Wolfsburg vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League
by Daniel Ngulu | in Europa League Prediction
Wolfsburg have been on a fine run in recent matches and will be looking to gain the advantage in the first leg when they host Shaktar Donetsk in the Europa League quarterfinals. In their last eight matches, Wolfsburg have not tasted defeat, winning five of those but they will be seeking to improve on their last two, having posted straight draws. They beat Malmo home and away in the second round of the Europa League and with German clubs enjoying a good run in Europe, they will be keen to extend the same against Shakhtar. Their 2-2 draw with Union Berlin was considered dropped points but in their most recent game, Wolfsburg showed great improvement to draw 0-0 with Leipzig, to register their third clean sheet in four matches. They have failed to score in just one of their last 10 matches and are unbeaten in four matches at home, with two straight clean sheets. With four straight wins in the Europa League, they will be confident going to this match, and they have three clean sheets in the four. Wolfsburg have scored in each of their last 12 Europa League matches and have registered six wins in 10 home matches in Europa League.
In their last Europa League match, Shakhtar drew 3-3 with Benfica in Portugal. They will be keen not to concede heavily again away in Germany as they have not been strong defensively in the past few matches. They have no clean sheet in the last four games and have conceded eight goals in the process. In their last game, they were headed for another 3-3 draw, until Junior Moraes scored late to hand Shakhtar a 4-3 win over Kolos Kovalivka in the Ukrainian league. While they have been conceding heavily, they have also been scoring a lot; in their last five matches, Shakhtar have scored 12 goals; eight of these came in the last two matches. It is their away form that they need to address – the last time they were in Germany, they suffered a 4-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt and followed that up with the 3-3 draw away to Benfica. They have just one clean sheet in five away Europa League games and this may be a problem for them here.
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Wolfsburg vs Shakhtar Donetsk Form
Wolfsburg and Shakhtar Donetsk Last Matches
4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
7 Mar 2020 - Bundesliga
27 Feb 2020 - Europa League
20 Feb 2020 - Europa League
15 Feb 2020 - Bundesliga
2 Feb 2020 - Bundesliga
25 Jan 2020 - Bundesliga
1/6 (17%)
4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
27 Feb 2020 - Europa League
20 Feb 2020 - Europa League
11 Dec 2019 - Champions League
26 Nov 2019 - Champions League
6 Nov 2019 - Champions League
22 Oct 2019 - Champions League
Wolfsburg against Shakhtar Donetsk Lineups: Starting 11
Formation : 4 - 3 - 3
Formation : 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Wolfsburg - Shakhtar Donetsk Key Points
- Shakhtar Donetsk have one clean sheet in five away Europa League matches.
- Wolfsburg have four straight wins in the Europa League.
- Wolfsburg are unbeaten in their last eight matches.
- Shakhtar have conceded eight goals in their last four matches.
- Shakhtar have failed to score in just one of the last six matches.
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Our Wolfsburg vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction
Shakhtar have had an unconvincing defence in their past few matches and as a result have shipped in a plenty of goals. Though they have been scoring quite well, their defensive problems stand to cost them here, looking at Wolfsburg’s form. Wolfsburg hit Malmo home and away in the last round and with four straight wins in the competition, they will be keen to take the first leg advantage. Playing at home will favor them too. However, with just one clean sheet in five Europa League home games, we feel they may concede here. Still we are backing the home side for a win.
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