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Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction & Betting tips
For an absolute top club like Real Madrid, wintering in the Champions League should of course not be a problem, but the Spaniards are not in good shape. The opponent of Wednesday evening in the Estadio Alfredo di Stefano is the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk, who has already more than earned her spurs in the European championship ball.
Real Madrid:
With no fewer than thirteen victories in the Champions League, Real Madrid can call itself the most successful club in Europe. Between 2016 and 2018, the Spaniards even ran The Cup with the Big Ears three times in a row. Still, the bookmakers in the formation of Zinedine Zidane do not see more than an outsider this season, behind the all-time favorites Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Liverpool.
This has everything to do with the disappointing results in recent years. Real Madrid crowned themselves last season as Spanish national champion, although you could also attribute that title to a large extent to the failure of FC Barcelona. In the Champions League, De Koninklijke was already eliminated in the eighth finals in the last two seasons, which is of course unworthy of Real Madrid. It remains to be seen whether the Madrid will fare better this year, because so far they have not been able to convince me. Last weekend, Real Madrid even lost 1-0 to PhD candidate Cadiz at home. An embarrassing defeat, with Real Madrid getting no further than just two shots on target. So there is already a lot of pressure on the kettle in the Santiago Bernabeu, while El Clasico against FC Barcelona is on the program next weekend. There is therefore a good chance that Zidane will leave his not entirely fit captain Sergio Ramos out of the base.
Shakhtar Donetsk:
Shakhtar Donetsk is of course no stranger to the Champions League. The Ukrainians have been present at the European champions ball almost every season for the past fifteen years, with a quarter-final place in the 2010-2011 season as the main achievement.
Shakhtar Donetsk is, of course, known for its excellent connections to Brazil, where it often manages to get rough diamonds cheaply, and then later resell them for a lot of profit. At the moment there are again eleven Brazilians in the selection of The Miners, not to mention the Brazilians Marlos and Junior Moraes who have become naturalized Ukrainians. Nevertheless, the team of trainer Luis Castro has had a mediocre competition start for her. Shakhtar Donetsk, for example, had to leave the Ukrainian Supercup to arch-rival Dynamo Kiev, and points were lost in three of the five league matches. Last weekend, however, the team lashed out mercilessly by beating Lviv with no less than 5-1. With two goals, playmaker Viktor Kovalenko once again underlined his good form.
Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk head to head matches
25.11.15 CL Shakhtar Donetsk Real Madrid 3 : 4
15.09.15 CL Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk 4 : 0