"Shakhtar vs. PSV: Preview of a crucial Champions League match for the Donetsk team."

On Wednesday, November 27, Donetsk's "Shakhtar" will face Dutch PSV away in the 4th round of the revamped Champions League. The match will take place at the "Philips" stadium in Eindhoven and is set to kick off at 22:00 Kyiv time. A Swiss officiating team led by the 38-year-old Urs Schneider will oversee the game.

The victory in the last round against "Young Boys" allowed the "miners" to accumulate 4 points and rise to the 28th position in the Champions League standings. PSV, with 5 points, is in 24th place. Domestically, "Shakhtar" had a strong performance last week against "Inhulets," scoring six clean goals against the weakest team in the UPL.

At the official level, the rivals have yet to meet. Overall, the statistics of "Shakhtar" against Dutch teams are not very promising – in the eight previous encounters, the Donetsk side has achieved only two victories, one draw, and suffered five defeats. PSV cannot boast much better luck either – in their 14 matches against Ukrainian teams, the Dutch secured five wins, three ended in a draw, and they lost six times.

FAVBET considers PSV the favorite in this matchup. Their odds for victory are set at 1.46, while "Shakhtar's" success is valued at 6.60. A draw is quoted at 5.10. Experts anticipate a fairly high-scoring match: the standard total of over 2.5 goals is at 1.61, while under 2.5 totals 2.37. The players with the highest chances of scoring for PSV are Luuk de Jong (1.90) and Ricardo Pepi. For the Donetsk side, Danilo Sikan (4.00) and Lassina Traoré (4.30) could find the net. The odds for a hat-trick by Georgiy Sudakov stand at 70.00.

Where to watch the Champions League match between PSV and "Shakhtar"

The game will be broadcast live by the media service MEGOGO, the official UEFA Eurocup broadcaster in Ukraine, available through the "Sport," "Maximum," and "Maximum + Charity" subscriptions. The match will be commented on by Vitaliy Volochay and Vadim Shevyakin. An analytical studio by MEGOGO will begin at 21:00, hosted by Oleksandra Kucherenko and Serhiy Lukyanenko, continuing during the halftime break and after the game. Former Ukraine national team players Oleksandr Holovko and Eduard Tsikhmeistruk will be guest experts.