Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern Munich Preview and Line Up Prediction: Munich to Win 2-0 at 5/1

Shakhtar Donetsk and Bayern Munich will play their first leg of the round of Last 16 matches of the Champions League at the L’viv Arena on Tuesday, 17th February.

Match Preview:

This is the first ever time that these teams have played each other. Shakhtar have never beaten a German team in the Champions League and they have also failed to score in their last three Champions League matches against German teams.

Shakhtar Donetsk finished second in Group H with 9 points having won 2 games, drawn 3 and lost 1. They were five points below Porto.

Bayern Munich finished top of Group E with 15 points having won all 5 of their games. They were seven points above Manchester City.

Match Prediction:

A 2 – 0 win for Bayern Munich is the most likely outcome of the game with William Hill and Bet365 offering odds of 11/2 and 5/1 respectively.

Predicted Line Ups:

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Shevchuk, Rakitskiy, Kucher, Sma, Fernando, Fred, Taison, Teixeira, Costa, Adriano.

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Rafinha, Benatia, Boateng, Bernat, Alonso, Alaba, Robben, Muller, Gotze, Lewandowski.

Betting Odds:

William Hill Odds: 8/1 Shakhtar Donetsk to Win, 10/3 for a Draw and 2/5 Bayern Munich to Win

Bet365 Odds: 8/1 Shakhtar Donetsk to Win, 4/1 for a Draw and 2/5 Bayern Munich to Win