In the fourth round of the general stage of the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk will play Sporting Lisbon. The fight will take place on neutral territory, in London. Both teams are still in the playoff zone. Who will be able to win on November 3rd? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Shakhtar Donetsk
Current form
Shakhtar Donetsk is having a good season so far and is achieving success in both the Champions League and the Ukrainian Championship. In the Premier League standings, the nominal hosts occupy the first place and are three points ahead of Polesie. In the European Cup, Arda Turan's team defeated the Greek AEK (3:1), and also drew with PSV (1:1). In the third round, the Donetsk team lost minimally in an away match to Inter Milan (0:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
Eginaldo, Marlon, Pedrigno are injured. Kornienko, Oba, Puzankov, Shved and Tvardovsky are out of the application.
Interesting betting trends
In the last three matches, the hosts have never conceded
Sporting is not yet able to compete with other top clubs in Portugal. The guests occupy only the third place in their championship and are ahead of Santa Clara only in terms of additional indicators. The Lisbon team started the Champions League draw with confident victories over Galatasaray (3:1) and Lens (2:0), but in the third round the Portuguese unexpectedly suffered a home defeat from Austrian LASK (2:3). In the Champions League standings, the club ranks 12th and is second only to Barcelona in terms of additional indicators.
Disqualifications and injuries
Santos will miss the match due to injury. Alexandropoulos has not been declared. The entry of Zalazar and Debas into the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
None of the last six matches of the guests ended in a draw.
Sporting's last three away matches ended with the victory of the team with a two-goal difference.
Shakhtar and Sporting are direct competitors in the fight for entry into the playoffs, and much will be decided in a head-to-head match. Whoever manages to score three points will greatly improve their position in the table. None of the opponents has an advantage in class, so it is unlikely that anyone will choose defensive tactics for this duel. Both teams can play offensively, so you should expect to play on opposite courses. We believe that the match in London will be rich in scoring chances.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 2.5 goals in 1.70
At the beginning of the season, Sporting looked very impressive and showed excellent results, including in the Champions League. Then the Portuguese slowed down and lost to two opponents who were inferior in class, LASK and Akademico Viseu. At the same time, the Miner is in excellent shape. Recently, they managed to defeat their main competitor, Dynamo Kyiv, in the cup, and in the Champions League the miners fought on equal terms with Inter Milan. We believe that the bookmakers underestimate the Ukrainian team in this confrontation.
Our betting tip is that the Miner will not lose in 1.82
Betting on corners
Both teams are actively attacking from the flanks, it is unlikely that a different scenario can be expected in a face-to-face match. Most likely, this course of the match will lead to a large number of corners.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 9.5 corners in 2.15
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Dmytro Riznyk