Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Lviv Prediction & Betting Tips

Shakhtar Donetsk will host visiting side FC Lviv at Metalist Stadium in the Premier League tie on Saturday.

Our tips, poll and stats for Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Lviv can all be found here (inc. the best betting odds).

📊 Form Guide

Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk go into this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier League draw vs Desna Chernihiv.

It has not been often in recent games that Shakhtar Donetsk have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Hirnyky have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals during that time. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.

Coming into this clash, Shakhtar Donetsk haven't been defeated in their previous 37 home league matches. What a fortress they have created.

FC Lviv

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Previously, FC Lviv drew 0-0 in the Premier League match with Rukh Lviv.

Proving their bias toward eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the prior 6 games in which FC Lviv have taken to the pitch, giving an average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Opposing teams have got 19 of these goals.

Going into this one, FC Lviv haven’t won away from home in the past 9 league games. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 18/08/2018 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for FC Lviv. They’ve not managed to get any wins at all whereas Shakhtar Donetsk have dominated them, winning in 83% of those matches.

A total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 16 of them from Hirnyky and 1 netted by FC Lviv. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

ℹ️ Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk

Maksym Malyshev (Knee Surgery), Sergiy Kryvtsov (Unknown Injury), Júnior Moraes (Corona virus), Mykola Matvienko (Corona virus), Yevgen Konoplyanka (Torn Muscle) and Ismaily (Cruciate Ligament Surgery) are unavailable for Shakhtar boss Luís Castro.

📋 Team News: FC Lviv

With a fully healthy group available to select from, FC Lviv boss Yegishe Melikyan doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.

✨ Prediction

It certainly seems that FC Lviv will need to be at their best to be putting goals past a Shakhtar Donetsk team who have all the attributes to really run this game.

Our tip is for a comprehensive 3-0 win for Shakhtar Donetsk when the full-time whistle blows.

Victor Martins, 19:31 13/10/2020