk’s 23rd of 36, though with zero matches played by either club so far this season, neither position yet reflects results in the competition.