Shakhtar Donetsk and Sheriff are going to clash on Tuesday the 7th of December at 10:00 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be staged in Kharkiv at the Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist.
Shakhtar Donetsk is in the 4th place in the league with 1 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Inter in its last match in the Champions League. So far, it has won 3 times, drawn once, and lost 4 times.
Sheriff sits in the 3rd place in the table with 6 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Real Madrid in its last match in the Champions League. Thus far, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 62.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (3 times).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Sheriff with the following players: A. Trubin, M. Matviyenko, V. Korniienko, M. Solomon, M. de Andrade Barberan, T. Stepanenko and F. Dos Santos Pedro.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Shakhtar Donetsk would be 23.86.
I. Gonçalves dos Santos, A. Lourenço, H. Sudakov, A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior and L. Traore will definitely miss the match.
Sheriff
Sheriff has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 53.85%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Yury Vernydub is expected to play against Shakhtar Donetsk with the following players: G. Athanasiadis, C. da Silva Leite, D. Arboleda Hurtado, G. Dulanto Sanguinetti, F. Peixoto Costanza, S. Thill, E. Addo, D. Kolovos, F. Castañeda Vélez and D. dos Santos Souza.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sheriff would be 26.00.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Traoré.
M. Kyabou will definitely miss the match.
