Both play good football, proof that they come here after ranking in the 3rd place in the Champions League groups. In the sixteenth round of the Europa League, the match between Shakhtar vs Benfica is played, a match scheduled to take place at OSC Metalist in Kharkov.

Shakhtar Donetsk: moment form, latest results, statistics

The season has not yet started for Shakhtar. At least he did not resume in 2020, when he played training matches. He has quite a lot of assets, nine times he was put in front of teams and in the meantime he lost only once. Also, in Ukraine you do not have to worry, because it is already qualified in the play-off, having 14 points ahead of the leaderboard.
She also drew a lot in Group C of the Champions League. There he lost the qualification in the final stage, when he lost 0-3 with Atalanta. Thus, the group stage ended with her in third position, behind Atalanta and Manchester City.

Benfica Lisbon: moment form, latest results, statistics

Something is going on with Benfica, who lost two games in a row in the championship. There were confrontations with FC Porto and Sporting Braga, two important representatives of Portugal in the European Cups. In the previous round he gave up at home, 0-1 and so, he remains at the forefront of the Primera Liga, but has only one length.
She was also a member of the Champions League groups. However, although he had a relatively accessible group, with Zenit, Lyon and RB Leipzig, he failed to obtain the qualification in the optimum UCL. In the end he was ranked third and consequently, although he had the best attack in the group, he went to the sixteenth Europa League.

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Benfica Lisbon Picks

If we take the two teams and analyze them, then we are clearly talking about two forces that can win the Europa League at any time. They have a good lot and as proof that they got here after they started the adventure in the Champions League groups.

Our Prediction: Over 2.5 goals

Odds: 2.00