PSV vs Shakhtar Donetsk Preview: Team News & Prediction

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PSV are aiming to make it four games unbeaten in the Champions League this season, whilst Shakhtar Donetsk are coming off the back of a first league stage win of the campaign.

Kick-off date/time: Wednesday November 27th 2024: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports 9 / US – CBS Sports

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+

PSV Preview: Starting to climb the table

At the fourth time of asking, PSV finally got their first victory of the league phase so far and did so in commanding fashion. After taking the lead early on against Girona, the Dutch side were in full control and never loosened their grip on proceedings especially after the visiting side had a man sent off.

In the end, PSV ended up winning 4-0, a big boost to their goal difference and putting them in a good position to rise further up the table, provided they back up that win with another positive result in this next game.

Shakhtar Donetsk Preview: Young Boys win keeps visitors in the hunt

Shakhtar Donetsk desperately needed three points against Young Boys in their most recent group game, having only picked up a point prior to that game. In the end, they got the victory by two goals to one but made hard work of it, missing a number of chances to extend their lead.

Getting something out of this next match would be absolutely crucial for Shakhtar with back-to-back home fixtures set to follow, one of those being against German giants Bayern Munich and the other against in-form Brest.

PSV Team News: Back problem could sideline Lang with Lozano and Schouten among those lready out

PSV are without several players through injury, but are still set to field a strong squad. After his hat-trick against Groningen this past weekend, Peter Bosz may not be able to resist starting USA international Ricardo Pepi alongside Luuk de Jong with Johan Bakayoko completing a potential front three.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Benitez; Karsdorp, Flamingo, Boscagli, Dams; Til, Junior, Tillman; Bakayoko, De Jong, Pepi

Unavailable: Dest (Injured), Lozano (Injured), Nagalo (Injured), Obispo (Injured), Schouten (Injured), Veerman (Injured)

Questionable: Lang (Injured)

Shakhtar Donetsk Team News: Puzankov only injury as it stands

Shakhtar Donestsk should be relatively close to full strength heading into this game, with only goal Tymur Puzankov definitely unavailable. The 21-year-old is out with a knee injury.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Riznyk; Tobias, Bondar, Matviyenko, Pedro Henrique; Bondarenko, Pedrinho, Sudakov; Zubkov, Sikan, Kevin

Unavailable: Puzankov (Injured)

Questionable:

Key Stats

PSV are unbeaten in their last 12 UEFA competition matches at home (W8 D4). Since a 1-0 defeat against Rangers in the UEFA Champions League play-off round in August 2022.
PSV have lost only one of their last nine UEFA Champions League group/league matches (W3 D5).
PSV have lost three of their last four UEFA competition matches against teams from Ukraine (W1).
PSV have lost only three of their last 17 UEFA competition matches (W7 D7).
Shakhtar Donetsk have won only two of their previous eight UEFA competition matches against Dutch teams (D1 L5).

PSV vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction

Having racked up 12 goals over the course of their last three games in all competitions, each of which ended in victory, confidence within the PSV camp must be extremely high right now. They comprehensively defeated Girona and whilst Shakhtar Donetsk are likely to prove significantly harder to break down, it’s hard not to see PSV on their own ground dominating and eventually finding a way past the visitors. Expect this one to end in victory for the Dutch champions.

PSV vs Shakhtar Donetsk Tip: PSV to win