The match of the 19th Ukrainian Premier League match day FC Shakhtar Donetsk will play as the host to host the PFC Oleksandria in the Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist. Oleksandria PFC faces a difficult match, not only because of the visitors but also because of the history of head to head between them which shows the Oleksandria PFC its strength is still far below FC Shakthar Donetsk.
Recorded in the last 10 meetings the two Alexandrian PFC teams were only able to get 1 win while the remaining 2 games ended in a draw and 7 matches were won by FC Shakhtar Donetsk. But unfortunately the hosts were in a disappointing appearance, they failed to win in their last 3 matches. The first drew 0-0 in a friendly against FC Wacker and drew 2-2 when they hosted Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League last 32 first leg and then in the second leg narrowly lost 1-0.
Then FC Shakhtar Donetsk vanished hope to continue his struggle in the Europa League, because he lost 3-2 on aggregate. Even though the appearance of FC Shakhtar Donetsk during the trial match was quite good, beating some big teams. While on the PFC Oleksandria side they also played a trial match during the half-season break and in their last 2 matches won over Alashkert and Obolon’-Brovar.
In the standings the Oleksandria PFC is ranked 3 in the standings with 36 points while FC Shakhtar Donetsk is strong at the top with 45 points so that it can be 2 places adrift and 9 points this game can be categorized as the big match. But once again seeing the home advantage and also their head to head, FC Shakhtar Donetsk’s chances of winning are most likely the hosts to get the win as a drug knocked out in the Europa League event.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.25