Shakhtar Donetsk vs Porto Live Stream, Predictions

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Shakhtar Donetsk

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Shakhtar Donetsk will be looking for another win after the 1-0 Premier League victory over Obolon Kyiv.

In that match, Shakhtar Donetsk managed 56% possession and 15 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer for Shakhtar Donetsk was Yehor Nazaryna (77'). On the other side, Obolon Kyiv had 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s not been often in recent times that Shakhtar Donetsk have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Shakhtar Donetsk have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 7 goals along the way.

Porto

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Porto will go into the encounter following a 0-1 Primeira Liga win to beat Estrela Amadora in their previous match.

In that game, Porto managed 47% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Porto was Mehdi Taremi (29'). For their opponents, Estrela Amadora got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Porto have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals overall. Defensively, Porto have seen their frailties exposed. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, however.

🗞️ Team News: Shakhtar Donetsk

Mykola Matvienko (Achilles tendon problems), Valeriy Bondar (Collarbone fracture) and Lassina Traoré (Tendon crack) won’t be able to feature for Shakhtar Donetsk manager Patrick van Leeuwen.

We are thinking that Hirnyky look set to make use of the 4-3-3 formation this time and select Dmytro Riznyk, Yukhym Konoplia, Eduard Kozik, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Irakli Azarovi, Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleksii Kashchuk and Danylo Sikan.

ℹ️ Team News: Porto

Porto boss Sérgio Conceição has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marko Grujic (Unknown Injury), Francisco Conceição (Muscle Injury), Gabriel Veron (Tear in the abductor muscle), Evanilson (Ankle Injury) and Iván Marcano (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will not be playing here. Pepê is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We’re of the thinking that Dragões could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Diogo Costa, Joao Mario, Fabio Cardoso, Pepe, Wendell, Nico Gonzalez, Stephen Eustaquio, Andre Franco, Fran, Wenderson Galeno and Mehdi Taremi.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Shakhtar Donetsk would be disappointed if they were not to get a goal against this Porto outfit, however a single goal possibly won’t be enough to give them the result that they want.

We can see a narrow 1-2 win for Porto when the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Renata Leite, 00:33 15/09/2023