SSN BET - Match of the Day: Shakhtar Donetsk – Manchester City / 18.09.2019
Hello! For the third year in a row, lots draw these teams together, Guardiola is even joking that he bought an apartment in Ukraine. The advantage in this confrontation is on the side of the British, but the Donetsk club can also cause problems for the City. Let's see if today Ukrainians can take away points from the British.
Well, let's start with the nominal home team. Nominally, because the match will once again be held in Kharkov. The Championship of Ukraine is in full swing and Shakhtar are ahead by a large margin in the standings. In the last round, the Pitmen won a strong-willed victory at Dawn with a score of 4-3, before that there were six more victories, including over their main rival Dynamo Kyiv. This season, the team was headed by a new head coach, Luis Castro, and the former captain, Dario Srna, returned to the team as an assistant coach. Of the team's reinforcements, it is worth noting the transition of Evgeny Konoplyanka and defender Vitao.
City is not doing so well in the domestic league as its opponent. In the last round, Guardiola's team sensationally lost the league's newcomer - Norwich with a score of 2-3, thereby releasing their competitor for the championship by five points. City confidently figured out this before with Brighton (4-0) and Bournemouth (1-3), but lost points with Tottenham (2-2). There were no changes in the team over the summer, however, due to injuries, Leroy Sane and Aymeric Laporte will not take part today.
As a result, we have Shakhtar confidently walking in the championship of Ukraine and quite often mistaken in defense, having lost one of the central defenders of Manchester City in the last match. Unfortunately, it is difficult to compare these teams, since in the Premier League of Ukraine there are no rivals to the City miner, Arsenal, Tottenham or even Shakhtar himself. Dynamo Kiev this season is very weak to focus on him. Considering the statistics of personal meetings between these teams (3-1 in favor of City), as well as the difference of goals scored (11-2 in favor of City), the citizens are more likely to believe in success. But this is football and this is the Champions League.
Thus, in this match I will take bet Individual Total Shakhtar over 1 with 2.2. Most likely I will make this live bet. It also makes sense to consider the Shakhtar Victory bet (+1.5) with 1.82, since the Miner are very likely to deter the City attack or at least prevent defeat. The Donetsk club has always been strong precisely in matches in Ukraine.
Good Luck!