- Η Monaco suffered its first defeat of the season, fell to Lorient on Friday and lost 1-0, so they hope to recover now that they face Shakhtar Donetsk at home, in its first playoff game Champions League, today at 22:00 in Monaco at the St Louis Louis II Monaco has done well so far in Champions League, winning its two qualifying games in the previous round. They beat Czech Sparta Prague 5-1 overall and this is the series they will want to continue in this match, also at home it is undefeated in the last three matches, winning two and in the last 16 home games, it has just two defeats.
Shakhtar, on the other hand, go into this game after two consecutive victories, with the most recent 2-0 victory over Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian championship. They have scored two or more goals in four of the last five matches and four of the five matches have scored over 2,5 goals. Shakhtar have scored in nine of their last 10 games and this is a series they want to keep in France. It beat KRC Genk 4-2 overall in the final round, increasing its unbeaten run to Champions League in four games in total.
Both of these teams have a lot to give in this game and while Monaco lost in their last game, they have the quality to return to victories. In the Champions League, both have been doing well lately, so I believe in a game with plenty of goal opportunities, I will bet on G / G at odds of 1.85 offered by BET365