Czech Republic vs Ukraine
UEFA Nations League, KO: 19:45 Sep 10, 2024, Fortuna Arena
Czech Republic go head-to-head against Ukraine on Tuesday. Read our Predictions and Betting Tips with Match Preview, Head-to-head stats (h2h) and Team Form Analysis.
Czech Republic vs Ukraine Match Preview
Czech Republic and Ukraine square off against each other at Fortuna Arena in what is expected to be a close UEFA Nations League game. Czech Republic have yet to recover from their unsuccessful EURO 2024 campaign and, as a result, home win should not be considered. To make things even worse for the home side, Sparta Prague midfielder Matej Rynes suffered an injury in the Group 1 opener.
The Blue and Yellow, on the other hand, aim to make amends for a shocking loss to Albania, but beating Czech Republic in Prague is easier said than done. Taking everything into account, we believe that both sides should be happy with one point from Tuesday’s encounter. Both Vladyslav Vanat and Andriy Yarmolenko are pushing for a start as Sergiy Rebrov should opt to make changes to the team that faced Albania on Sunday evening. Chelsea ace Mykhaylo Mudryk is a major doubt after missing out with injury in the opener.
Czechs to chalk up win
Despite coming into this contest off the back of a 4-1 crushing from Georgia, the Czech Republic are the bookmakers favourites here at a best price of 27/20 with Jilimacao.
Ukraine are 21/10 outisders on Jilimacao while a point apiece in Prague has been priced up at 5/2 on Jilimacao.
Duo evenly matched
The two nations have crossed paths five times, each claiming two wins, while the other meeting ended all square. In fact, Tuesday night’s tussle will be the first time the two teams have met since drawing 1-1 in a friendly fixture almost three years to the day.
Cofual to land another card?
Vladimir Coufal was booked during the Czech Republic’s 4-1 to defeat Georgia last time out. That means the West Ham man has been carded in two his last three appearances for his country, making him an appealing prospect to pick up another caution here at 15/4 on Jilimacao.
Andriy Yarmolenko, who currently finds himself two goals behind Ukraine’s all-time leading goalscorer Andriy Shevchenko, is an eye-catching 3/1 on Jilimacao to make the net bulge on Tuesday night.
Predicted line-ups
Matej Rynes was a first half casualty for the Czech Republic on Saturday after sustaining an injury and is likely to be again replaced by Jaroslav Zeleny.
Having started Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Armenia on the bench, Oleksandr Zinchenko is expected to be restored to Ukraine’s starting XI here.
Czech Republic: Kovar; Zima, Krejci, Vitik; Coufal, Soucek, Kalvach, Zeleny; Provod, Schick, Hlozek
Ukraine: Trubin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matvienko, Mykolenko; Sudakov, Zinchenko, Shaparenko; Tsygankov, Yaremchuk, Kabaev
Czech Republic vs Ukraine Prediction
Czech Republic has been exceptional at home, losing just once in their last eight games across all competitions. Their offensive side has been impressive at home too, scoring 15 goals in their last five home matches.
On the other hand, Ukraine has had an average away form lately, being winless in three of their last five away matches and losing two of them. Furthermore, Ukraine scored 7 goals in their last five away matches, which is noteworthy.
Considering all these stats, we predict a home win for this match. It’s worth noting that Ukraine has allowed 6 goals in the last two defeats on the road. Since Czech Republic has won three of the last four matches with scoring at least 2 goals apiece, we like to suggest a 3-1 win for Czech Republic for this match. The over 2.5 goals and both teams to score tip seems to be a strong pick to back here considering the opening matches of both with the recent home recordings of Czech Republic.
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