Led by Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Feyenoord, and Shakhtar, led by Paulo Fonseca, in a match that, in my view, will decide the future of the Dutch in the competition,
given that they do not add yet any point in these two days that have already been disputed. On the side of the locals, van der Heijden is low, while Vermeer is in doubt;
as for the Ukrainians, Kryvtsov and Malyshev are low.
Below are the probable XI’s of each team:
To quote
Feyenoord: Jones – Haps, St. Juste, Tapia, Amrabat – El Ahmadi, Toornstra, Vilhena-Boëtius, Jørgensen Berghuis
Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov – Butko, Ordets, Rakitskiy, Ismaily – Fred, Stepanenko – Marlos, Bernard, Taison – Ferreyra
Source: futbolgrad
The Dutch enter this match with an early season of some inconsistency, although this one has appeared more recently.
In the league, the team is far from having the constancy of last season, seeing the PSV leader 5 points away and,
in the Champions League, has not yet scored any point in six possible, which puts pressure to have a good result in this game.
Shakhtar come from a very positive start to the season, leading the Ukrainian championship and having some chances to qualify in the Champions League,
taking into account that they managed to beat their big direct rival in the group, Napoli, in the Ukraine, 2-1, having sold face to face defeat in Manchester.
In the event of a triumph, the Ukrainians will have to take a big step towards at least qualifying for the Europa League.
Prognosis Feyenoord vs Shakhtar Donetsk:
Given that this is clearly a decisive departure for the Dutch,
given that a loss or tie will practically put them out of qualifying for the next phase of the Champions League and the Europa League itself,
I believe it will be a game mainly played from the tactical point of view and where both teams can fit under this point of view.
So I think we can see a game with a few goals and a short victory from the winning team.
