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Betting tips for Shakhtar Donetsk vs Lyon 12.12.2018

Shakhtar Donetsk and Lyon will face a meeting that, given the context, will be a final. Who wins, will follow to the "eighth" of this edition of the Champions League.

Shakhtar Donetsk are compelled to beat Lyon if they want to secure access to the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds. The Ukrainian team, coached by Portugal's Paul Fonseca, are in third place on Group F with five points, two behind Hoffenheim and two behind Lyon, meaning Shakhtar can secure access to the next round in the best of hypothesis and, at worst, you may even be left out of the European tests.

Defeated in both duels with Manchester City (0-3, 6-0), Shakhtar equalized with Hoffenheim at home (2-2), went to draw for the same numbers to Lyon and won in Germany by three balls to two, in a victory won "in the fall of the cloth".

Exception to the duels with the City, Shakhtar made at least two goals in each one of the meetings that disputed in this Champions League. Júnior Moraes has been in great form, a player who previously represented the rival Dynamo of Kiev and currently integrates the strong contingent "Canarinho" of Shakhtar.

Fernando is the only player in doubt for this match and Shakhtar will be on the pitch with his usual starters.



Champions League Lyon remain undefeated in the current edition of the Champions League and maintaining that status in this final round will suffice to stamp the passport to the "eighth" of the competition. The Gallic lineup occupies the second place of the table with seven points and a draw will serve its pretensions in that to the access to the "oitavos" of the competition concerns. Although this scenario is highly unlikely, the Gaules team still have a chance to finish the group in the first position, having won at the home of leaders Manchester City (1-2) and drew in the reception of the English champions . To do so, he would have to win and wait for City to lose to Hoffenheim, a very unlikely scenario.

Lyon are not expected to try to "hold" the draw in Ukraine, because that is not the nature of the Gallic team. The French will enter the field of view on all three points and looking to score, just as they did in the rest of the Champions League. Lyon have conceded two goals in each of their five games in the competition and that's a statistic to keep.

Before the visit to Ukraine, Lyon were surprised at home by Rennes, losing two balls to zero. The context of the Champions League is totally distinct and there will be no lack of motivation for the Ukrainian team in this challenge.



Looking at the characteristics of the two teams in contention and the quality that both present in the last third of the terrain, both are likely to get to the goal.
 
 

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