Shakhtar Donetsk vs Inter Milan Prediction, 10/27/2020 Champions League Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 10/26/2020

Game: Shakhtar Donetsk vs Inter Milan

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Location: Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist in Kharkiv, Ukraine

TV: CBS All Access

Odds/Point Spread: Shakhtar Donetsk (+225) Inter Milan (-106)

Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist is the site where Marlos and Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0-0 in Champions League) will take on Inter Milan (0-1-0 in Champions League) on Tuesday. The starting goalies are Anatolii Trubin for Shakhtar Donetsk and Samir Handanovic for Inter Milan. Shakhtar Donetsk are at +225 while Inter Milan are at -106. The total has been set at 2.5.

Shakhtar Donetsk faced Vorskla Poltava in their last game and finished with a draw with a score of 1 - 1. Shakhtar Donetsk has an average of 2.14 goals per 90 minutes (15 total goals) and have 10 assists In all contests for the season.

Marlos is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Shakhtar Donetsk. He has 37 assists while accumulating 24 yellow cards so far in his career. Marlos has been given a starting assignment in 162 contests during his pro soccer career and he tallies 0.43 goals per 90 mins. The midfielder born in Brazil has 67 goals scored in 13,986 mins. One more guy who should impact this match is Manor Solomon, the forward representing for Israel. Solomon has accumulated 1,782 minutes during 18 starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 1 yellow cards. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 7 times during his career and he has scored 5 total goals. He scores 0.25 goals per 90 minutes for his pro soccer career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Shakhtar Donetsk is Anatolii Trubin. Trubin (8-4-1 record in his career) has tallied 4 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 30.8% clean sheet percentage.

For their last match, Inter Milan took home the win by a final score of 2 - 0 against Genoa. They finished the match by converting 602 of the 700 passes they attempted earning a percentage of 86.0%. Inter Milan finished with a 40.0% successful dribble rate by connecting on 4 of the 10 dribbles they attempted. Inter Milan had 4 shots on goal out of 14 shots attempted which had them stting at a 28.6% rate in their last match. With a total of 12 goals and 9 assists in all matches, Inter Milan averages 2.40 goals and 1.80 assists per 90.

Romelu Lukaku should provide solid play for Inter Milan. The forward hailing from Belgium has totaled 27,482 minutes while scoring 173 goals. He has collected 26 yellow card warnings thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 50 times. He scores 0.57 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 303 games so far in his pro soccer career. Make sure to watch out for Lautaro Martinez, the forward representing for Inter Milan. He has tallied 45 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 9 times. Martinez has been given 22 yellow card cautions in 7,241 minutes (82 starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average so far in his career is 0.56.

Samir Handanovic will reside in front of the net for Inter Milan. So far in his career, Handanovic has allowed 583 goals and has 1,592 saves in 521 starts. He has given up 1.12 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 241-137-142. He sports a save percentage of .736 and his clean sheet rate is 34.9%. Handanovic has 182 shutouts while defending 2,159 shots against him in 46,733 mins in his career.

Who will win tonight's Champions League game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Shakhtar Donetsk (+225)

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