Preview: FC Porto vs Shakhtar – highbet UEFA Champions League Prediction

Preview: FC Porto vs Shakhtar – highbet UEFA Champions League Prediction

Who’s going to win the second position in Group H?! Tune in tonight and witness the outcome of the dramatic UEFA Champions League match between FC Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk. In this group, Barcelona sits in the first position with 12 points on their account, and both FC Porto and Shakhtar have 9 points. Antwerp unfortunately didn’t manage to win points, so they are the 4th placed team with 0 points on their account.
Barcelona will visit Antwerp in this final round, meaning that the winner of the clash in Portugal will play in the knock-out stage of the tournament. 

FC Porto

The Dragons so far won 3 games and lost 2. In the opening round, they beat Shakhtor with a final score of 1:3. This success was followed by defeat against Barcelona by 0:1. Then, FC Porto beat Antwerp twice in a row by 1:4 and 2:0. However, the boys from Porto lost the rematch against Barcelona by 2:1.
FC Porto is doing very well in their domestic championship, sharing the top two positions with Sporting.
Hence, they’ll definitely present their best tonight and go for the big victory in front of their supporters at Estádio do Dragão.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

The Ukrainian team also has a score of 3 wins and 2 losses. After the defeat against FC Porto (1:3), they won the second UEFA Champions League duel against Antwerp by 2:3. Then, Shakhtar visited Barcelona and lost the game 2:1. The great moment was that Shakhtar avenged Barcelona in the following round by winning the game with a final score of 1:0. And in the previous round they welcomed Antwerp and won the match by 1:0.
However, this evening Shakhtar must play greatly once again to outscore the Portuguese squad.

Verdict

We expect intense football-battle with many exciting moments till the very end of the game. The favorite for the victory will be FC Porto because of their home-field advantage.

Our prediction for this match: Market (OVER/UNDER) Tip: UNDER 2.5

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