Rennes take on the visitors Shakhtar Donetsk in the second leg of UEFA Europa League 1/16-final round. The first leg result: 1-2. The match will be played on Thursday, February 23rd at Roazhon Park (Rennes).
Rennes are currently holding its position firmly in the "peloton", which formally pursues PSG, but actually fights for a maximum of 2nd place in the table. The "red-black", however, had never become vice-champions, moreover, they took the 3rd place in Ligue 1 only once in their history. They nearly repeated this achievement last season but eventually, the team coached by Genesio was limited to the 4th position. However, they managed to reach the Europa League group stage directly from there. It cannot be said that the French team performed particularly well there. For example, both matches with Fenerbahce ended in a draw, and each time the Turks made an epic comeback from a 0-2 and 0-3 deficit. On the other hand, the club was efficient enough with outsiders, scoring 4 points against AEK and beating Dynamo Kyiv twice. What worried fans recently was that their favorites came to the 1/16 of the European competition amid an abundance of failures on the domestic arena. In Warsaw, they even trailed by 2 goals, and it was good that they managed to respond with their goal after the break, keeping the intrigue in the pair. Only last weekend, on Sunday, they won 2-0 against Clermont Foot.
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So far, the bet on Jovichovic looks appropriate and successful. Igor has worked a lot in Ukraine and is perfectly suited to the task of restructuring the club to the current realities. Yes, "Dnipro-1" is currently leading on the domestic arena (by the way, the UPL will traditionally return after the restart of the European competitions). However, for their performances in the Champions League, the "miners" deserve high, albeit not excellent, marks - it is enough to compare the results with what they had with an abundance of Brazilians a year earlier! They managed to win convincingly against RB Leipzig, missed a victory against Real Madrid in the last moment, and tied with Celtic twice. Yes, Mudryk was the "motor" who "worked" for a transfer to Chelsea. But now, "Shakhtar" has a chance to prove that they have advantages even without Mykhailo and to open up new bright names. In Warsaw, Kryskiv opened the score, who came out just on the left flank. Moreover, they managed to score before the halftime, but in the middle of the second half, Toko-Ekambi still had beat Trubin.
Many have forgotten, but the clubs played in the distant year of 2005 as part of the UEFA Cup, which disappeared after reformatting. At that time, they played in the first round of the group stage, and "Shakhtar" won in France thanks to Elano's only goal. The French are considered the favorites of the pair, but it was also the case in Warsaw. So it is worth considering an option with a bet on "Miners" with a handicap of "+1 scored goal."
Prediction for the match: Shakhtar to win with +1.0 handicap.
