Borussia Dortmund will host Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday eight of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League. The home side fell to the 14th spot after their surprise loss against Bologna on matchday seven. The German club will be desperate to register a win and finish in the top eight of the competition. Last season’s finalists have won only two of their previous five games in the competition.
Shakhtar Donetsk, on the other hand, will be removed from the festival if they score some points. They are placed 27th in the league table and have given themselves a lifeline after emerging victorious against Brest in the last game. Anything to play and you will only get on the bets of this must-play football game.
Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 1:30 AM IST
Location: Signal Iduna Park
Borussia Dortmund(in all competitions): D-L-L-L-L
Shakhtar Donetsk (all competitions): W-W-W-L-L
The striker has an incredible first season in Borussia Dortmund. Recently he directs the awards marking objectives for his team in the Bundesliga, as well as in the UEFA Champions League. Guirassy has an intuition of the herbal striker and is discovered in the correct positions at the right time.
The Brazilian winger is having a breakout year with the Ukrainian club. The 22-year-old scored the match-winning goal against Brest on the previous matchday which kept his club in the competition. He is known for his incredible and effective dribbling skills, averaging more than three successful dribbles per game this season.
Niklas Süle and Felix Nmecha will be the only absentee for the home side.
Shakhtar Donetsk, in hand, will be Eguialdo and Andriy Totovytskyi due to their respective injuries.
Total appearances: 2
Borrusia Dortmund won: 1
Shakhtar Donetsk won: 0
Tire: 1
Kobel (GK); Grob, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson; Beier, Nmecha, Reyna; Duranville, Gittens; Guirsidic
Riznyk (GK); Azarovi, Matviyenko, Bondar, Tobias, Kryskiv; Kevin, Sudakov, Gomes, Pedrinho; Eguindo
Borussia Dortmund are huge favorites to win this adjustment. They have greater individual devastability and, despite their poor form, the German appearance has the delight of the winning games of this magnitude. Our adjustment prediction for this is,
Prediction: Borrussia Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
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