Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk are playing their home games in the UEFA Champions League in Gelsenkirchen with the latest visitors being the big overachievers, Stade Brest.
Kick-off date/time: Wednesday 22nd January, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Shakhtar Donetsk Team News: Pedrinho suspension
Shakhtar have had to deal with lots of key departures in recent years since war was waged in Ukraine by Russia so their squad isn’t deep. They are blessed with no injury issues but remain without Pedrinho, who is unavailable due to suspension.
Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Riznyk; Tobias, Bondar, Matvyenko, Azarov; Gomes; Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Kevin; Sikan
Unavailable: Pedrinho (Suspended)
Questionable:
Brest Team News: Several defensive issues
Centre-back Soumaila Coulibaly remains injured for Brest alongside fellow defender Julian Le Cardinal and left-back duo Jordan Amavi and Massadio Haidara, whilst former Norwich City midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou is an injury doubt, whilst Romain Faivre is dealing with illness.
Predicted XI (4-1-2-1-2): Bizot; Lala, Chardonnet, Ndiaye, Irie; Fernandes; Magnetti, Camara; Doumbia; Ajorque, Balde
Unavailable: Coulibaly (Injured), Le Cardinal (Injured), Amavi (Injured), Haidara (Injured), Martin (Injured)
Questionable: Lees-Melou (Injured), Faivre (Illness)
Key Stats
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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Prediction
Shakhtar Donetsk have collected just four points from their six UEFA Champions League matches so far as they sit four points outside of the top 24 with two games to go ahead of the seventh match day of the 2024/25 league phase. The Ukrainians are third in the Ukrainian Premier League behind Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya. They now face a Stade Brest side that, coached by Eric Roy, sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table in Ligue 1 as they continue to overachieve in the UEFA Champions League and, on a neutral ground, double chance bet in favour of Brest may well seem a good bet for this one.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Tip: Double chance – Brest to win or draw
