Shakhtar Donetsk take on the visitors Manchester City at the “Metalist” Oblast Sports Complex in the Round 3 of the UEFA Champions League Group F. The match will be played in Kharkiv on Tuesday, October 23rd.
Shakhtar Donetsk have been the most productive team so far this Ukrainian Premier League season. Also, they scored two goals in both of their two starting matches in the UEFA Champions League Group F. There are a lot of highly skilled players in the offensive line of the Hirnyky. Furthermore, there are some qualified footballers in the midfield line of the team who could score against any top tier European team potentially. Manchester City would not be an exception. In their last three matches Shakhtar Donetsk beat Desna with a 1-0 score, drew against Zorya Luhansk with a 1-1 score and against Lyon with a 2-2 score in their UEFA Champions League Group F fixture.
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Manchester City have been proving that it has been not that hard to score against them or even beat them so far this UEFA Champions League season. For example, the Citizens lost to Lyon with a 1-2 score in the Round 1 of the tournament. In the Round 2 they conceded one goal against Hoffenheim but won in the end. In their last three matches overall Manchester City beat Burnley with a 5-0 score, drew against Liverpool with a 0-0 score and beat Hoffenheim with a 2-1 score in their UEFA Champions League Group F fixture.
The fact could seem strange for many but Shakhtar Donetsk have been getting way more Eurocups experience than Manchester City for the last twenty years. Even though the Citizens are considered the favourite in the lead-up to the upcoming fixture they do not look very strong. However, the team of Pep Guardiola should score at least once on Tuesday. There are different highly skilled players in their offensive line such as Raheem Sterling, David Silva, Kun Aguero, Gabriel Jesus for example. Thereby the Sky Blues should find a key for the defensive line of the Hirnyky that has been failing quite often recently anyway. On the other hand, the team of Paulo Fonseca creates a lot of goal attempts every fixture. They literally do not care who they play against and can score against any top tier European team. The Hirnyky should score at least once against Manchester City on Tuesday too. Such players for the Ukrainians as Marlos, Junior Moraes, Fernando and Taison have been very productive lately. Thereby both the Hirnyky and the Citizens are likely to score in the upcoming Round 3 fixture between them. Interestingly, the teams faced each other last UEFA Champions League season too and traded home victories back then. Both of the teams went through to the play-offs of the tournament in the end of the group stage. In the match between them in Ukraine particularly both Shakhtar Donestk and Manchester City scored goals. The same thing should happen on Tuesday.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
