Shakhtar Donetsk vs Istanbul BB Prediction 25 August 2016
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Shakhtar Donetsk vs Istanbul BB Prediction 25 August 2016

Tournament: Europa League
Location: Lviv Arena
Match date: 08/25/2016 at 20:00

Shakhtar Donetsk host Istanbul BB at Lviv Arena in the Europa League playoff round leg 2.

Shakhtar Donetsk have gradually gained solid form. After 5 games played in the national league, Donetsk side are sharing 1st spot with their rivals Dynamo Kyiv. We should mention, the hosts managed to win their last league game against Dnipro with 4:0 score.

However, Ukrainian side weren’t that great in the eurocups this season. Altough, they faced rather easy draw against Swiss Young Boys, Fonseca side failed to prove their worth and were eliminated from the Champions League. In the Europa League playoffs Shakhtar Donetsk faced Istanbul BB and secured 2:1 away victory in the first leg.

The visitors in turn finished on 4th spot last season and qualified for the eurocups for the season time. Previously, Abdullah Avcı’s side managed to past through Croatian Rijeka (2:2 on agg). Although Shakhtar recorded close 2:1 win in the first match, they were bossing the game, while Istanbul made only 2 shots on target and scored from penalty.

Shakhtar tend to show solid performance at home ground and they also need to redeem themselves after humiliating defeat to Young Boys. The hosts are set to repeat their last-season result when they reached Europa League semifinal. Istanbul showed nothing extraordinary last game and they are not expected to succeed in the second leg as well. We are sticking with the hosts.