Shakhtar Donetsk will host the next Champions League match in Madrid. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the meeting.
Real Madrid
The Spanish club started in the Champions League with two wins, while not conceding a single goal. In the 1st round, Carlo Ancelotti's team coped with Celtic in Scotland (3-0), scoring all the goals after the break. A week later, Real Madrid lost in the end to RB Leipzig (2-0), scoring twice in the last minutes. However, the Madrid club is not preparing for the match with Shakhtar in the best mood. At the weekend, the "cream" lost the first points in the Spanish championship and allowed Barcelona to catch up. Real Madrid did not cope with Osasuna (1:1), although they spent the last minutes in the majority. In addition, Karim Benzema missed a penalty, and then scored the ball from offside.
Shakhtar Donetsk
The Ukrainian club has not yet suffered a single defeat in the group stage. Now the Donetsk team is on the second line in the table with two points behind Real Madrid. In the 1st round, Shakhtar successfully traveled to Germany, where they demolished RB Leipzig (4:1) and dismissed Domenico Tedesco. A week later, the Miners shared points with Celtic (1-1) — both goals were scored by the team before the break. In the last round of the Ukrainian championship, Shakhtar destroyed Metalist Kharkiv (6:1) and came out on top in the table. The Miners are ahead of Dnipro-1 by one point, although the opponent has a match in reserve.
Statistics and figures:
- Real Madrid is a clear favorite of the upcoming match;
- The Madrid club has a series of 12 matches without defeats;
- Shakhtar have won one victory in the last three meetings;
- In the last five face—to-face matches, Real Madrid have won three, Shakhtar - two;
- The last game with the participation of rivals ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Real Madrid.
Forecast
I believe that Real Madrid will win a home victory and keep their gates intact again.