Braga v Shakhtar Donetsk background

Shakhtar are looking to make it six Group H wins in as many games as they travel to Braga, who will join their table-topping opponents in the round of 32 with a victory.

• Shakhtar have clinched the group. They will join the pantheon of seven teams who have achieved six wins in a UEFA Europa League group stage with another three points in Portugal.

• Braga have six points and will follow their guests into the round of 32 with a victory, or if Gent – on five points – fail to win at eliminated Konyaspor. Braga have an away goals head-to-head advantage over Gent.

Previous meetings
• Shakhtar won 2-0 at home to Braga on matchday two – their fifth victory against the Portuguese side, with an aggregate score of 13-1.

• Under Mircea Lucescu, the Donetsk outfit beat Domingos Paciência's Braga 3-0 away and 2-0 at home in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. They then eliminated Paulo Fonseca's Arsenalistas in last term's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, prevailing 2-1 in Portugal and 4-0 at home.

• Braga are yet to win in seven encounters with Ukrainian clubs – two draws in addition to their five defeats by Shakhtar.

• Shakhtar's 17 matches against Portuguese teams have ended W7 D4 L6 (W4 D1 L3 in Portugal).

Form guide
• Braga are unbeaten in their last seven UEFA Europa League group stage home games (W6 D1).

• Shakhtar, Zenit and Schalke are the only sides who have made it to matchday six with five victories.

• Shakhtar are this season's most prolific scorers with 17 goals – an average of 3.4 a game – and they have the most positive goal difference in the 2016/17 competition (+14).

• Losing finalists in 2011, Braga have successfully navigated all five of their preceding UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns.

• Tournament winners in 2009, Shakhtar have maintained their 100% record by sailing through the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage for a third time.

Links and trivia
• The journey from Donetsk to Braga is around 3,700km.

• Shakhtar left-back Ismaily joined from Braga in 2013.

• Shakhtar's Darijo Srna has played 143 UEFA club matches, the highest total of any player in this season's UEFA Europa League. His nearest rival, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimović, has made 132 appearances.

The coaches
• José Peseiro returned for a second stint as Braga coach this summer, following a brief spell in charge of Porto. A lower-league forward, he was Carlos Queiroz's assistant at Real Madrid and later occupied the helms of Sporting, Panathinaikos and Rapid Bucureşti.

• Paulo Fonseca took the Shakhtar helm this summer after Mircea Lucescu moved on following 12 years in the post. His Braga team were ousted by Shakhtar in last term's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, but went on to land the Portuguese Cup.

Chapecoense commemoration
Teams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League fixtures will observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team and accompanying delegation.

The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional.

"European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation [CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy has shaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it."