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Shakhtar Donetsk vs AS Roma Prediction & Betting tips
The last two round of last sixteen ties in the current Champions League season will be played on Wednesday (21.02., 19:45) in Spain and Ukraine. As Manchester United moves into the pleasantly warm Sevilla, AS Roma has to endure the bitter cold of Kharkiv. The temperature difference is expected to be around twenty degrees and could already be a deciding factor by itself. But even so Schachtjor Donetsk is already an unpleasant opponent, who knew how to convince in a hammer group with Manchester City and the SSC Naples with three home victories in the preliminary round. The Romans, however, recommend themselves as a group first, but had some weaknesses abroad and also had to survive the first major crisis over the turn of the year. Whether this is already completely overcome, will also be shown in the upcoming game against Shakhtar Donetsk. We therefore recommend a tip on secured draw no bet bets on the hosts, who have been playing their games at the OSC Metalist in Kharkiv stage for some time due to the political situation in Ukraine.
Shakhtar Donetsk :
The draw for the group stage of the premier class should have initially brought the Ukrainians tears in the eyes. Because next to the SSC Naples emerged as a group opponent also Manchester City. At best Feyenoord Rotterdam initially seemed to be a detachable task. And in fact, Shakhtar Donetsk won both games against the Dutch and lost the away games in Italy and England. But in the Ukraine, El Paso’s coach Paulo Fonseca beat both the English Premier League leaders and Italian Serie A 2-1. This Donetsk reached, especially due to the home strength with a 4-0-2 balance somewhat surprising the second place and commended himself for higher tasks.
A problem for the Ukrainians is certainly the long winter break in the Premier League, which ended after just over a two-month rest period last weekend. Until the dress rehearsal, Schachtjor was more than right with half a dozen test games over water (test balance 2-1-3). At the start of the second half Donetsk but was fully back and shot Odessa 5-0 from the stadium. Even otherwise, it is almost perfectly national. So the Fonseca-Elf leads the Ukrainian Premier League with a 14-3-3 balance, a goal difference of 43:18 and forty five points.
AS Roma:
AS Roma also had two big chunks with Chelsea FC and Atletico Madrid. The quartet was completed with Qarabağ Ağdam, who in the end had to serve as point supplier, as the Italians had hoped. Strong performance showed the team of coach Eusebio Di Francesco especially against Chelsea. While in London only a highly deserved 3: 3 draw enough, the Roma made the English clean at home with 3: 0 from. Only against Atletico Madrid, the Italians had difficulties. While there was only a goalless draw at home, AS returned from Spain with a 0-2 defeat. Nevertheless, it was enough in the end with a 3-2-1 record to narrow group victory before Chelsea.
In Serie A, after a major crisis around the turn of the year (three draws, four defeats), Roma lost the top spot. However, the Di Francesco-Elf seems to have recovered from this. For the last three Serie A games could win the Romans in series. But both Hellas Verona and Benevento Calcio are basement children in Serie A, so the victories should not be overstated. The final dress rehearsal last weekend is hardly a big surprise either, as Udinese Calcio (2: 0) are currently among the weakest Italian teams. The first endurance test after the low of form is therefore only on Wednesday.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs AS Roma head to head matches
08.03.11 CL Shakhtar Donetsk AS Roma 3 : 0
16.02.11 CL AS Roma Shakhtar Donetsk 2 : 3
22.11.06 CL Shakhtar Donetsk AS Roma 1 : 0
12.09.06 CL AS Roma Shakhtar Donetsk 4 : 0