Renowned sports journalist Alexei Andronov shared his forecast for today's Europa League match Rennes - Shakhtar.
- The return leg in the Europa League. In the first game, the Donetsk club won rather unexpectedly with a score of 2-1. I think that, given the way the game unfolded (Shakhtar scored twice in the first half), Rennes underestimated their opponent, of course.
All the talk about how the Ukrainian teams live, where they live, that they, in fact, have no domestic championship, relaxes the players. And the French have not coped, so to speak, with the information part. They did not expect Shakhtar to be so bold. But we saw how Shakhtar started in the Champions League and how they got beaten by Leipzig in their first group match. All this is not surprising.
But I think that over the past time, the French club has made certain conclusions, they will play at home, with the support of the spectators. "Rennes must win. The odds here are not very high. But the odds on Rennes' passing are interesting. "After 2-1 Shakhtar is, of course, the favorite of the pair. The odds are 1.98 on Rennes. I think it's a good option. 1-0, 2-1 with a possible going into extra time, a 2-0 win - all can happen. Confidence is 8 on a 10-point system," Andronov's prediction quotes "Bookmakers Rating ".