UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid vs Shakhtar Donetsk live
Real Madrid will seek to go top of Group D as they host Shakhtar Donesk on match day four in the Champions League. The match kicks off at 17:45 GMT with French referee Benoit Bastien in charge. Real Madrid come into this game on the back of a 5-0 win over their visitors in Ukraine on match day three. Shakhtar sit bottom of the group with one point from their three games played.
Head-to-Head
Real Madrid won their previous meeting with Shakhtar last month by five goals to nil. Twenty-three goals have been scored in the previous five meetings between these two sides at an average of 4.6 goals per game, with Madrid winning three games and Shakhtar winning the remaining two games.
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Prediction
Vinicius Jr is the name on every Real Madrid fan’s lip and it is expected that he will spearhead another victory for Los Blancos against Shakhtar Donesk tonight.
Lineup
Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Vazquez, Benzema, Vinicius Jr
Shakhtar Donetsk XI: Trubin; Dodo, Matviyenko, Marlon, Ismaily; Stepanenko; Tete, Patrick, Barberan, Mudryk; Fernando
