An anticipated game between the Italian Roma and the Ukrainian Shakhtar.
Roma hasn’t had a victory in February yet. The team played 3 games from the Serie A, and recorded 1 draw and 2 losses. Roma is currently 8th in the Calcio, with 32 points from 24 games, a record of W11 D6 L7. Roma finished second in their group with 3 victories 1 draw and 2 losses.
Shakhtar is first in the Ukrainian premier league, with 52 points in 19 games, dominating with 12 points ahead of the second Dynamo Kiev. The team’s record is W17 D1 L1. They topped the group with Arsenal, recording 5 victories and only 1 loss on Emirates.
Shakhtar has been the team that has committed the most fouls in the groups stage, a total of 103. Even so, the team managed to beat Arsenal at home, and every other team in the group away and at home. Roma is the only team that has qualified in the elimination rounds and hasn’t kept a clean sheet in any of the 6 group stage games.
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Ex Arsenal striker Eduardo has scored 3 goals in just six shots, and in the same time his partner in offense Luiz Adriano has scored 3 as well from 7 shots. Shakhtar lost a friendly game against Karpaty on the 7th, but won an away game against Rosenborg, a friendly again with 1:4.
While Roma is considered the favorite in this game, I can’t really see why. The team’s odds have been raising in the past few days, and now the home victory is priced at
2.10 and going up as you are reading.
In 2006 both teams were in the same group of Champions League, where Roma won at home with 4:0, while Shakhtar won the home game with 1:0. However since then a lot has changed, Roma isn’t that great shape, while Shakhtar are unstoppable this year. The odds for the away victory are perfect and I would back the Ukrainian team in this game.
Recommended Bet:
Shakhtar to win @ 3.60 (Bet365)
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