Head-to-Head: RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk

RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk is defined by two emphatic Champions League away wins in 2022 that pointed in opposite directions. Shakhtar won 4-1 in the Leipzig fixture on 6 September, and RB Leipzig answered with a 4-0 victory in the return fixture on 2 November. The reversal makes the matchup unpredictable without assigning the contrast to venue, leaving each new meeting open to a different balance.

Upcoming matches, RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk

20 January 2027 - 20:00 Group Stage

RB Leipzig

VS

Shakhtar Donetsk

Past matches, RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk

2 November 2022 Group F - 6

Shakhtar Donetsk

0 - 4

RB Leipzig

Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego
6 September 2022 Group F - 1

RB Leipzig

1 - 4

Shakhtar Donetsk

Red Bull Arena

Match center

Shakhtar Donetsk

0 - 4

2 November 2022

RB Leipzig

Starting eleven

Substitutes Shakhtar Donetsk

14
F
23
D
17
M
7
M
16
M
30
G
1
G
27
M
4
D
20
F
32
D
19
F

RB Leipzig Substitutes

F
10
M
7
D
39
D
23
D
37
G
34
G
36
F
38
M
8

Match events

45'

90'

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10'
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C. Nkunku Normal Goal
19'

E. Forsberg T. Werner
24'

Bogdan Mykhaylichenko Yellow Card
50'
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André Silva Normal Goal (Asst: M. Simakan)
59'

D. Sikan L. Traoré
59'

Lucas Taylor Y. Konoplya
59'

N. Đurasek H. Sudakov
62'
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D. Szoboszlai Normal Goal (Asst: C. Nkunku)
66'

Lucas Taylor Yellow Card
67'

Dani Olmo D. Szoboszlai
67'

B. Henrichs M. Simakan
67'

M. Halstenberg D. Raum
68'
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V. Bondar Own Goal
74'

A. Diallo X. Schlager
74'

A. Totovytskyi M. Mudryk
81'

D. Kryskiv A. Bondarenko
89'

Danylo Sikan Yellow Card

Stats for this game

Matchup RB Leipzig VS Shakhtar Donetsk

Opposite winners in 2022

The 2022 Champions League group meetings produced a striking reversal. Shakhtar Donetsk won 4-1 in the Leipzig fixture on 6 September, turning a strong attacking margin into an away success. When the clubs met again on 2 November, RB Leipzig replied with a 4-0 victory in the return fixture. Both results were emphatic, yet the winning side changed completely, making the direct comparison resistant to a simple hierarchy.

Reversal is the defining feature

The contrast matters more than either scoreline in isolation. Shakhtar’s four-goal performance was followed by Leipzig’s clean-sheet answer, so neither club can treat the 2022 sequence as proof of permanent control. The two results also offer no sound basis for assigning the difference to a lasting venue effect. Future meetings will test whether one side can turn that volatile exchange into a sustained edge, or whether RB Leipzig vs Shakhtar Donetsk remains a pairing capable of changing direction sharply from one contest to the next.