Read Madrid will be looking to return to winning ways when they take a trip to the NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium on Tuesday to square off against Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday three of the Champions League fixtures with kickoff at 22:00.
The hosts opened their Champions League campaign with a disappointing 2-0 defeat to tournament debutants Sheriff Tiraspol before managing to claim a point in their 0-0 draw against Inter Milan in their second Group D fixture.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side now occupy the bottom spot in the group standings and have a lot of work to do in the group if they are to stand a chance of progressing to the knockouts. However, despite things being difficult in the Champions League for the hosts they remain formidable in their domestic league, having just suffered one defeat in the league Shakhtar occupy the second place with just three points off the pace. Also, they head into the match into the match off a morale boosting 6-1 win over Zorya and Zerbi will be hoping that the win can serve as catalyst in their turnaround in the Champions league.
Meanwhile Real Madrid made a strong start to their domestic campaign claiming five wins in their opening six matches drawing the other match. However, things have not gone in their way in the recent weeks as they suffered a shocking 2-1 defeat to Espanyol a defeat that saw them extend their winless run to three matches now across all competitions with back-to-back defeats.
Madrid opened their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 away win over Inter Milan but failed to follow that up with another win when Sheriff Tiraspol came calling to their gates. Madrid were left embarrassed and shocked when the tournament debutants beat them 2-1 in their second Group D match.
Madrid will now be looking to return to winning ways and cannot afford another setback considering the unpredictability of Group D.
Shakhtar vs Real Madrid head to head
Both sides have met in four occasions since 2015 with both sides collecting two wins and are yet to register any kind of draws.
- Shakhtar 2-0 Rea Madrid 01/12/20
- Real Madrid 2-3 Shakhtar 21/10/20
- Shakhtar 3-4 Real Madrid 25/11/15
- Read Madrid 4-0 Shakhtar 15/09/15
Home
- Shakhtar 6-1 Lugansk
- Dynamo Kiev 0-0 Shakhtar
- Shakhtar 0-0 Inter
- Shakhtar4-1 Rivne
- Shakhtar 3-0 Dynamo Kiev
Away
- Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 1-2 Tiraspol
- Real Madrid 0-0 Villarreal
- Real Madrid 6-1 Mallorca
- Valencia 1-2 Real Madrid
Shakhtar team news
The hosts will be without Junior Moraes and Lassina Traore due to knee injuries.
Real Madrid team news
The visitors will be without Dani Ceballos, Gareth Bale, Marcelo. Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal, Eden Hazard Eder Militao, David Alaba, Mariano Diaz and Marco Asensio due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Real Madrid win
- Both sides to score
- Double chance
