Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - February 20, 2023

Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA Europa League
Date: 23 February 2023, Thursday
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Roazhon Park (Rennes).

Rennes will be hoping to annul a one-goal deficit on Thursday evening when they host Shakhtar Donetsk in the reverse game of their UEFA Europa League knockout phase playoffs tie at Roazhon Park.

The French outfit offered a surprisingly modest display seven days ago on the neutral venue in Poland when they only started to play in the second half, after going 2-0 down at the half-time.

It was the third loss on the spin across competitions for Bruno Genesio’s men. Rennes have allowed at least two goals in each of these three defeats.

The spirits are higher in and around Roazhon Park after Sunday’s affair against Clermont, though. Rennes have not only managed to claim the win but they also kept their net untouched in the process to boost up the confidence ahead of the rematch against the Ukrainians.

Shakhtar represented pretty much an unknown entity to football admirers and pundits as they have not been in action since November.

Nevertheless, the performance they have put up seven days ago was pretty impressive. The team led by Igor Jovicevic did leave plenty of space behind, though, especially in the second half when Karl Toko Ekambi pulled one goal back for Rennes.

Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk Head-to-head

• This will be the third head to head meeting between Rennes and Shakhtar.
• The Ukrainian outfit have won both previous meetings, conceding just one goal in the process.

Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction

Rennes have managed to boost up the team spirits by keeping a clean sheet in the home victory over Clermont on Sunday. However, Les Rouges et Noirs could have easily conceded at the weekend as well and their back line is clearly not in the best place yet. For these reasons, we do expect the Ukrainians to find the back of the net once again past Rennes.

Since the quality is still on Rennes’ side, this leaves us with the Home Win & Both Teams To Score as the standout betting option at the odds of 3.25. You can alternatively try with 3-1 as the correct score option at the 13.00 odds.

Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk Betting Tips

• Rennes to win & Both Teams To Score @ 3.25 (9/4)

• Correct Score: Rennes 3-1 @ 13.00 (12/1) odd.

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