Shakhtar Donetsk vs Stade Rennais Preview 16/02/2023

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Stade Rennais – 16/02/2023

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The Europa League is again with Shakhtar Donetsk and Stade Rennais set to conflict in Ukraine with the Ligue 1 travelling aspect struggling for type for the reason that World Cup and have plummeted down the desk consequently.

Though they sit second in their very own league, Shakhtar themselves haven’t been at their greatest within the Ukrainian Premier League this season with them now in second and stage on factors with third-placed Dynamo Kyiv.

Then again, Shakhtar have two video games in hand to play this season over Kyiv and likewise one on Dnipro-1 on the prime – the hole remains to be 5 factors on them earlier than they return to league motion on the finish of this month.

The Ukrainian giants can reignite their title cost if they will win these two video games in hand, as they’ve misplaced simply as soon as within the league this season and received 9 of their 13 outings.

Final trip, they received 4-0 in a pleasant because the membership haven’t performed a aggressive fixture for 3 months.

Shakhtar did, nevertheless, have a troublesome time of issues within the Champions League this season. They went on to win only one recreation from the six in complete, dropping two and drawing three.

This nonetheless introduced in eight targets and 10 conceded. The truth is, their solely win in Europe this season got here in a surprising 4-1 demolition over RB Leipzig again in September.

As for Rennais, they eased into the knockout rounds of the Europa League by going unbeaten in Group B. The Ligue 1 aspect managed to win three video games and draw three, scoring 11 and letting in solely eight.

On the similar time, they completed simply two under Fenerbahce within the group levels to drive them into the play-offs as a substitute.

Again in France, Rennais misplaced 3-1 to Toulouse final weekend and likewise misplaced to Lille 3-0 only a week prior. It means solely three wins in 2023, which features a 1-0 win over PSG.

It is set to be a troublesome recreation to foretell. The climate in Poland is ready to be extraordinarily chilly and Shakhtar’s glorious dwelling report in Europe in latest seasons will bode effectively for them right here.

The truth is, with 4 targets of their final dwelling recreation and 10 targets previously three, Forebet predicts a win for them right here and for the sport to see underneath 2.5 targets as Rennais proceed to wrestle in 2023