Shakhtar Donetsk have never beaten FC Porto in four attempts in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L2); it's the joint-most they've faced an opponent without winning in the competition (along with Inter and Milan), while Porto have only faced Marseille more often without ever losing (6).

In all European competition, FC Porto have never lost an away match against Ukrainian opposition (W3 D4). Their last three such matches have all finished level, with this their first since a 2-2 draw at Dynamo Kyiv in September 2015.

This is Shakhtar Donetsk's 18th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, the joint-most of any Ukrainian side along with Dynamo Kyiv.

This is Shakhtar Donetsk's seventh consecutive appearance in the UEFA Champions League. They reached the round of 16 in 2017-18 but have failed to get out of the group stages in any of the subsequent five campaigns.

FC Porto are participating in their 27th UEFA Champions League campaign, with only Barcelona and Real Madrid (28 each) featuring in the competition more.

FC Porto's 212 games in the UEFA Champions League is the sixth highest total of any side in the competition, while their 71 defeats is the most any side has suffered.

Porto won each of their last four group games in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League. Only once have they had a longer winning run in the group stages of the competition, winning five in a row in the 2018-19 campaign.

Shakhtar Donetsk have won just three of their last 22 UEFA Champions League matches (D10 L9), with two of those victories coming against Real Madrid in the 2020-21 campaign.

Taras Stepanenko has featured in 11 different editions of the UEFA Champions League to date, while he will equal Andrii Pyatov (12) for the most different seasons played in the competition for Shakhtar Donetsk if he features in this match.

Mehdi Taremi was directly involved in seven goals in five group stage games for FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League last season (five goals and two assists). Indeed, the only players with more combined goals and assists in the group stage last term were Kylian Mbappé (10), Lionel Messi (8) and Mohamed Salah (8).