Champions League WON 3–1
Wed, Oct 14 · 21:00 · Stamford Bridge
Shakhtar Donetsk Home
VS
AEK Athens Away
Shakhtar Donetsk vs AEK Athens FC — UEFA Champions League
Tipster's pick Over 2.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.80 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Shakhtar and AEK Look Set for Open Game

Shakhtar Donetsk enter with five straight wins and an average of 2.8 goals scored per game across recent matches. AEK Athens have posted 3.0 goals scored per game in the same period while managing just one draw in five outings. The sides last met in a game that produced over two and a half goals. Shakhtar have conceded 1.0 goal per game in their lone league fixture this season and kept no clean sheets. AEK average 1.7 goals scored in three league games but have kept three clean sheets overall. The neutral venue at Stamford Bridge may encourage both teams to attack from the outset rather than sit deep. Open exchanges in midfield could open space for forwards to test the defences.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
3–1 WON

Our pick “Over 2.5 Goals” at odds 1.80 won — final score 3–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Lovro Majer 18'
  3. Lovro Majer assist Stavros Pilios 28'
  4. Pedrinho Penalty 34'
  5. Harold Moukoudi 42'
  6. Second half
  7. Marlon Gomes 54'
  8. Răzvan Marin 61'
  9. Isaque ↓ Pedrinho 63'
  10. Gleiker Mendoza ↓ Newerton 63'
  11. Mijat Gaćinović ↓ Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador 71'
  12. João Mário ↓ Lovro Majer 71'
  13. Kaan Kairinen ↓ Milan Vitális 78'
  14. Barnabás Varga ↓ Luka Jovic 79'
  15. Vinícius Tobias assist Alisson 80'
  16. Egor Nazaryna ↓ Marlon Gomes 81'
  17. Oleksandr Zubkov ↓ Răzvan Marin 83'
  18. Gleiker Mendoza assist Isaque 86'
  19. Lucas Ferreira ↓ Alisson 87'
  20. Luca Meirelles ↓ Kauã Elias 87'
  21. Barnabás Varga 90'
This season
Shakhtar Donetsk AEK Athens FC
Over 2.5 goals — 33%
Clean sheet 0% 100%
Failed to score 0% 33%
Scored per game 1.0 1.7
Conceded per game 1.0 0.0
Scored home / away 0.0 / 1.0 2.5 / 0.0

Across 1 and 3 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
15 ARS Arsenal 1 1 0 0 3
16 AEK AEK Athens FC ▲ 1 1 0 0 3
17 ASR AS Roma 1 0 1 0 1
18 SHA Shakhtar Donetsk ▲ 1 0 1 0 1
19 PSV PSV Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 1
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Shakhtar Donetsk WWWWW
W vs Chornomorets 2–0 Sep 14
W @ Vilkhivtsi 3–0 Sep 17
W vs LNZ Cherkasy 3–0 Sep 20
W vs Kryvbas KR 3–0 Oct 2
W @ Veres Rivne 3–0 Oct 9
AEK Athens FC WDWWW
W vs Lask Linz 1–0 Sep 8
D @ Asteras Tripolis 1–1 Sep 13
W vs Panserraikos 8–1 Sep 17
W @ Volos NFC 2–1 Sep 20
W vs OFI 3–0 Oct 10
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Shakhtar Donetsk
Scored 2.8 avg
2 3 3 3 3
Conceded 0.0 avg
0 0 0 0 0
AEK Athens FC
Scored 3.0 avg
1 1 8 2 3
Conceded 0.6 avg
0 1 1 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Shakhtar Donetsk
0 Draws
1 AEK Athens
Jul 2023 AEK Athens FC 5–0 Shakhtar Donetsk AEK Athens FC

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1-4-1
  • 31 D. Riznyk G
  • 17 Vinícius Tobias D
  • 5 V. Bondar D
  • 22 M. Matvienko D
  • 13 Pedrinho D
  • 6 Marlon Gomes M
  • 30 Alisson Santana M
  • 10 Pedrinho M
  • 27 O. Ocheretko M
  • 11 Newertton M
  • 9 Kauã Elias F
Bench Bruninho, K. Fesyun, Gabriel Carvalho, Isaque, O. Karavaev, D. Kryskiv, Luca Meirelles, Lucas Ferreira, G. Mendoza, E. Nazaryna, L. Traoré, V. Tsukanov

A. Turan

AEK Athens FC 4-4-2
  • 91 A. Brignoli G
  • 12 L. Rota D
  • 2 H. Moukoudi D
  • 44 Filipe Relvas D
  • 3 S. Pilios D
  • 14 L. Majer M
  • 27 M. Vitális M
  • 18 R. Marin M
  • 11 A. Koita M
  • 90 Zini F
  • 9 L. Jović F
Bench D. Vida, O. Zubkov, B. Varga, P. Mantalos, C. Lykogiannis, K. Kairinen, João Mário, M. Gaćinović, Marios Balamotis, K. Arriaga

M. Nikolić