Feyenoord vs Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions, 17 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-2

Feyenoord v Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions for Tuesday's night kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Dutch hosts Feyenoord and Ukraine side Shakhtar Donetsk at De Kuip. Feyenoord have suffered 2 consecutive defeats and have a goal difference of -6. This is a must-win match for them if they are to progress from the group stage.

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League - Group F
Kick-off: Tuesday 17 Oct 2017, 09:45pm GMT
Venue: "De Kuip" in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Feyenoord v Shakhtar Donetsk Team News

Feyenoord welcome Shakhtar Donetsk to Stadion Feijenoord (or De Kuip) for a 3rd round match in Group F.

Shakhtar lost away to Manchester City, but were victorious in their opening group game against Napoli, after goals from Taison and Ferreyra.

Feyenoord won last season’s Eredivisie, finishing 1 point ahead of Ajax. They started this season in impressive fashion, winning their first 4 matches and scoring 12 goals. However, they have since only won 1 game out of their last 4 matches in the league. (P8, W5, D1, L2).

Shakhtar Donetsk are in fantastic form in their domestic league, winning 10 of the 12 games played and scoring 26 goals in the process. Striker Facundo Ferreyra is the big star so far this season, with 11 goals (all competitions, 15 matches) to his name already.

Shakhtar have a great away record. Before the Manchester City game, their last away loss in any competitive match was a 0-3 reversal against Swiss side Young Boys, back in August 2016. (P27, W24 D3).

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Feyenoord: Brad Jones - Ridgeciano Haps, Sven van Beek, Jeremiah St. Juste, Kevin Diks - Tonny Vilhena, Karim El Ahmadi - Jean-Paul Boetius, Jens Toornstra, Steven Berghuis - Nicolai Jorgensen (4-2-3-1 formation)

Shakhtar Donetsk: Andriy Pyatov - Bogdan Butko, Ivan Ordets, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Ismaily - Fred, Taras Stepanenko - Marlos, Taison, Bernard - Facundo Ferreyra (4-2-3-1 formation)