After losing on Camp Nou with 1:5, Shakhtar will try to do the impossible here and achieve a victory with 4 goals or more difference against Barcelona.
The Ukrainian team lost their home game this weekend for the league to Obolon Kiev with 0:1, resting and saving the team for the game on Tuesday. Shakhtar did very well in the first 20-30 minutes on Camp Nou, although the team was losing with 0:1. There were at least 3 opportunities which Luis Adriano missed, depriving the Ukrainians of an early goal and a much different scenario of the match. In the past 2 games here against Barcelona, Shakhtar won the one in 2004 with 2:0 and lost the one in 2008 with 1:2. Shakhtar’s record at home to Spanish teams is one victory, three draws and two losses.
Barcelona has a comfortable lead of 4 goals already and pretty much is guaranteed to qualify for the semi-finals. The previous time the team won the first leg on Camp Nou with 5:1 was back in 1977/78 UEFA Cup, where the second leg finished 3:1 in favor of the Blaugranes.
In the first game we saw an unstoppable Messi, who created incredible opportunities for his teammates to scored, but wasn’t able to find the net himself. Barcelona won this weekend’s game with 3:1 against Almeria after at one point the team was behind one goal, but it took only 3 minutes for the team to catch up.
Despite the rumors that Carles Puyol is fit to start the game, he and Bojan Krkićhave did not fly to Ukraine. Andres Iniesta is suspended for this game, a crafty yellow card that will guarantee him a clean record in the semi final.
This will not be an easy game for Barcelona despite the result of the first game. Shakhtar has been unbeaten at home in the group stage even when they faced Arsenal. The two logical and safe choice for betting on this game would be Over 2.5 Goals and/or Both Teams to Score a Goal. Obviously Shakhtar has nothing to lose here and will go for the goal from the very first minute. This will give Barcelona open space to counter-attack and we should definitely see more than two goals in this game. I am willing to go with Over 2.5 Goals as the odds are a little bit higher than from the Both Teams To Score a Goal bet. Good luck betting.
Recommended Bet:
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.72 
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