By Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid face-off against each other at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on Tuesday in a UEFA Champions League Group B game.
The visitors are in a grey patch of form recently, having struggled to gather consistency domestically and in Europe.
This weekend, Zinedine Zidane’s side lost 2-1 to Alaves and slipped further down the La Liga table.
✨ @ChampionsLeague football is back in 2️⃣ days!#RMCity | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/gSV0ccqKPp
— Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) November 29, 2020
While they are seven points off leaders Real Sociedad in the Spanish top-flight, Los Blancos began their UCL campaign with a draw and loss. A victory here, however, would see Real Madrid go through to the knockout stages after defeating Inter Milan last week.
Shakhar, on the contrary, have suffered two devastating setbacks to Borussia Monchengladbach, conceding 10 goals in two matches against the Germans. Should the Ukranian Premier League giants win this game, they would be level on seven points with Real Madrid.
Shakhtar vs Real Madrid Head-to-head
Across a total of three matches against each other, Real Madrid hold the slight advantage with a couple of wins.
Shakhtar did defeat the Spanish powerhouse 3-2 in the reverse fixture, thanks to a Raphael Varane own-goal and strikes from Tete and Manor Salomon.
Shakhtar form guide: W-L-D-W-L
Real Madrid form guide: L-W-D-L-W
Shakhtar vs Real Madrid Team News
Luis Castro has a host of injury problems in his Shakhtar side
Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar are riddled with injuries to a handful of their first-team players including Yevhen Konoplyanka, Davit Khocholava, Ismaily and Dentinho. That leaves manager Luis Castro with limited options in various areas, although he will not tinker too much with the combination that has remained unbeaten in the Ukrainian first division since September.
Injuries: Yevhen Konoplyanka, Davit Khocholava, Ismaily, Dentinho.
Doubtful: None
Suspensions: None
? Tete’s winner in the match in Dnipro ⚽#Dnipro1Shakhtar pic.twitter.com/qCm2HOYg3S
— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) November 29, 2020
