On the 14th of September, Shakhtar Donetsk will play host to Celtic in a clash of the Champions League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Shakhtar Donetsk recorded a 4-1 win against RB Leipzig. Maryan Shved scored the first goal for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 16th minute, but Mohamed Simakan got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 57th minute. Shakhtar Donetsk looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while celtic is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior scored the first goal for Real Madrid in the 56th minute, then Luka Modrić added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Eden Hazard At the end of 90 a dissapointed Celtic couldn’t manage to score, and Real Madrid took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Celtic should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Celtic has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Kyogo Furuhashi and Liel Abada are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 5 goals for Celtic and look to continue their dominance.. Shakhtar Donetsk’s most prolific scorer has been Mykhailo Mudryk. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.