Slovakia vs Ukraine Prediction & Betting Tips | 21/06/2024 | Football
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Slovakia vs Ukraine Prediction & Betting Tips | 21/06/2024 | Football

Posted on by Matthew Reynolds

Our prediction for this Euro 2024 match:

Slovakia

Slovakia

Ukraine

Ukraine

After shocking Belgium in their opener thanks to Ivan Schranz’s goal, Slovakia will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Ukraine in their second group game. The Slovaks are eyeing their fourth consecutive win in all competitions, but boss Francesco Calzona must warn his men against complacency. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but aforementioned forward Ivan Schranz is one yellow card away from suspension.

The Ukrainians, on the other hand, produced an under-par performance in a 3-0 loss to Romania, meaning that they are low on spirits ahead of the trip to Dusseldorf. Both Andriy Yarmolenko and Ruslan Malinovsky are pushing for a start, while Everton left-back Vitalii Mykolenko faces race against clock to be fit for Friday’s clash. Anyhow, both teams to score betting option should be considered as Ukraine have no other option but to go all guns blazing at Slovakia.

This match will be played on 21/06/2024
at 15:00

Prediction:
1-1

Highlighted Player (Andriy Yarmolenko):

Andriy Yarmolenko

Arguably the most exciting Ukrainian player at the moment, Andriy Yarmolenko is the 26-year-old forward, who can play wide as a winger and fill in numerous positions in attack. Over the past few years there has been a gathering feeling that the player has outgrown the Ukrainian League and that with the player surpassing the 200-game mark for Dynamo Kyiv Yarmolenko should be heading west to Europe’s brighter stage.

Wanted and scouted by Spanish giants Barcelona, Yarmolenko attracted interest from many other clubs, predominantly from the Premier League, and was even close to joining Everton in summer 2016, but the Goodison outfit’s offer came too late to the Ukrainian club.

Talented forward is a free-scoring machine who has already scored more than 115 goals for the club he spent his entire career with. The two-footed winger is equally adept through the middle and is a versatile force that would be a good addition to any self-respecting European side.

Yarmolenko made hi Ukraine debut in 2009 and has so far been capped 63 times, during which he scored 26 goals for the national set-up.

Highlighted Team (Slovakia):

Slovakia

Slovakia only appeared on the international stage in 1993 as Czechoslovakia fell apart, and the new national team have yet to record a result worth mention. Repre have only qualified for two major tournaments so far, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2016, but the current generation definitely seem capable of improving the team’s profile in years to come.

Slovakia currently have quite a few players plying their trade in some of Europe’s top sides, with Marek Hamsik, Martin Skrtel and Juraj Kucka clearly the leaders of the national team at the moment, but they do struggle in some areas and are not exactly world beaters just yet. Under Vladimir Weiss and Jan Kozak, Slovakia have become a tough not to crack, relying on rock-solid back line and swift counter-attacks, and they even gave Spain a tough time during the Euro 2016 qualifiers.

Miroslav Karhan and Robert Vittek are the most capped player and top goalscorer respectively, with Robert Vittek another player worth the mention.