Ukraine vs. North Macedonia: Tips, Prognosis & Odds - 17.06.2021 - EUROPE: European Championship 2021
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Ukraine vs. North Macedonia: Tips, Prognosis & Odds - 17.06.2021 - EUROPE: European Championship 2021
With their backs to the wall, Ukraine and North Macedonia will go into the second matchday of Group C. In the Arena Națională in Bucharest, both need a victory after their opening defeat in order not to fall completely behind. It is also possible to get into the round of 16 with two defeats and one victory as third party in the group. The loser of the game should no longer have it in their own hands.
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In the run-up to the clash between Ukraine and North Macedonia, the odds in the direction of the Ukrainian national soccer team are knocked out. By the way, if you would like to track odds developments on your smartphone or tablet, you will find the best betting apps for sports betting here.
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While North Macedonia, debut in the European Championship, has never won a game at a European Championship, Ukraine has had a remarkable dry spell. The yellow and blue have all lost their last six European Championship games and are now hoping for a turnaround against the supposed outsider. The North Macedonians, however, already fought sacrificially against Austria.
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We therefore see the greatest value in Ukraine versus North Macedonia in the tip that both teams score. A specific prognosis for EM Group C and its possible outcome is available in this linked post.
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Ukraine - statistics & current form
The Ukrainian national soccer team is currently taking part in a European Championship finals for the third time in a row. If the Schowto-blakytni (in German: the yellow and blue) failed in their European debut in 2012 in their own country after winning the opening game against Sweden as third in the group behind France and England, there was nothing to be gained in France in 2016.
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Without a single goal and with three defeats, the Ukrainians had to return home in 2016 as the bottom of the group. In the run-up to the third European championship in a row, for which Ukraine even qualified as group winners before European champions Portugal, they had lost five games in a row at a European Championship finals.
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Never before in a European Championship has a goal in the first half
After the 2: 3 opening defeat against the Netherlands there are now six defeats in a row. After all, Andriy Shevchenko's selection was able to score two goals again, although in the end these were not enough to win the point.
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It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian national soccer team scored both goals in the second half and briefly equalized again after falling 2-0. This continued a curious series: The yellow and blue are the only nation that played at least five games in a European Championship finals and was never able to score a goal in the first half.
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Six of the seven games at European Championship finals lost
Whether the series breaks against North Macedonia or not, should be irrelevant to all involved. More important are the three points with which Ukraine, which has lost six of its seven games in the European Championship finals (a rate of 86%), would be back on track towards the knockout round.
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Whether the tip for the Shovto-blakytni triple in Ukraine against North Macedonia will also depend on Andriy Yarmolenko. With 41 international goals, the 31-year-old is close on the heels of his coach Andriy Shevshenko, who once scored 48 goals in the yellow and blue colors and is thus the country's record scorer. Now the West Ham man could score in three consecutive internationals for the first time in five years.
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Expected formation of Ukraine:
Bushchan - Mykolenko - Matviyenko - Zabarnyi - Karavaev - Zinchenko - Malinovskyi - Sydorchuk - Zubkov - Yarmolenko - Yaremchuk
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North Macedonia - statistics & current form
The North Macedonian national football team qualified for a European championship for the first time in history through the back door in the UEFA Nations League. The number 62 in the FIFA world rankings is considered the blatant outsider in the field.
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That didn't stop the Lavovi (in German: the lions) from making a strong performance in the first group game. Especially in the first half, the newcomer made it extremely difficult for Austria and faced the boys at eye level, which resulted in the deserved 1: 1 half-time score.
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The service providers do not have the air for the full 90 minutes
Nevertheless, the North Macedonians were ultimately defeated by their first opponent with 1: 3 and are empty-handed despite a good performance. A combination of two factors can be seen as the reason for this.
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First: The cornerstones of the team around Goran Pandev, who not only scored his country with the golden goal in the playoff final against Georgia for the European Championship and now also equalized against Austria, are already in the senior football age and no longer have the air for 90 minutes of full-throttle football. And second: the bank is not of equal quality. That is also why coach Igor Angelovski did not make full use of his transfer contingent.
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Only one defeat in the last five internationals
Exactly that could be the fate of the Lavovi again, if it goes against a nation that demonstrably develops its strength in the second round. Accordingly, the EM debutant is in the outsider role. The bookmaker Interwetten, tested by Wettbasis, offers odds of 6.75 for the underdog's first European Championship victory in Ukraine against North Macedonia.
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Nevertheless, the Lavovi do not need to hide. Of the last five international matches, only one game was lost, while there was a 2-1 away win in Germany in March 2022 World Cup qualifying. Against this background, we trust the North Macedonians to at least score a goal.
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Expected formation of North Macedonia:
Dimitrievski - Alioski - Musliu - Velkovski - S. Ristovski - Nikolov - Elmas - Ademi - Bardhi - Trajkovski - Pandev
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Direct comparison / H2H
Head to head: 2 - 1 - 1
The two nations have faced each other four times so far and with two wins the Ukraine leads the direct comparison, which also won both competitive games. As part of the 2016 European Championship qualification, the Schowto-blakytni first won 1-0 at home and then won 2-0 away in Skopje.
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Betting base forecast & Ukraine Ukraine - North Macedonia
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Tip
In the case of Ukraine against North Macedonia, the prognosis must take into account that both teams have their backs to the wall and need the win in order to make it through to the round of 16 on their own. We expect a hot dance, especially in the first round, before the game in half time could be decided on the potential physical superiority of the Ukrainian national soccer team.
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Because Lavovi had already convinced defensively against Austria for at least an hour and showed a lot of heart, we trust them to score against the Schowto-blakytni as well. We therefore see the greatest value in BTS: Yes.
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To ensure that both score, odds of 2.10 are available at Ukraine against North Macedonia, which we play with seven units at the bookmaker ComeOn tested by Wettbasis.
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