Manchester City hosts Shakhtar Donetsk in round 5 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, November 26th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
Manchester City, led by Spanish specialist Josep Guardiola, apparently considers the victory in the Champions League to be its main task of this season. The Arab sheiks who own this team dream about it and the fans of the Citizens have long dreamed about this title. The men of Pep Guardiola could prematurely reach the playoffs of the main European Cup far in the last round, but a draw with the Italian Atalanta (1-1) prevented these plans. Now Manchester City needs to beat Shakhtar Donetsk in a home game because it will have a very difficult away game with Dinamo Zagreb in the last round. And given the tournament position, the meeting in Croatia will be very difficult for the visitors, and they can lose points there. As for the English Premier League, Manchester City is in third place in the standings with twenty-eight points scored and a total goal difference of 37:14. The men of Pep Guardiola have nine wins, one draw and three defeats in the current Premier League. However, the second Leicester has twenty-nine points, that is, only three more.
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Shakhtar Donetsk worthily fights with its rivals in this Champions League group. However, the trip to England to a very strong Manchester City will be very difficult! The Miners looked too weak in the home match against the Citizens. That meeting ended with a 0-3 defeat of the hosts, but Pep Guardiola couldn’t count on many regular defenders. However, a 2-1 victory over Atalanta brought Shakhtar Donetsk three very important points. Then there were two paired matches with Croatian Dinamo Zagreb. Both opponents played very worthily and ended both matches in a draw. Moreover, those meetings were scoring - the first one ended with a 2-2 result, and the second one ended with a 3-3 score. In the last away match against Dinamo Zagreb, the Miners literally scratched out the most important draw. Shakhtar was losing with a 1-3 score until the end of regulation time, but it reduced the gap in the ninety-third minute of the match (Moraes scored) and Tete equalized the score in the ninety-eighth one, so Shakhtar earned a very important point. As for the Championship of Ukraine, Miners are the undisputed leaders of the standings with a margin of thirteen points from the second place!
I don’t think that the visitors will try to play well on the defensive and put the “bus” near their penalty area - this is not Shakhtar’s style, and the attack of Man City is very good. Therefore, the Miners will open during its attacks because they also need goals - the difference between goals scored and goals conceded can play a role at the end. It’s good for the visitors that they will play the last round of this group stage against Atalanta at home. In general, I suggest betting on such an option - “Manchester City will score in both halves - yes” for a good coefficient. Everybody knows the attacking power of the hosts, and they will surely manage to upset the opponent’s goalkeeper in both parts of the game.
Prediction for the match: Manchester City to score in both halves
