Ukraine vs Czechia Prediction

This Monday’s UEFA Nations League game sees Czechia make the trip to face Ukraine at the Tarczyński Arena. This result could have serious implications for both sides as Czechia could go to the top of the group or Ukraine could get themselves out of the bottom of Group 1.

Key Stats

• Czechia have conceded 9 goals in their last 5 games
• Ukraine’s Georgiy Sudakov has scored 7 times and assisted 2 times in 10 games at club level this season

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Ukraine have been struggling slightly, losing two out of the three games since Euro 2024, on top of having a not very good Euros campaign. Czechia have impressed with two consecutive wins, but they were also beaten badly by Georgia in one of their Nations League games.

Georgiy Sudakov has been excellent domestically and that has also translated to his international performances as well, scoring and providing an assist across the three games his played in Group 1. He could be a key factor for Ukraine in their efforts to pick themselves off from last place in the group and beat Czechia in this match.

Ukraine Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Anatoliy Trubin; Mykola Matvienko (c), Maksym Taloverov, Ilya Zabarnyi, Yukhym Konoplya; Ivan Kalyuzhnyi; Mykhaylo Mudryk, Georgiy Sudakov, Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksiy Gutsulyak; Artem Dovbyk

Ukraine have slightly struggled in their last five games which extends back to Euro 2024. Two wins two losses and a draw the results of those matches. However, the three Nations League games have resulted in them picking up three points and bottom of the group. They head into this one with a win in their most recent game but as part of the group they have already played Czechia recently. They lost 3-2 away from home in that one, Sudakov’s 84th minute goal still not good enough to pick up the win.

The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder has bagged himself a goal and assist this Nations League campaign, but it is at club level where he has been shining. In 10 games, he has scored seven times and gotten two assists to his Shakhtar teammates. Sudakov will definitely be that person that can win the game for them in this clash versus Czechia.

Czechia Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Matej Kovar; Jan Boril, Tomas Holes, Martin Vitík; Lukas Provod, Lukas Cerv, Tomas Soucek (c), Vladimír Coufal; Pavel Sulc, Tomas Chory, Vaclav Cerny

Since their disappointing Euro 2024 run, Czechia have been both a hit and a miss. In their first match in the Nations League they were thrashed 4-1 by a very impressive Georgian side. It got better after that though as the Czech Republic picked up back to back wins against Ukraine and Albania. They were good enough to beat Ukraine that time but the question going into this match is if they will be at the same level again?

Czechia will head into this match with the psychological advantage knowing that they bested Ukraine last time out and that some of their stars Andriy Lunin and Viktor Tsygankov are out through injury. Both Tomas Chory and Pavel Sulc have amassed two goals across those three Nations League matches and they could add a third to that tally if Czechia play the way they have been playing.

Head To Head Stats: Ukraine vs Czechia

These sides have faced each other only 6 times throughout history.

Neither side hold an advantage over another as the games have been split evenly with two wins heading Ukraine’s way and two going Czechia’s way, leaving the other two results to be a draw.

Betting Tips For Ukraine vs Czechia

Ukraine might be at the bottom of the table at the moment but on paper, they have the quality to beat Czechia. Talents like Mudryk, Sudakov and Dovbyk should all be on show to swing the tie in favour of Ukraine in this one.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Ukraine To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 13/8 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £26.25 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Ukraine vs Czechia

Ukraine 2-1 Czechia

Ukraine come into this match having recently lost to Czechia so they will be determined to avenge that loss that they suffered. We can see them coming out victorious in this game but not without conceding a goal in the process.