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Shakhtar Donetsk will host Stade Rennais at the Polish Army Stadium on Thursday (February 16) in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League knockout playoffs. The hosts participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage earlier this season, where they started well, winning and drawing their first two games. Shakhtar, though, went winless in their next four to finish behind Real Madrid and RB Leipzig.
Thursday’s game will mark Shakhtar’s return to competitive action after a three-month hiatus. Rennes, meanwhile, have endured a difficult run of results on the domestic stage recently and will hope for better luck in Europe. They went unbeaten in the group stage of the Europa League this season, winning thrice, to finish second.
The visitors made it to the last 16 of the Conference League last season.
Shakhtar have been out of competitive action since late November and struggled during their mid-season friendlies. They have, however, lost just one game at home this season.
Rennes, meanwhile, are on a run of back-to-back defeats, losing five of their last seven games across competitions. They have lost their last four away outings and could see defeat here.
Prediction: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Stade Rennais
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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes
Over 2.5 -108
Juventus vs Nantes
Under 2.5 -108
Bayer Leverkusen vs Monaco
Over 2.75 -115
Union Berlin DC -115
Sevilla ML +125
UECL
Braga PK -125
Trabzonspor ML -120
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This match will start from 11:15 pm
This match will take place on 16 February 2023
☝ Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes
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Zubkov will return from injury for Shakhtar to soften the blow of losing Mudryk, as the 26-year-old missed their final six games before the break.
Marian Shved and Viktor Korniienko will both miss out for Shakhtar though, through injury.
Sergiy Kryvtsov also left the club in January to go to MLS, so there could be a second debut for the club for recent recruit Yaroslav Rakitskiy in defence, after he controversially left for Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in 2019.
Martin Terrier will be a big miss in the Rennes ranks, as their key player remains out with a knee injury suffered against Nice at the start of the year.
Their replacement for the outgoing Kamaldeen Sulemana, Karl Toko Ekambi, could come back into the side after being benched for their loss at Toulouse.
Trubin; Bondar, Mykhaylychenko, Matviienko, Lucas Taylor; Stepanenko, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Kryskiv; Zubkov, Traore
Mandanda; Spence, Rodon, Theate, Truffert; Bourigeaud, Tait, Santamaria, Doku; Toko Ekambi, Gouiri
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We say: Shakhtar Donetsk 0-2 Rennes
Losing their talisman as well as playing their home matches in another country suggests that Shakhtar may find this assignment much tougher than they would have done in previous years.
Rennes are hopelessly out of form but do have plenty of players on the pitch who can make the difference and should have more than Shakhtar on the night.
Tip 1 – Result: Shakhtar
Tip 2 – Goals – Over/under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals (Eight of the visitors’ last ten games have produced more than 2.5 goals.)
Tip 3 – Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have scored in seven of the hosts’ eight games.)
Today's Europa League Play Offs:
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18:45 – Ajax vs Union Berlin
18:45 – Barcelona vs Man Utd
18:45 – Salzburg vs AS Roma
18:45 – Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes
21:00 – B.Leverkusen vs Monaco
21:00 – Juventus vs Nantes
21:00 – Sevilla vs PSV
21:00 – Sporting CP vs Midtjylland#UEL pic.twitter.com/p2F5f52Yic
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Rennes win with a probability of 57.87%. A draw has a probability of 21.7% and a win for Shakhtar Donetsk has a probability of 20.42%.
The most likely scoreline for a Rennes win is 1-2 with a probability of 9.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 0-1 (9.4%) and 0-2 (9.21%). The likeliest drawn scoreline is 1-1 (10.12%), while for a Shakhtar Donetsk win it is 2-1 (5.46%).
You can also live stream the UEFA Europa League 2023 on JioTV, Sony LIV App, and Airtel XStream on your mobile.