Ukraine - Belgium. Predicted line-ups and latest news , – June 26, 2024
On 26 June, the last matches of the group stage of UEFA Euro 2024 will be held. One of them will be a meeting between the national teams of Ukraine and Belgium.
The second round in this quartet finally confused the cards, as all four teams in the group have three points. But, the Ukrainians are the only ones who have a negative goal difference, so to get into the play-offs Sergiy Rebrov's wards today would be desirable to win.
Domenico Tedesco's team will be satisfied with a draw, as the Belgians are already second in the group. But, the parallel match between Romania and Slovakia will also affect the group.
If we talk about the squad, the head coach of the Ukrainian team at the pre-match press conference said that several players did not train with the team the day before the match due to micro-injuries, but Rebrov overnight expressed hope that all of them will be able to play against Belgium.
Vitaliy Mykolenko returned to the general group, but at the same time there is a risk that one of the leaders of sensational Girona Viktor Tsygankov will miss the final game of the group stage.
It can be assumed that Rebrov will continue to express confidence in Anatoliy Trubin, who replaced Andriy Lunin as Ukraine's goalkeeper for the match against the Slovaks and managed to save his team from conceding a goal in several difficult situations.
After being criticised for his unimpressive performance in the friendly match against Poland, defender Oleksandr Tymchyk managed to somewhat correct the situation and perform better.
As for Belgium's injury situation, neither Axel Witsel (adductor) nor Thomas Meunier (thigh) were able to take part in the win over Romania - Tedesco confirmed that they need a few more days to recover and will not be able to take part in Wednesday's match. Also, Dodi Lukebacchio is expected to serve his suspension.
This factor could open up a place for Leonardo Trossard or Yohan Bakayoko in the main squad, while defender Artur Teate will be able to play against Ukraine despite the fact that he left the field early in the match against Rumunia due to a thigh injury.
Based on these facts, the Dailysports team has prepared predicted line-ups for Ukraine vs Belgium.
Ukraine predicted line-up
Trubin - Mykolenko, Matvienko, Zabarnyy, Tymchyk - Shaparenko, Zinchenko, Sudakov - Mudryk, Dovbyk, Yarmolenko.
Belgium predicted line-up
Castells - Castaigne, Faes, Vertonghen, Theate - Thielemans, Onana - Doku, De Bruyne, Trossard - Lukaku.
The match between Ukraine and Belgium will take place on 26 June in Stuttgart. The starting whistle will sound at 18:00 CET.
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors