Antwerp-Shakhtar Donetsk is a match for the second day of the Champions League group stage and will be played on Wednesday at 18:45: line-ups, predictions.
Two teams with zero points who will obviously play for a place in the Europa League. In Group H of the Champions League, Barcelona and Porto will go ahead and there can be no argument, which is why the match between Antwerp and Shakhtar puts up points that are immediately heavy and could already be decisive.
Between the two teams it is the first ever crossroads, so there is no history to help put the match into context. So in this case we are going to analyse what is the moment that the two formations are experiencing. And which objectively is not good. After taking five slaps from Barcelona on their debut in this competition, Antwerp have picked up three draws in the league. The peculiarity is that they have all come by 0-0 scores. So if something at the back has been improved, in front the cartridges are wet and do not allow the coach to sleep soundly. The Ukrainians – who, let us remember, play their home games in Germany – have collected three different results in the matches since the cup opener, lost to Porto. A draw, a win, and the last one a defeat against Vorskla, who incidentally, with their women’s team, will meet Roma next week for the last qualifying round of the Champions League.
On paper it is a triple match. Yes, neither has those qualities greater than the other to be certain of winning this match. So let’s go on the experience that Skakhtar has put aside over the years. So let’s say that the guests should not lose.
Shakhtar’s Sikan
The Prediction
Emotions shouldn’t be too many. The technical qualities, for the Champions League, are below average. What is certain, or at least seems certain, is that the guests should not lose this match. A match that, in any case, should give at least one goal per team.
Antwerp-Shakhtar Donetsk
likely line-ups
- ANVERSA (4-2-3-1): Butez; Bataille, Alderweireld, Coulibaly, Wijndal; Vermeeren, Keita; Kerk, Ekkelenkamp, Muja; Janssen.
- SHAKHTAR DONETSK (4-3-3): Riznyk; Konoplya, Rakitskyi, Matvienko, Azarovi; Sudakov, Stepanenko, Bondarenko; Zubkov, Kelsey, Sikan.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
