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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid Prediction & Betting tips
Will Real Madrid buy their ticket for the round of 16 early? With a win against Shakhtar Donetsk, the Madrilenians can make the leap into the knockout phase on their own. In addition, Zinedine Zidane’s team would return the favor with an away win for the bitter bankruptcy in the first leg at home at the Estadio Bernabeu (2: 3).
The home side, for their part, apparently shot the powder in the first 45 minutes of this premier class season. After three goals at Real, Donzek remained without his own goal for over 300 minutes and the chances of advancing have dwindled immensely.
Group B leaders, Borussia Mönchengladbach, will also keep one eye on this encounter before the foals themselves play the important home game against Inter Milan that evening.
Shakhtar Donetsk:
Shakhtar Donetsk was the big figurehead of Ukraine in the last decade and especially internationally and on the first day of the match the club made a real exclamation mark with the 3-2 away win in the Spanish capital. The team of coach Luis Castro could not build on the good performance at the Estadio Bernabeu afterwards. Only against Inter Milan a point win jumped out (0-0).
After the two clear bankruptcies against Borussia Mönchengladbach (0: 6, 0: 4), the team has their backs to the wall on Tuesday evening and cannot afford to lose. Otherwise the Champions League adventure would end prematurely. Above all offensively, a significant increase in performance is needed, after all, the three goals in half time 1 of the first leg against Real were the only own goals in the competition.
Also at the weekend the Ukrainians had a hard time in the league against a club from the lower part of the table and SC Dnipro was only defeated 1-0 by a late goal. The goal scorer of the golden goal was Tete in the 88th minute.
In the Premier League table, Donetsk was able to keep up with leaders Dynamo Kiev and is currently in second place, three points behind. A sense of achievement on Tuesday would not only be important for the points account in the premier class. It could also help the self-confidence of Luis Castro’s protégés before the important next few weeks until the winter break.
Real Madrid :
Why can’t Real Madrid win the league anymore? The reigning champions have not won any of their last three games and are clearly behind Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga table.
At the weekend there was another setback due to the surprise home defeat against Deportivo Alaves. Zinedine Zidane’s side lost 2-1 despite their superiority in play. Above all, the absence of top striker Karim Benzema was clearly noticeable recently. Now another offensive player, Eden Hazard, threatens to fail. The Belgian had to be substituted at half time 1 at the weekend and his use is highly questionable.
Casemiro, on the other hand, is likely to be back in the starting line-up. The 28-year-old is the big leader due to the absence of captain Ramos and is placed in the central midfield alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric. He was the joker in the important 2-0 away win at Inter Milan last week and shone as a goalscorer at the weekend.
Real Madrid have had a hard time in almost every game in Ukraine since the turn of the millennium (only one win and two draws). But precisely because the favorite was badly disappointed in the first leg, the Zidane-Elf will pull themselves together on Tuesday evening in order to be able to ensure a sense of achievement at least internationally. With a concentrated presentation of the guests, a tip on the odds of the Madrilenians is the only right choice between Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid head to head matches
21.10.20 CL Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk 2 : 3
25.11.15 CL Shakhtar Donetsk Real Madrid 3 : 4
15.09.15 CL Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk 4 : 0