UEFA Champions League Round 3 2026-10-21 · 19:00 UTC finished
Prediction
68% Inter (home) Model favorite
17% Draw
14% Shakhtar Donetsk (away)
Expected goals 2.23 — 0.98 Over 2.5 goals: 62% Both teams to score: 56%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Inter Shakhtar Donetsk
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 3.23—
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.06—
Sample size (matches with xG data) 50
Rest days since last match 47
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 11.1 —
Matches in the last 7 days 31
Matches in the next 7 days 41
Travel to this match (km) 204—

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 65.0% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Inter

  • injured Benjamin Pavard return: Early November 2026
  • injured Curtis Jones return: Early November 2026
  • injured John Stones return: Early November 2026
  • injured Lautaro Martínez return: Mid November 2026

Shakhtar Donetsk

  • injured Diego Arroyo return: About a week
  • injured Eguinaldo return: Early December 2026
  • injured Irakli Azarovi return: doubtful
  • injured Marlon return: doubtful

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Inter 2 · 3 3 draws · 0 Shakhtar Donetsk

DateHome ScoreAway
2021-11-24Inter 2 - 0Shakhtar Donetsk
2021-09-28Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 0Inter
2020-12-09Inter 0 - 0Shakhtar Donetsk
2020-10-27Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 0Inter
2020-08-17Inter 5 - 0Shakhtar Donetsk
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Data coverage

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