Shakhtar face Manchester City at Metalist Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Here’s all the info you need to watch.
Going into the group stage, Shakhtar’s superior recent pedigree in this competition made them favorites to progress along with Manchester City. The Ukrainian club have made multiple knock-out stage appearances in the past few years, while Lyon have performed poorly and Hoffenheim haven’t performed at all, with this being their first appearance in the tournament proper.
Two games in, though, it seems much harder to predict who will make it out of the group. While Shakhtar haven’t played badly in either of their games, nor have their opponents Hoffenheim and Lyon. It’s also hard to discern which player from Shakhtar’s current squad will be the next to move on for big money, in the way that Willian, Fernandinho, Mkhitaryan, Douglas Costa and Fred have done in recent years. Their top scorer this season both domestically and in the Champions League, Junior Moraes, is already 31.
Although Manchester City suffered a shock defeat to an impressive Lyon side in their opening game and then only secured victory over Hoffenheim with three minutes to spare, they’re still clear favorites to win the group. City had enough chances against the German team to have put the game to bed long before the closing stages, and the overriding issue remains how far they will go in the knock-out stages, rather than whether they’ll make it out of their group.
The Champions League match between Shakhtar and Manchester City will be broadcast live on Bleacher Report. Live streaming is available on B/R Live, which you can access with your cable or satellite subscriptions, either online or through the Bleacher Report app.
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 23
Start time: 3 p.m. ET
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Stadium: Metalist Stadium
TV Info: Bleacher Report
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This is an encounter between two talented attacking teams, with the home side in particular need of points, so it should be an entertaining match.