Read our prediction for Ukraine vs Northern Ireland below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Ukraine vs Northern Ireland Prediction & Betting tips
On Thursday, from 19:45, the friendly Ukraine – Northern Ireland will be played in Dnepropetrovsk. The Northern Irish won the last direct confrontation, score 2-0 at the European Championship in 2016, in France.
Ukraine :
Ukraine played another friendly, 1-1 with Bahrain, and has another one, against Cyprus, apart from the one with Northern Ireland, before participating in Euro 2020. The Ukrainians will play two matches from the Euro group right in Bucharest, against Austria and Northern Macedonia. Andrei Sevcenko’s national team qualified impressively for the Europeans.
He won without losing a match, a group that also included Portugal and Serbia, in addition to Luxembourg and Lithuania. He had six wins and two draws in the qualifying campaign. But Ukraine started with only three draws in next year’s World Cup preliminaries. He drew with the same score, 1-1, in France, with Finland and Kazakhstan, at home, and is on the 2nd place in group D.
Northern Ireland:
Northern Ireland missed the chance to qualify for the second consecutive European Championship. He had no chance against Germany and the Netherlands in Group C of the preliminaries. He finished in 3rd place, with 13 points, above Belarus and Estonia. The Northern Irish also had the chance to play in the League of Nations, which they did not take advantage of.
They passed Bosnia, after a tie, but lost the final against Slovakia, 1-2 after extra time on their own field, in Belfast. The British have only one point after two matches in next year’s World Cup qualifiers. They predictably lost in Italy, 0-2, and drew at home with Bulgaria, 0-0.
Ukraine vs Northern Ireland head to head matches
16.06.16 EUR Ukraine Northern Ireland 0 : 2
06.09.03 EUR Ukraine Northern Ireland 0 : 0
16.10.02 EUR Northern Ireland Ukraine 0 : 0
01.04.97 WC Ukraine Northern Ireland 2 : 1
30.08.96 WC Northern Ireland Ukraine 0 : 1
* Our advice is: Ukraine to win
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.62
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!