On July 13, as part of the 1/8 qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, a match between Shakhtar and Maribor will take place. At the stadium "Ludskivrt" in Maribor in the first match, the teams rolled out a goalless draw. What to expect from the return match on a neutral field in Turkey? – you will learn from our forecast.
Shakhtar
The Miners are in seventh place after twelve matches in the Belarusian championship. Since the beginning of the season, the team has scored twenty-one points. At the moment, Shakhtar have hit the gates of their rivals fourteen times, conceded seven in response. In the game of the eleventh round away, the Miners won 2-1 against Arsenal from Dzerzhinsk. In the 1/16 Cup of Belarus, Ostrovets was defeated with the same score. In the last round, Shakhtar lost to Torpedo-BelAZ with a minimum score of 0:1 on their field. As mentioned earlier, in the first match, the Miners parted in peace with Maribor.
"Maribor"
In the Slovenian Championship, Maribor took the honorable first place. The "Purple" scored seventy points in thirty-six matches. During the season, the team scored fifty-seven goals, conceded twenty fewer. At the end of May, in the final round of the Slovenian Championship, Maribor won 3-1 against the Mura club. Of the five friendly matches in June, the "purple", scoring five goals, beat the club from Slovenia, lost to the Macedonian team with a minimum score, drew three times with the rest of the little-known rivals.
Figures and statistics:
- Of the last ten matches of Shakhtar, eight ended with the outcome of "total less than 2.5 goals per game".
- Over the same period, Maribor finished five of its matches with the same outcome.
- In the last five games, the "purple" scored only four goals.
Forecast
As we have already seen, both teams traditionally score little. Their first meeting confirms the statistics of recent times. Our forecast: the total is less than 2.5 goals per game. The coefficient is 1.53. It is difficult to guess which of them will win, but it is possible to predict a game with a small number of goals.
