Ukraine vs Northern Ireland Prediction 16 June 2016

Ukraine national team take on Northern Ireland in their second match of the Euro 2016 group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, June 16^th at Parc Olympique Lyonnais Stadium.

Ukraine national team had shown quite solid football in starting match of the tournament but couldn’t avoid defeat to Germany, 0-2. Ukraine played well in defense and conceded two goals after two mistakes. On the other hand, Ukraine created few solid opportunities to score but all of them were denied in the last moment by Neuer and Jerome Boateng. Ukraine is the team with potential and if they play at the same level in next two matches, they would definitely get a chance to qualify for the knockout phase. Moreover, their leader Iarmolenko failed the clash against Germany and Ukraine can count on more if the winger would play up to his potential.

Northern Ireland national team played quite poorly in their first match of the competition and deserved their defeat 0-1. Moreover, Poland had numerous chances to double and triple their advantage. Northern Ireland didn’t even try to play offense before they conceded decisive goal. However, they haven’t created chances that could help Northern Ireland to avoid defeat as they managed to take only two shots off goal in 90 minutes. It appears Mike O’Neil’s side simply not ready to battle at such high level.

Ukraine and Northern Ireland played four head-to-heads in their history. Ukraine won two of these matches and other two ended with draws. Ukraine left much nicer impression in the first match than Northern Ireland, who couldn’t offer anything more besides poor attempts to deny attempts of Poland. Upcoming match will be decisive for team’s chances to qualify for the playoffs and we can expect Ukraine to record a victory in this match as they are more skilled side and proved their level in match against Germany.

Prediction for the match: Ukraine to win.

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