Shakhtar Donetsk and Antwerp will take on on Tuesday the 28th of November at 11:45 am in the 5th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be played in Hamburg at the Imtech Arena. The referee will be Bartosz Frankowski.
Shakhtar Donetsk occupies the 3rd place in the league with 6 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against FC Barcelona in its last match in the Champions League. Until now, it has won twice and lost twice.
Antwerp sits in the 4th position in the table with 0 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Porto in its last match in the Champions League. Thus far, it has won twice and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (3 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Marino Pusic is expected to play against Antwerp with the following players: Dmytro Riznyk, Irakli Azarovi, Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matvienko, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Artem Bondarenko, Newerton, Dmytro Kryskiv, Georgiy Sudakov, Oleksandr Zubkov and Danylo Sikan.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Shakhtar Donetsk would be 22.91.
Lassina Traoré will definitely miss the match.
Antwerp
Antwerp has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).