Arsenal Vs Shakhtar Donetsk Team News, Match Preview, Score Prediction And Predicted Lineups Ahead Of Vital UEFA Champions League Clash

Here at Sportscasting, we have the latest Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk team news, match preview, score prediction and predicted lineups ahead of Tuesday’s vital UEFA Champions League clash.

Arsenal F.C. Vs F.C. Shakhtar Donetsk Preview

Reality hit Arsenal hard on Saturday as the Gunners suffered their first defeat of the season to Bournemouth on Saturday night.

A dubious first-half red card for William Saliba in the crucial Premier League clash at the Vitality Stadium proved costly as the Cherries went on to record a famous 2-0 victory.

Saliba’s dismissal proved a huge talking point with the north Londoners lack of discipline proving to be their downfall under the guidance of manager Mikel Arteta.

Nonetheless, Tuesday’s GW3 UEFA Champions League clash provides the perfect opportunity to get back to winning ways for Arteta’s side. In their last outing, they brushed aside French champions PSG 2-0.

Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk travel to the Emirates without a win in their opening two encounters. In fact, they are yet to score in this season’s competition.

A 0-0 draw with Bologna on GW1 was followed up by a humbling 3-0 defeat to Atalanta last time out. Domestically, Marino Pusic’s side are fourth in the table with 19 points to their name after nine games.

Six of those points have been accumulated across their last two Ukrainian Premier League fixtures. On Friday night, they beat Kolos Kovalivka 1-0 and thumped  LNZ Cherkasy 5-1 prior to that.

The last time Shakhtar played Arsenal in London they were on the receiving end of a 5-1 thrashing. However, a certain Eduardo scored in the very last meeting between the two as the Ukrainians ran out 2-1 winners in 2010.

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Ahead of Tuesday’s match, the best football betting sites in the UK price Arsenal at 14/1 to register a 4-1 victory. Shakhtar are 25/1 just to win.

Arsenal Vs Shakhtar Donetsk Team News

It still remains to be seen whether Bukayo Saka will feature for Arsenal. The 23-year-old missed out altogether against Bournemouth on Saturday. Therefore, Raheem Sterling could keep his place in the starting XI.

Saka suffered a hamstring injury whilst on international duty with England and no time frame has been put in place for his return. Jurrien Timber is also likely to miss out.

Club-captain Martin Odegaard (ankle), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) and Kieran Tierney (hamstring) are definitely missing for the Gunners. Arteta is expected to rotate his lineup ahead of Sunday’s clash with Liverpool.

On the other hand, Shakhtar Donetsk has an almost clean bill of health going into the clash at the Emirates Stadium. The only slight concern is for fourth choice goalkeeper Tymur Puzankov. He is recovering from an ACL injury.

Shakhtar’s hopes will once again fall to 22-year-old star Georgiy Sudakov. The Ukrainian international has seven goals and two assists in 11 appearances across all competitions.

Another young prodigy who is pushing to start is forward Danylo Sikan. He scored three away goals in the UEFA Champions League last season.

Arsenal F.C. Vs F.C. Shakhtar Donetsk Predicted Lineups

Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Havertz, Rice, Merino; Sterling, Jesus, Trossard

Shakhtar Donetsk (4-1-4-1): Riznyk; Konoplya, Bondar, Matvienko, Henrique; Stepanenko; Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Newerton; Sikan

Arsenal F.C. Vs F.C. Shakhtar Donetsk Score Prediction

It’s hard to envisage anything but a comfortable Arsenal win on GW3 against Shakhtar Donetsk. Even without star players Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard.

A handsome victory against one of the UEFA Champions League’s weakest sides will provide the perfect remedy after the Bournemouth defeat. And going into the crunch encounter with Liverpool on Sunday.

Sportscasting predicts: Arsenal 4-0 Shakhtar