If you take a look at the Ukrainian Premier League, you will see one team that is head and shoulders above everyone else, having won eighteen of their twenty matches and conceding just seven goals.

Therefore, perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise three weeks ago when Shakhtar Donetsk won 3-2 in Rome to put them on the verge of the Champions League quarter finals and the Ukraine champions will be determined to finish off the job at the Donbass Arena.

Mircea Lucescu is looking to steer his team to European glory after Shakhtar lifted the last ever UEFA Cup in 2009 and is aware that the visitors will come out attacking from the first minute.

“Roma will not sit in defence as they desperately need to score. But we will also be very motivated. This match and the prize it offers is one we have been waiting for for so long”, he said.

Roma have since dispensed with the services of Claudio Ranieri as manager of the Wolves and Vincenzo Montella has taken charge of the Italian side. It appears that the rookie has been impressing the board up to now.

“We are happy at the start made under our new coach and how the players are performing,” said Roma director Gian Paolo Montali. “We have a superb strategist in charge and he has already made his mark and had a positive impression and impact on the players.”

If Montella helps to turn things around on Tuesday night, he will be warm favourite to take the job on a permanent basis.

Match betting odds bet365:

Shakhtar Donetsk: 4/5

Draw: 11/4

Roma: 10/3