Euro24 is full of intriguing games and this one is no different. Romania are making their first appearance in a major competition since 2016 and the fact that they topped their qualifying group (which included Switzerland) shows that they are heading in the right direction.
Ukraine had to go down the playoff route to reach the finals, but don’t forget that they reached the quarter-finals in Euro 20, losing to England.
Odds and Predictions
The Ukrainian team is the favourite for this encounter at odds of 2.0 and we think this is a very fair price because, in our opinion, this is a match that Ukraine should win.
Our favoured scoreline is 0 – 2, at odds of 9.0 which, again, is a very good price and one of three predictions we are making on this game.
For those looking for something a little more speculative, we’ve got our eye on a nice little bet builder.
‘Marius Marin to be booked’, ‘Match result Ukraine’, ‘Both teams to score – no’ and ‘over 1 goal.’
The price for this gem is 17.0 so we are happy to risk a small wager with these tips.
Comparison and Statistics from Past Meetings between the Teams
Romania and Ukraine have played H2H a total of six times, with each team winning three games each.
Here are the details of their last five head-to-head matches.
| Past Meetings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2016 | romania | 3-4 | ukraine | Friendly Game |
| 29 May 2010 | ukraine | 3-2 | romania | Friendly Game |
| 20 Aug 2003 | ukraine | 0-2 | romania | Friendly Game |
| 27 Mar 2002 | romania | 4-1 | ukraine | Friendly Game |
| 26 Feb 2001 | ukraine | 0-1 | romania | Cyprus International Tournament |
Expected Line Ups
There are not many recognizable faces for UK punters in these line-ups. We can count four Ukrainian players who play in the Premier League: Zinchenko Arsenal, Mykolenko Everton, Mudryk Chelsea and Zabarnyi Bournemouth.
Please excuse our ignorance, but we don’t recognize any of the Romanian players.
Romania (4-2-3-1): Horatiu Moldovan; Andrei Ratiu, Radu Dragusin, Andrei Burca, Nicușor Bancu; Nicolae Stanciu, Alexandru Cicâldău; Razvan Marin, Florinel Coman, Ianis Hagi; Denis Alibec.
Ukraine (4-3-3): Andriy Lunin; Yukhym Konoplya, Illya Zabarnyi, Mykola Matviyenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko; Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Heorhiy Sudakov; Mykhailo Mudryk, Artem Dovbyk, Viktor Tsygankov.
How Far Will These Teams Progress in the Tournament?
On paper, neither of these sides has what it takes to get out of this group, but they both have one thing going for them and that is the rank outsiders of Euro 2024, Slovakia, are in the same group.
You don’t have to be ‘Tipster of the Year’ to suggest Slovakia will finish bottom of that group, so that gives one of these teams a great chance to finish in the top two of Group E or even go through as one of the runners up with the most points.
Looking closely at these teams, we would have to say that it will be Ukraine who will qualify from this group with Belgium and, ultimately, get knocked out in the round of 16.
If Romania pulls off a shock in this game and, takes all the points and then beats Slovakia convincingly, there is always the chance they will progress as one of the runners-up with the most points, but we have them down to exit the competition at this stage.
