Romania vs Ukraine Prediction | UEFA EURO 2024 | Group Stage
Jun 17, 2024 published
KICK-OFF: Monday 17th June, 2024 - Nigeria – 20:00 / UK – 20:00
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PREDICTED LINE-UPS
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Rus, Banca; M. Marin, R. Marin; Stanciu, Man, Mihaila; Puscas
UNAVAILABLE: Alibec (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
UKRAINE
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Lunin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matvyenko, Zinchenko; Stepanenko, Shaparenko; Tsygankov, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Mykolenko (Injured)
MATCH PREDICTION
This is a very intriguing one. Romania head into the tournament on the back of back-to-back goalless draws against Liechtenstein and Bulgaria so that would not fill many Romanians with confidence but they did qualify unbeaten in their group, above Switzerland. The Ukrainians needed the playoffs and needed to come from behind in both the semi-final and the final against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland, respectively. Serhiy Rebrov’s side narrowly missed out on automatic qualification below the finalists of UEFA EURO 2020, England and Italy, and were very unfortunate to not defeat the Italians in their final qualifier. The war-torn country will be playing for more than just footballing pride and they do have something of a ‘golden generation’, at least in relative terms, and should kick off their campaign with a victory here.