Today, April 9, Donetsk "Shakhtar" will continue its fight for the Conference League trophy. In the quarterfinals, the "miners" will meet with the Dutch "AZ" in Krakow. UNN tells who the bookmakers' favorite is and where to watch the match.
Match
The match between "Shakhtar" and "AZ" is scheduled to start at 22:00 in Krakow, Poland, at the Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium.
The "miners" made it to the quarterfinals of the Conference League not without problems. In particular, if in the first match of the 1/8 against Polish "Lech", the Donetsk team celebrated a confident victory - 3:1, then in the second match the Polish team "tickled" the nerves of Arda Turan's wards. However, although "Shakhtar" lost 1:2, this allowed them to advance further on aggregate - 4:3 in favor of the "miners".
At the same time, "AZ" calmly dealt with Czech "Sparta" - 2:1 in the first match, and 4:0 in the return match.
In this match, Shakhtar will be without defender Alaa Gram, who received a red card at the end of the match against Lech, and the Dutch will be without forwards Jizz Hornkamp, Isak Jensen, and defender Densil Kasius.
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It should be noted that the teams have only met three times in their history, and the statistics are not in favor of the Ukrainian team. The teams first met in the 1/8 of the UEFA Cup back in 2005. Then in the first match, "AZ" minimally beat "Shakhtar" - 2:1, and in the return match, the score was - 3:1 in favor of "AZ". The teams met once more in a friendly match in 2023, where a draw was recorded - 3:3.
Match "Shakhtar" - "AZ" in March 2005
Where to watch, bookmakers' favorite
The match can be watched on the MEGOGO OTT platform with "Optimal", "Sport" subscriptions and in all "MEGOPACK" packages. Bookmakers do not favor any of the teams. You can bet on Shakhtar's victory with odds of 2.66, and on AZ's victory with odds of 2.62. A draw is 3.5.
Addition
In addition to the match "Shakhtar" - "AZ", a number of other matches of the 1/4 final of the Conference League will be held today:
- "Rayo Vallecano" (Spain) - "AEK" (Greece);
- "Crystal Palace" (England) - "Fiorentina" (Italy);
- "Mainz" (Germany) - "Strasbourg" (France).