Zarya Lugansk vs Shakhter Donetsk Prediction and Betting Preview 15 Mar 2020

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Run-away league leaders Shakhar Donetsk will be making a trip to the Avanhard Stadium to take on Champions League hopeful Zorya Luhansk in a crunch Ukrainian Premier League clash on Sunday afternoon.

Match status: 2019/20 Ukraine Premier League - Round 23
Kick-off: Sunday 15 Mar 2020, 01:00pm CET
 Venue: Slavutych-Arena (Zaporizhia)

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The visiting contingent, sporting a whopping 16 points clear of this weekend’s opposition, are considered huge favorites for the win here. Given they guard against complacency, the Miners should have enough about themselves to roar to victory.

Head coach Viktor Skrypnyk has masterminded his Zorya Luhansk side to a Champions League place challenge, sitting third on the log, just two points adrift of second-placed Dynamo Kyiv. Indeed, they are having a great season, one which will be buttered by a top-two finish on the standings.

As the home side are close to climbing up the ladder, so are they whiskers away from falling off the pace in their quest for continental football. The Men are just a point clear of fourth-placed Desna and a loss in this fixture could see them relinquish their current league position.

One of the games billed to go down in the Ukrainian Premier League this weekend, expect an entertaining game at the Avanhard Stadium with Shakhtar Donetsk coming out tops with a fairly comfortably victory.

Zorya Luhansk vs Shakhtar Donetsk Team News

After finishing 5th last season; securing European football in the process, Zorya came into this campaign hopeful of a strong campaign. To date, they’ve enjoyed exactly that, currently sitting 3rd with 43 points from 22 games; stationed just 2 points behind Dynamo Kiev and a Champions League place.

Any kind of result on Sunday would be a huge one for Zorya but it’ll be a massive ask for them to get one.

Indeed, despite being one of the strongest sides in Ukranian football they are still some way off the level of Shakhtar; something evidenced by the fact they’ve lost their last 5 games against them, conceding an average of 2.2 goals a game in the process.

Meanwhile, after cruising to the title last year and having won the domestic crown 3 times in a row, it’s no surprise to see Shakhtar at the top of the Vyscha Liga. It’s been business as usual for the visitors this campaign and they find themselves 14 points clear of nearest rival Dynamo.

Shakhtar have resources and quality far superior to all other outfits in Ukraine and that’s why the domestic league there is one of the most one sided on the planet. Overall, the visitors have won 19 of their 22 league outings this term and they go into every game they play as huge favourites.

Ultimately, there can be no questioning that the visitors are big favourites to win Sunday’s clash. Man for man, they are simply stronger in all areas than Zorya. The hosts aren’t a bad outfit but don’t have the quality to stand up to a domestically unstoppable visiting team.

Injured or Suspended Players

Zorya Luhansk: Maksym Kazakov, Yevhen Cheberko and Mykyta Shevchenko.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Maksym Malyshev, Oleksandr Pikhalionok and Manor Solomon.

Pre-Match Odds

Zorya Luhansk: 4.02
Draw: 3.98
Shakhar Donetsk: 1.8

All odds are with 1xBet and are subject to change.
All odds are for Zarya Lugansk vs Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions with 1xBet and are subject to change.

Zarya Lugansk vs Shakhtar Donetsk Predictions

All things, backing an away win looks the only way to play as far as the betting is concerned and is something we’re happy to do with maximum confidence. Shakhtar have a dominant record against Zorya and we fancy them to extend it via a 2-1 margin of victory.