- PSV have won five, drawn three and lost two of their last ten in all competitions.
- Shakhtar have won eight of their last ten in all competitions.
Open game in store at Philips Stadion
PSV Eindhoven will look to continue their rich vein of form this Thursday when they welcome Shakhtar Donetsk to the Philips Stadion, but the visitors could nick it away from home.
The Boeren have won four and drawn one of their last five, with a 5-1 win over FC Groningen, a 6-1 thrashing of FC Utrecht and a 3-1 win at Ajax setting the tone for an exciting return to the UEFA Champions League.
Peter Bosz has the team playing a high-press, possession-based system and it's hard to argue with how well it is working at the moment. The full-backs come in, the midfielders surge forward and the frontline swarm the opposition high up the pitch.
Shakhtar have won four of their last five away matches, with victories at FC Kharkiv and FC Karpaty Lviv coming either side of a 2-0 defeat at Polissya Zhytomyr, so they do travel well.
Shakhtar have the edge in goal power
Arda Turan has Shakhtar set up as a compact, adaptable side, ready to absorb pressure and hit fast once the ball turns over. The visitors look just as capable of winning this game away from home as PSV are of winning it, and 27/5 looks a bit high for the upset bet here.
A 3-2 home win in the UEFA Champions League 2024/2025 edition of this fixture tells us how open this game could be, and we're going to get behind Over 2.5 match goals at 9/20 and Both Teams to Score at 3/5 alongside our Shakhtar Donetsk win bet.
Kaua Elias is a goal danger for Shakhtar
A free-scoring PSV side will look to outgun Shakhtar in this clash, but the Ukrainian side have a compact, adaptable set up, with Kaua Elias having netted three times in his last five appearances for the Hirnyky. With PSV also scoring plenty of goals, this should be a lively affair with goals at both ends.
