Preview: Shakhtar Donetsk - Anderlecht

GAMES RSC Anderlecht are under extreme pressure to show something against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europe League tonight. Players and staff have something to prove and a good performance might be a step in the right direction for the team.

This website clearly showed their disagreement with the way the team is currently being lead and with the poor performance of the squad lately. Chairman Roger Vanden Stock and manager Herman Van Holsbeeck announced that the next matches will be extremely important and coach Besnik Hasi does not longer seem to be protected by the Anderlecht board.

We are curious to see if this has any positive effect on tonight's match. Leander Dendoncker is still out due to a groin injury, Andy Najar has recovered and will probably be in the starting eleven. Filip Djuricic and Alexander Büttner are both expected to be sidelined against Shakhtar. Bram Nuytinck and Matias Suarez will probably replace them. Olivier Deschacht might be moving to the left wing again.

Kick-off: 7 pm
Stadium: Lviv Arena
Referee: Artur Dias (POR)

: : : SHAKHTAR DONETSK : : :

Possible line-up: Pyatov, Srna, Rakitskiy, Krivstov, Ismaily, Malyshev, Kovalenko, Marlos, Ferreyra, Eduardo, Taison
Replacements: Kanibolotskiy, Kucher, Ordets, Shevchuk, Wellington Nem, Bernard, Gladkiy

Injured: Azevedo, Dentinho
Suspended: Fred, Stepanenko
On 1 card of a suspension: Ismaily, Rakitskiy, Srna

: : : RSC ANDERLECHT : : :

Possible line-up: Proto, Najar, Kara, Nuytinck, Deschacht, Defour, Badji, Praet, Suarez, Okaka, Acheampong
Replacements: Roef, Heylen, Büttner, Tielemans, Djuricic, Conté, Lukebakio, Ezekiel, Sylla

Injured: Dendoncker, Leya Iseka, Obradovic, Trézéguet
Suspended: /
On 1 card of a suspension: Defour, Praet

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