Shakhtar Donetsk faces Basel in the Europa League quarterfinals. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 11th at Veltins Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
The Ukrainians scored all three goals into Wolfsburg's net at the very end of the meeting. The score was 0-0 until the 88th minute. But it should be noted that the game was not boring. At the same time, Shakhtar controlled the entire course of the match. What can I say - the Miners tore the Wolves throughout the meeting. They created dangerous attempts both in the first half and in the second, so Wolfsburg was lucky. We can safely say that the Ukrainians have beaten the Germans deservedly, and they are rightly considered as favorites in the match against a more modest club.
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Like Shakhtar, Basel played against the German team at the previous stage. However, the Swiss practically decided the outcome of the confrontation in the first leg. Few people could have imagined that Bebbi would be able to defeat Eintracht on the road, given that even Bavaria suffered a fiasco in Frankfurt. But the Swiss managed to make a miracle, and they did not sit in deep defense. In the return leg, Basel also looked good in attack and managed to beat Eintracht Frankfurt at home. As a result, Bebbi deservedly advanced to the next stage.
These teams will likely score at least one goal each in the head-to-head meeting. Moreover, Shakhtar does not always act reliably in defense. In fact, the Miners often conceded two goals even in the Ukrainian Premier League, and only three out of nine matches after the lockdown ended with clean sheets. They didn’t concede goals in only one match of this season of European Cups. Basel kept a clean sheet in all four playoff games, but it should be noted that the team was very lucky. This is especially true of Basel’s matches with Eintracht Frankfurt, in which the Germans clearly deserved to score goals. Now the Swiss have to play with the incredible Shakhtar, which managed to score even at Etihad. In the playoffs, the Miners are completely tearing apart their opponents' defenses, so I doubt that Basel's goalkeeper will add another clean sheet to his credit. I believe that the teams will extend their scoring streak in a head-to-head meeting.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
