Expert tip for Shakhtar Donetsk - Panathinaikos Athens with odds & predictions
3rd round of Europa League qualifying: will the Ukrainians reach the play-offs?
Who will reach the play-offs in the Europa League qualifiers? This question will be answered on Thursday (August 14, 2025) in many places. Everything is wide open in the second leg between Shakhtar Donetsk and Panathinaikos Athens. We'll take a look at this fixture now and provide you with a precise betting tip analysis for your soccer bets. Here you will also find a corresponding AI forecast, our final expert tips and the best odds that the bookmakers have up their sleeves. The match will kick off at 8 pm at the Miejski Stadium in Krakow.
Schachtar Donezk
- Shakhtar Donetsk are unbeaten in 17 matches in all competitions.
- The Ukrainians managed a clean sheet in each of their seven competitive matches in 2025/26.
- And in three of the last four matches, a maximum of two goals were scored in the Under 2.5.
Panathinaikos Athen
- Panathinaikos Athens were held to a goalless 0-0 draw in the first leg.
- The Greeks are still waiting for their first win after three competitive matches.
- Moreover, no team scored more than two goals in any of these three matches.
| Schachtar Donezk Home | Panathinaikos Athen Away |
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| Besiktas Istanbul 2:0 | 2:0 Glasgow Rangers |
| Ilves Tampere 6:0 | 1:2 AEK Athens |
| Dynamo Kyiv 2:2 | 2:1 PAOK Thessaloniki |
| Kolos Kovalivka 2:4 | 4:2 Olympiakos Piräus |
| NK Veres Rivne 3:0 | 3:1 ACF Fiorentina |
What's the betting tip for Shakhtar Donetsk vs Panathinaikos Athens?
So that we can provide you with as accurate an assessment as possible for your next betting slip, we'll start right away with an analysis of the Ukrainians. Their last defeat came on April 19 this year in a 4-2 Premier League loss to Kolos. In other words, Shakhtar Donetsk are without a defeat in 17 matches in all competitions. Although we have to put that into perspective a little. Because nine of these matches, i.e. more than half, ended in a draw after regular time. Just like the first leg in Athens, which ended 0-0.
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Schachtar Donezk
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Besiktas Istanbul
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2:0 (2:0) | S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31.07.2025 - UEFA Europa League
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Besiktas Istanbul
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Schachtar Donezk
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2:4 (1:2) | S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24.07.2025 - UEFA Europa League
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Ilves Tampere
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Schachtar Donezk
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0:0 (0:0) | U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17.07.2025 - UEFA Europa League
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| UEFA Europa League |
Schachtar Donezk
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Ilves Tampere
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6:0 (2:0) | S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10.07.2025 - UEFA Europa League
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| Ukraine Premier League |
Sorja Luhansk
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Schachtar Donezk
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0:0 (0:0) | U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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09.05.2025 - Ukraine Premier League
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The Ukrainian defense is already in strong early form
Shakhtar have played seven competitive matches so far in the still young 2025/26 season. The most striking thing was that five of them ended without conceding a goal. The defense is therefore already in very good shape, even in the early stages of this season. In four of these seven matches, we have also registered the Under 2.5 and thus games with rather fewer goals.Donetsk also won four of their seven competitive matches, three of them by a margin of two goals or more.
Shakhtar Donetsk
System: 4-2-3-1.
How good is Panathinaikos Athens' current form?
The second part of our football predictions is all about the visitors from Athens. They were first in action in the Champions League qualifiers, but were knocked out in the second round against Glasgow Rangers from Scotland. They initially suffered a 2-0 defeat away from home, meaning that a 1-1 draw in the second leg was not enough to progress. Another disadvantage for the Greeks: They still lack competitive rhythm, as the 25/26 season in the Stoiximan Super League does not start until August 23.
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Panathinaikos Athen
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Glasgow Rangers
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1:1 (0:0) | U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30.07.2025 - UEFA Champions League
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Glasgow Rangers
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Panathinaikos Athen
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2:0 (0:0) | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22.07.2025 - UEFA Champions League
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| Super League |
Panathinaikos Athen
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Olympiakos Piräus
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0:1 (0:0) | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11.05.2025 - Super League
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AEK Athens
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Panathinaikos Athen
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1:2 (1:0) | S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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04.05.2025 - Super League
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PAOK Thessaloniki
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Panathinaikos Athen
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2:1 (1:1) | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27.04.2025 - Super League
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Weak start to the season for the Greeks
Panathinaikos have therefore not won any of their previous competitive matches. In addition, the Under 2.5 has always worked out. If we include the test matches, the club from Athens have only managed one win in their last six matches. This came against Belgian representative Westerlo with a 3:1 win. The Greeks also tested against second division side Schalke 04. No goals were scored here in a 0-0 draw.
Panathinaikos Athens
System: 4-3-3.
Nil-number in the first ever H2H duel
If you want to place betting tips on this pairing today, you will also want to find out about the head-to-head matches. But the H2H statistics don't reveal much yet. This is due to the fact that Shakhtar Donetsk and Panathinaikos Athens faced each other for the first time ever at European level in the first leg. No goals were scored in those first 90 minutes. The match in Greece ended in a draw - final score 0:0.
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Comparison statistics last 10 events
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5 Wins 3 |
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4 Draw 2 |
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1 Defeats 5 |
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23 Goals scored 14 |
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9 Goals received 17 |
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12 Shots on target 8 |
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Our prediction for Shakhtar Donetsk vs Panathinaikos Athens
Our betting analysis has shown that Shakhtar Donetsk will go into this second leg as favorites. 17 games without a defeat speak for this. Since the Ukrainians often play to nil, the Tip 1 Win To Nil (win to nil) also makes sense in the expert tips in favor of particularly high odds. Meanwhile, the Under 2.5 has dominated for both clubs so far, so we have decided on this goal variant as an alternative in the betting recommendations, which we can also recommend to you.
