Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Basel Betting Odds and Predictions
Does FC Basel also surprise Schalke?
⚽️ Game: Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Basel
⚽️ Competition: Europa League 2020
🔺 Date: 08/11/2020
🔻 Betting Prediction: Basel
🔺 Betting Odds: 2.88
🔻 Stake: 5/10 units
The season so far in international business can already be considered a success for both clubs. Few experts would have believed in advance that the reigning Ukrainian titleholder or the former Swiss series champion could run such a deep run in the European Cup. Thanks to the victories against VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, the round of the last eight is now in front of the chest.
In our opinion, what should be taken into account in a suitable Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Basel prediction is the fact that the guests from the Alpine republic are still full of juice and didn’t have a long break to possibly get out of the rhythm.
But the Eastern Europeans have extremely good memories of the Schalke football temple because Schachtjor was able to make the most recent two guest appearances in the Ruhr area victorious against the Royal Blues. The Orange-Blacks also won the only quarter-finals to date in the follow-up competition to the UEFA Cup. For this reason, among other things, the team of coach Castro is traded as the favorite to advance in the do-or-die game on Tuesday evening with the best bookmakers.
🔺 Betting Prediction: Under 2.5 Goals
🔻 Betting Odds: 1.95
Shakhtar Donetsk – Statistics & current form
In 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk celebrated the greatest success in the club’s history so far. The Ukrainians sensationally prevailed against Werder Bremen in Istanbul and were crowned UEFA Cup winners. Only two seasons later, the orange-blacks even reached the quarter-finals of the premier class and once again lived up to their reputation as a favorite scare on the international stage.
The relationship between the Europa League and the figurehead of Ukrainian football has not yet been a big love story. Only in 2016 did Donetsk reach the round of the last eight and, thanks to two wins against Braga, even made it to the semi-finals. The team, peppered with numerous South Americans, wants to make it to the semifinals in the current season. According to the odds, the chances are not bad at all before the duel Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Basel.
Donetsk wrongly clearly favored?
Despite the undoubtedly existing quality in the Eastern European squad, it should not be neglected that the last league game was already over three weeks ago and Schachtjor then only lost the cup final against Dynamo Kyiv (1: 2) and VfL Wolfsburg to a 3 : 0 struggled. You read that right because all three goals in the alleged sovereign success against Lower Saxony came in stoppage time.
From this point of view, it is extremely difficult to assess the shape of the Ukrainians at the moment. First and foremost, we lack the pro-arguments to give a tip on the first-named team between Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Basel, especially since the prices move in a segment that promises little or no value. Except for the blocked Khocholava, all players are available.
The probable lineup of Shakhtar Donetsk:
➤ Pyatov – Bolbat, Matvyenko, Krivtsov, Dodo – Stepanenko, Antonio – Taison, Patrick, Marlos – Moraes
Last matches from Shakhtar Donetsk:
Europa League Final Stage
⚽️ 08/05 2020 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 0 Vfl Wolfsburg
Premier League Championship Group
⚽️ 07/19 2020 PFK Olexandrija 2 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
⚽️ 07/15 2020 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 0 FC Kolos Kovalivka
⚽️ 07/12 2020 Desna 2 – 4 Shakhtar Donetsk
⚽️ 07/04 2020 Dynamo Kiev 2 – 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Basel – Statistics & current form
In the Swiss Super League, FC Basel did worse in the recently ended season than it has done in a long time. Third place in the final bill was a big disappointment, especially since neither the champions from Bern nor the surprise team from St. Gallen would have been unbeatable. The bottom line was that the “Bebbi” simply lacked the necessary consistency.
These, in turn, showed the red-blue in the Europa League, where no less than eight of the ten matches have so far been victorious. Only in Krasnodar and at Trabzonspor was a defeat or a draw. The four knockout matches, however, were all won and always without conceding a goal.
Basel so far with four to zero victories in the knockout phase
In particular, the two successes against last year’s semi-finalist Eintracht Frankfurt underpinned the thesis that the Swiss are extremely serene on the European stage. A high level of effectiveness on the offensive paired with stable compactness on the defensive makes Marcel Koller’s team a very uncomfortable opponent on Tuesday evening.
If FCB can call up the performances from the Frankfurt games again, we consider it anything but unrealistic that the prediction of the supposed underdog between Schachtjor Donezk and FC Basel will pay off. The “Bebbi” don’t have much to lose anymore and the fact that they are still used to the three-day rhythm could play into their cards. In terms of personnel, Koller has to do without regular keepers Omlin, Zuffi, Ramires, and the suspended Cömert.
The probable lineup of FC Basel:
➤ Nikolic – Petretta, Alderete, Werff, Widmer – Xhaka, Frei – Pululu, Campo, Stocker – Cabral
Last matches from FC Basel:
Europa League Final Stage
⚽️ 08/06 2020 FC Basel 1893 1 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Super League
⚽️ 08/03 2020 FC Basel 1893 0 – 0 FC Luzern
⚽️ 07/31 2020 FC Thun 0 – 0 FC Basel 1893
⚽️ 07/26 2020 FC Basel 1893 4 – 4 FC Lugano
⚽️ 07/22 2020 FC St. Gallen 0 – 5 FC Basel 1893
Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Basel Direct comparison
The two teams have faced each other three times in competitive games. We can confidently neglect the UI Cup duel from the 1996/97 season. The matches in the 2008/2009 Champions League season, which the Ukrainians won in each case, are too far in the past to play an important role for Tuesday.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Basel – Betting odds comparison – Europa League 2020
🔺 Betting Prediction: Shakhtar Donetsk
🔻 Betting Odds: 1.83
🔺 Betting Prediction: Draw
🔻 Betting Odds: 3.75
🔺 Betting Prediction: FC Basel
🔻 Betting Odds: 4.2
Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Basel Betting Odds and Predictions
Before the quarter-finals in the Europa League between Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Basel, the bookmakers leave no doubt based on their betting odds as to who will be the favorite in the game of the two outsiders. Why the Ukrainians are seen so clearly in the foreground, however, does not necessarily reveal to us even after a detailed analysis.
The Castro-Elf has only played two competitive games in the past three weeks and is not convincing. The “Bebbi” on the other hand is fully in the match rhythm and last beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0. For the third of the past Swiss Super League, it was the fourth “to zero” victory in this year’s knockout phase.
Key facts – Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Basel tips
🔺 Donetsk recently successfully played twice in a row at Schalke
🔺 Basel have won all four knockout games to date to zero
🔺 Overtime and/or penalty shoot-outs may take place in the Veltins Arena
Because anything is possible in a “do-or-die” game, which is also played on neutral ground in Gelsenkirchen, we decide between Schachtjor Donezk and FC Basel for the tip that the Koller-Elf will reach the semifinals moves in. Although the Red-Blue has to fight with one or the other important failure, the Swiss have managed to top it off on the international stage.
