On Thursday, 21 February, Ukraine will play an important Euro 2024 playoff match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. You can beat the bet in the final of the mini-tournament, playing against the leader of another rivalry – Israel-Iceland. reveals what path the teams have taken up to this stage and whom the bookmakers and experts hope to be a winner.

Ukraine was unable to qualify for Euro 2024 directly – in the remaining match, Rebrov’s team played in a draw against Italy and lost until the final matches in the selection for the European Championship. The quartet that is fighting for exit also includes Iceland, Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ukraine itself will hold its match at the Bilino Pole arena at the Zenitsya town on Thursday, at 21:45 Kyiv time.

The broadcast of the Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine match will be available on local TV channels in Suspilny, in addition to OTT services. The fight will be exclusively shown on the Internet by the MEGOGO media service.

Shlyakh Ukraine qualifies for Euro 2024

In qualifying matches before Euro 2024, Ukraine lost up to one of the weakest groups. For a ticket to the European Championship, the Blues competed against two contenders for victory in the tournament – ​​England and Italy. In addition, there were also two notable outsiders in the group – Pivnichna Macedonia and Malta.

The main intrigue of this group right from the start was the share of another place, which guaranteed the team a direct ticket to Euro 2024. The food was open until the end of the day between Italy and Ukraine.

It seems that Rebrov’s followers were only too close to victory if the Italians had enough of a draw. In summary, the very remaining scenario and becoming the residual one is that the teams did not score the desired goal for two. And Italy, although still missing a few points in the table, to put the situation in perspective, entered the Euro directly.

Varto also means that Ukraine was able to pick up points in England once (draw 1:1) and not spend a single point with Northern Macedonia and Malta.

The roads of Bosnia and Herzegovina qualify for Euro 2024

In the case of Ukraine’s rival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation was mirror-image. The clear leader of the group was the Portuguese national team. The notable underdog was the Liechtenstein team, which lost all the opponents, scoring only one goal.

What happened to the other four teams – all of them, in theory, could lay claim to the silver in the group at the beginning of the tournament. However, Bosnia managed to win just three games from 10. Two “victories” against Liechtenstein and one against Iceland. The Bosnians lost all other games, leaving Slovakia, Luxembourg and Iceland ahead.

Having failed the selection, the team lost the chance to enter the qualifying playoffs for Euro 2024 through the National League as a friend of the top team in Division B.

Spend in teams before the match

If we talk about the national team of Ukraine, then we can identify two key expenses – Shakhtar’s supporting player Taras Stepanenko and Dynamo midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko were injured before the application for the game. In addition, the fate of “Zhironi” player Viktor Tsigankov will be lost. We canceled the damage to the La Liga match against Osasuna and did not lose our application for the upcoming match in the Spanish championship, which was held in advance.

As for Bosnia, it is clear that the 22-year-old defender of the Swiss “Basel” Adrian Leon Barisic left the national team through injury. We need to replace 30-year-old Adnan Kovacevic, who in the past has been on the national team football field more than once. Speaking about the warehouse, it also means that in the Bosnian bid there are also forces that compete in the Russian championship.

One of the Bosnian leaders, Edin Dzeko, is in good condition before the match – a forward who plays for the Turkish Fenerbahce, who has already scored six goals. Another team leader is forward Ermedin Demirovich, who was destined to score as many goals as Bundeslisa.

Bosnia and Herzegovina-Ukraine: history of the Zustriches

Previously, the Blue-and-White had clashed with the Bosnians for just two days – once again in qualifying for the World Cup in 2021. The Ukrainians played in a 1:1 draw at home, with Andriy Yarmolenko and Ariel Akhmedhodzic exchanging goals. And on the road, the Ukrainians defeated the Bosnian team 2:0 – Oleksandr Zinchenko and Artem Dovbik could also count.

Who to “bet” on, bookmakers and experts

Bookmakers do not care that the match between Ukraine and Bosnia will be productive. A total over 2.5 is assessed by a coefficient of 2.13. That hour’s total was less than 2.5 – 1.82.

According to analysts, Ukraine has a greater chance of victory in this game. The coefficient for victory of the “blue and yellow” is 2.10. Bookmakers estimate the strength of the super picks at a coefficient of 3.85. Nichiya – 3.50.

If we talk about numbers, then Ukraine is also the favorite of the zustricha. According to Transfermarkt, the value of the entire “blue and yellow” team is 341.5 million euros. At that time, as the value of the rival team, the portal is valued at less than 120 million euros.

Belgian coach Domenico Tedesco respects Ukraine as a favorite not only for this team, but also for the entire quartet. Having stated that Rebrov’s followers show current European football and are the main contender for qualifying for the Euro. By the way, with Tedesco’s team, Ukraine will strengthen itself just as it enters the Euro.

Former Ukrainian national football coach Jozsef Szabo shared his thoughts with . In his words, the game will be folded through a number of aspects.

“Of course, I want and wish for national victory. It’s not good to be amazed at the numbers and care that the game will be easy. I don’t respect that much. Most of their Vikonians perform on a serious level, in top clubs in good championships. I can’t say what This game will be easy for Ukraine. Bosnia has proven players, like Dzeko. And newcomers, who are showing their good side in Europe. In addition, it is even difficult to play in Bosnia, their fans are even more active, and there may be players at the match provocation. I think One of Rebrov’s orders will be: the Gravians go out into the field with a cool head, and do not invite any provocation,” said Sabo.

Further prospects

Having won over the Bosnians, Sergiy Rebrov’s team will play for qualification to Euro 2024 against the bet Israel – Iceland. The final match is scheduled for March 26 and, fortunately, Ukraine will play a nominally home match against the Polish Wroclaw at the Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw stadium.

Help the quartet play in Group E against Belgium, Slovakia and Romania in the final part of the European Championship 2024. The matches of Euro 2024 will be held in Nimechchyna from 14 June to 14 June 2024.

Nikita Shenderovsky