Ajax vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction: Expect an exchange of goals

Dutch Ajax will face Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk in a friendly match. Bookmakers are on the side of the Dutch team in the pairing, believing that the club from Amsterdam will score a confident victory over their opponent on Tuesday.

Recall that Ajax did not become the Dutch champion last season, losing to Feyenoord and PSV. Feyenoord beat the Amsterdam team by 13 points. In addition, Ajax ended the season with an away defeat to Twente with a score of 1:3. In the off-season, Ajax played only one control match against Den Bosch, ending in a 2:2 draw. It should be noted that after the break, the head coach of Ajax replaced all the players.

Shakhtar Donetsk lost their last official game in the Ukrainian league season 2022/23, but it did not prevent them from winning the championship, beating their nearest rival, Dnipro 1, by five points. In the off-season, they played two friendlies: a 3:3 draw with AZ and a crushing 0:5 defeat at the hands of Greek AEK. Shakhtar played a disappointing match; Udod received two yellow cards and was sent off. After the first half, the score was 0:2, and after the second half 0:5. Shakhtar sent Salomon to Tottenham as a free agent, Marlon went on loan to Fluminense, and Durasek and Bondarenko left as free agents. We can highlight the support player Castillo, who previously played at the Quito club.

Shakhtar will surely want satisfaction after the disgraceful defeat to AEK, albeit in a friendly match. Ajax is a strong team, but they are not the best defensively, as seen from the Dutch side's recent statistics. In the last four games, the Amsterdammers have consistently conceded; on the eighth of July, they conceded twice from the Den Bosch club. There is every reason to expect that a motivated Shakhtar will manage to score at least once against the Dutch. At the same time, we doubt that the Dutch won't be able to score in Tuesday's game. Our first bet is on the exchange of goals. In general, we believe that Ajax will win the upcoming test match.