Europa League betting and spectator preview: Inter and Shakhtar Donetsk meet at Merkur Spiel-Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Shakhtar Donetsk have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Inter form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Eintracht Frankfurt.Inter have performed here at Merkur Spiel-Arena this season with 11 wins from 19 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 2. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Inter.
Inter's last game was hosting Bayer Leverkusen and winning 2-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Getafe.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inter matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and zero defeats (from two games).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (40 in 19 games), Inter's attacking play is working. Inter are not conceding a lot of goals here at Merkur Spiel-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 19 matches.
Shakhtar Donetsk form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Eintracht Frankfurt drew the shortest straw.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Taison, Junior Moraes, Alan Patrick and Dodô scored in Shakhtar's previous match, the home game against Basel that ended 4-1. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Wolfsburg in the Europa League.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shakhtar playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Inter one win, one draw and Shakhtar Donetsk zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 23 goals |   A. Ribeiro Moraes Júnior 19 goals |  L. Martínez 14 goals |
Inter missing players
Shakhtar Donetsk missing players
| Inter | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 22 | 58 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 392 | 233 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 257 | ||
| 156 | 96 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 113 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 33 | 83 |
| 2 | Inter | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 81 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 45 | 82 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 50 | 78 |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 79 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 37 | 78 |
| 5 | Roma | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 26 | 70 |
| 6 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 66 |
| 7 | Napoli | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 62 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 63 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 51 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 48 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 49 |
| 10 | Parma | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 33 | -1 | 49 |
| 11 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -4 | 49 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -13 | 47 |
| 13 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 51 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -14 | 45 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 65 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 35 | -17 | 42 |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 38 | -22 | 40 |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 42 | -26 | 39 |
| 18 | Lecce | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 44 | -33 | 35 |
| 19 | Brescia | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 45 | -44 | 25 |
| 20 | SPAL | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 37 | -50 | 20 |