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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta Prediction & Betting tips
Atalanta is doing well in the Serie A, but after disappointing performances in the Champions League, elimination beckons. The only chance to overwinter in the Champions League is if the team wins the away match against Shakhtar. The Ukrainians also have to win, because when Dinamo Zagreb wins against Manchester City, the team still flies out. In short, anything can happen in this group.
Shakhtar Donetsk:
Shakhtar Donetsk and the concept of supremacy go hand in hand. Seventeen times a Ukrainian team has tried to beat the winner of the double in the 2018/19 season, but no team has actually succeeded. Twice there was a draw, but all other games were won by Shakhtar Donetsk. In the cup it was already in the eighth final due to a lost penalty shootout against Dinamo Kiev.
In the Champions League, the team of Luís Castro appears to be just as unapproachable. The first round went down 0-3 against Manchester City in Kharkov, but after that the team lost no more matches. In San Siro, it beat Atalanta and the three subsequent games were all tied. Remarkable is the phase in which Shakhtar scored the most. In the European adventure they scored important hits in the 90 + 3 “, 90 + 5 and even in the 90 + 8 minute. Shakhtar plays focused, disciplined and does not like to be surprised.
Atalanta:
The Italian team started the Serie A very competitively and competed at the top of the competition. Even without the injured Duvan Zapata, the team of Gian Piero Gasperini left a good impression. Roma, Sassuolo and Genoa were defeated, while Lazio did not get further than a draw against La Dea. However, at a certain point the schedule became a bit more difficult and it turned out that the team did beat. Cagliari, Sampdoria, Juventus and Napoli did not win and Atalanta dropped to sixth place. In the last few weeks things got a bit better and against ‘little ones’ Brescia and Hellas Verona it remained flawless, but if the club wants to participate in the European places then it will have to be structurally better.
In the Champions League, Gasperini was disappointing. The first three games were lost and so each opponent was on more than three points, while La Dea was still on zero points. The young goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini also had eleven goals in those three games and that made the situation very difficult for Atalanta. In San Siro, the Manchester City club kept a great deal on a draw and when in-house was also beaten with 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb, there was suddenly still the hope that wintering was actually possible.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta head to head matches
01.10.19 CL Atalanta Shakhtar Donetsk 1 : 2
05.09.15 CF Atalanta Shakhtar Donetsk 0 : 1