Aberdeen vs Shakhtar Donetsk Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Conference League | League Phase
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The proper phase of UEFA competition football is returning to Pittodrie once again as Aberdeen take on Shakhtar Dontesk in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Key stats
- This is the first UEFA match between these teams.
- Aberdeen’s only previous UEFA competition matches against a Ukrainian team were when they faced Dnipro in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup first round. Aberdeen progressed to the next round with a victory on away goals after a 0-0 draw at home and a 1-1 draw in Dnipro.
- Aberdeen have won only one of their last 12 UEFA competition matches (D5 L6).
- Aberdeen have lost only four of their last 21 UEFA competition matches at home (W9 D8).
- Aberdeen have lost only two of their last seven UEFA group/league matches (W2 D3).
- Aberdeen are without a win in their last seven matches in all competitions (D2 L5).
- Aberdeen have not scored a goal in their last six matches in all competitions.
- All Shakhtar Donetsk’s previous six UEFA matches against Scottish opposition have been against Celtic in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W2 D2 L2).
- This is Shakhtar Donetsk’s 22nd successive season in a UEFA competition group stage/league phase. Their first in the group stage/league phase of the UEFA Conference League.
- Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Shakhtar Donetsk have not lost any of their previous eight UEFA competition matches this season (W4 D4) *they exited the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round via a penalty shoot-out against Panathinaikos after both legs finished 0-0.
- Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Shakhtar Donetsk have not lost any of their previous 16 competitive matches this season (W10 D6) *they exited the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round via a penalty shoot-out against Panathinaikos after both legs finished 0-0.
Aberdeen vs Shakhtar Donetsk prediction
Aberdeen performed brilliantly in the first-half of last season to launch a mini title challenge before fading away and finishing third in the Scottish Premiership, thus knocked into the playoff round, which they lost, of the UEFA Europa League.
Surprisingly, albeit the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has had an impact on their squad, and they have also since sold Kevin to Fulham, Shakhtar Donetsk finished third in the Ukrainian Premier League last season, a lowest finish in around 30 years.
Shakhtar Donetsk have the European pedigree and should still be confident of avoiding defeat in Scotland, but the Dandies, as they did against FCSB, should at least pose a challenge.
Aberdeen vs Shakhtar Donetsk tip: Shakhtar Donetsk to win & both teams to score
