2018-19 Champions League: economic head-to-head of O. Lyonnais - Shakhtar Donetsk on 02/10/2018

With more than 5.4 million followers on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, on 01/10/2018), Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Conforama) totals more than 3 times more than Shakhtar Donetsk ( Premier-Liga, UKR), which has nearly 1.7 million, as the two teams face off against each other in the second matchday of Group F in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League  at Groupama Stadium (Lyon, FRA), to be played behind closed doors, on Tuesday 02/10/2018 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

Olympique Lyonnais has an average attendance of 51,330 spectators at Groupama Stadium (57,206 capacity) after 8 rounds of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 Conforama (90% fill rate), while Shakhtar Donetsk hosts an average of 6,769 spectators at the OSK Metalist Stadion after 10 rounds of the Premier-Liga (fill rate of 17%). It should be noted that Shakhtar Donetsk is currently not playing its home games in its usual stadium, the Donbass Arena, which has been partially damaged in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbass region since 2014. For the domestic league, as in the Champions League, the Ukrainian club…