Today, on September 14, the match of the second round of the Champions League group stage will take place between Shakhtar and Celtic (Scotland). The meeting will be held in Warsaw at the stadium of the Polish Army named after Jozef Pilsudski. The whistle to start the match will sound at 19:45 Kyiv time.
The live TV broadcast of Shakhtar vs Celtic will take place on the Megogogo online streaming television platform, the official exclusive broadcaster of the Champions League in Ukraine, as well as on Volia TV.
Shakhtar and Celtic started differently in the group stage of this Champions League. If the Pitmen sensationally beat the German RB Leipzig on the road, then Celtic lost devastatingly at home to Real Madrid — 0:3.
Both teams arrived in Warsaw the day before and trained on the field of the Polish Army Stadium. As part of the scheduled pre-match events, press conferences were also held by the head coaches of Shakhtar and Celtic. Both Igor Jovićević and Angelos Postecoğlu said that they expected a difficult match, but at the same time they believe that their wards are capable of winning. At the same time, the Pitmen's mentor referred to the victory over RB Leipzig, saying that Shakhtar showed their level in this match.
As for the assessments of the chances of opponents in the Shakhtar vs Celtic match, the bookmakers do not see a clear favorite in this meeting, but they still assign a certain advantage to the Scots - bets on the away win are accepted with odds of 2.24, while the quotation on the Pitmen's success » — 3.40. The odds for a draw are 3.75.
Both Shakhtar and Celtic played regular matches in their national leagues the day before. The Donetsk team beat Chernomorets Odesa — 2:1, and Celtic defeated their main rival in the fight for the championship title, Rangers — 4:0.
As a reminder, the match of the 2nd round of the Champions League group stage between Shakhtar and Celtic will take place on Wednesday, September 14, in Warsaw at the Jozef Pilsudski Polish Army Stadium (beginning at 19:45 Kyiv time). Where to watch: Megogo, Volia TV.