Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction | 05/03/2013


Borussia Dortmund - Shaktar Donetsk 1.65 - 5.95

Surely Shaktar are not as harmless as the odds on offer indicate. They will be better tomorrow than in the first leg and Borussia are not in their brilliant group stage form. The first leg in Donetsk was the first really competitive game of the season for Shaktar and at the weekend they started their domestic season with an easy win. Quite logically Shaktar will most likely offer an improved passing game tomorrow and their players will be able to up the tempo.
Kucher will be back in their central defence for this second leg having been suspended in Donetsk.
Borussia have missed their German international defender Hummels for a couple of weeks, but they hope their chief in defence will be able to make a timely return tomorrow. He is very much a doubtful starter and F Santana could replace him again. There are some who think that Santana is a safety risk.
I wholeheartedly accept that it is advantage Borussia tomorrow after 2-2 in the first leg, but you can never rule out a team like Shaktar, a team filled with exciting individuals fully capable of deciding any game on this level. Over game? Yes, it certainly looks like that.

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