Within the framework of the 8th round Shakhtar Donetsk will compete with Alexandria. It is interesting that in case of victory Alexandria will reach the clean first place in the standings. Football. ua believes that the hosts will be able to give the champion a fight.

The form of Alexandria Alexandria with its strong start in the championship surprised the whole of Ukraine. Team Sharan started the season with four wins, after which she fought on equal terms with Dynamo on the road, but lost because of Tsygankov's only goal.

After this, Alexandria scored four points in two games and confidently entrenched in second place. Today's match against Shakhtar is another chance for the team to prove its strength and confirm its ambitions. Alexandria during the pause for international matches was preparing purposefully for the match against Shakhtar, and today the hosts can really surprise the champion.

Champions League Shakhtar Shakhtar next week will host the first match in the current Champions League. And this fact will undoubtedly distract the players from the fight in Alexandria. The history knows a lot of cases when the miners lost points in the championship before the crucial meetings in the Champions League, and given the strength of Alexandria and the status of the away match for Shakhtar, it seems that the Champions League could well play with the "orange-black" evil joke.

A notice in Alexandria Earlier information appeared that at the time of the opening of the Nikk Stadium in Alexandria on Saturday, there were only 588 tickets left for the hosts' match against Shakhtar. The representatives of the club are sure that during the remaining time the residents of the city will buy out all the tickets and the stadium of Nika will be filled to capacity.

It's a pity that we are not talking about 20 or 30 thousand stadiums, but do not doubt that 7,000 fans who will visit the stadium today will provide a home team with frantic support. And this support can become one of the key factors for the success of the team of Sharan.

Bookmaker company Fansport does not particularly believe in the success of Alexandria, offering a coefficient for winning this team 8. The victory of the guests is estimated at 1. 4, while a draw gives 4. 78.