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January 20 2025, 14:28 · Alex Lawes
Updated: January 21 2025, 15:06

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk are playing their home games in the UEFA Champions League in Gelsenkirchen with the latest visitors being the big overachievers, Stade Brest.

Kick-off date/time: Wednesday 22nd January, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Shakhtar Donetsk Team News: Pedrinho suspension

Shakhtar have had to deal with lots of key departures in recent years since war was waged in Ukraine by Russia so their squad isn’t deep. They are blessed with no injury issues but remain without Pedrinho, who is unavailable due to suspension.

Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Riznyk; Tobias, Bondar, Matvyenko, Azarov; Gomes; Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Kevin; Sikan

Unavailable: Pedrinho (Suspended)

Questionable: 

Brest Team News: Several defensive issues

Centre-back Soumaila Coulibaly remains injured for Brest alongside fellow defender Julian Le Cardinal and left-back duo Jordan Amavi and Massadio Haidara, whilst former Norwich City midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou is an injury doubt, whilst Romain Faivre is dealing with illness.

Predicted XI (4-1-2-1-2): Bizot; Lala, Chardonnet, Ndiaye, Irie; Fernandes; Magnetti, Camara; Doumbia; Ajorque, Balde

Unavailable: Coulibaly (Injured), Le Cardinal (Injured), Amavi (Injured), Haidara (Injured), Martin (Injured)

Questionable: Lees-Melou (Injured), Faivre (Illness)

Key Stats

  • This is the first UEFA club competition match between these two teams.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won only two of their last ten UEFA club competition matches against French teams (D4 L4).
  • Shakhtar Donetsk are unbeaten in their last four UEFA Champions League matches against French teams, including qualifying (W1 D3).
  • Shakhtar Donetsk have won only one of their last nine UEFA club competition matches (D2 L6).
  • Only one of Shakhtar Donetsk’s last 28 matches finished without a goal being scored.
  • This is Brest’s first UEFA club competition match against a team from Ukraine.
  • Brest have won four of their six matches in their first season in UEFA club competition (D1 L1).
  • Brest have scored at least one goal in the first half in five of their previous six UEFA Champions League matches this season.
  • Brest have won six of their last seven competitive matches (L1).

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Prediction

Shakhtar Donetsk have collected just four points from their six UEFA Champions League matches so far as they sit four points outside of the top 24 with two games to go ahead of the seventh match day of the 2024/25 league phase. The Ukrainians are third in the Ukrainian Premier League behind Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya. They now face a Stade Brest side that, coached by Eric Roy, sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table in Ligue 1 as they continue to overachieve in the UEFA Champions League and, on a neutral ground, double chance bet in favour of Brest may well seem a good bet for this one.

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Brest Tip: Double chance – Brest to win or draw