Ukraine hosts Portugal in round 8 of the Euro qualification. The match will be played on Monday, October 14th at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium (Kyiv)
Having defeated the Lithuanian national team in the last round of the qualification (2-0), the Ukrainian national team almost secured a passage to the final stage of the Euro. Now, even if it loses this match and even the final one against Serbia, it will receive a ticket. Well, except that after losing to Portugal (but it may not happen), the Yellow-Blues will lose to Serbia with a difference of 6 goals. Does anyone believe that Ukraine, which has conceded just one goal in the entire qualification, will concede six in Serbia? The Serbs themselves do not believe in it.
Portugal also won its last match against Luxembourg (3-0). And it is close to arranging its entry to the championship either. The Portuguese are currently ahead of Serbs by 4 points, and they will play two remaining matches against Lithuania and Luxembourg, so they unlikely to lose points in those games.
Opponents played the first game in a goalless draw. And I will not undertake to predict the winner of the upcoming match. However, Ukraine, which has someone to play ahead, (Yarmolenko recovered and gained shape, Marlos ousted Yaremchuk from the first eleven, Zinchenko and Sobol often connect to attacks, Malinovskyi scored 2 goals in Lithuania, Shevchenko allows himself to keep Tsygankov and Konoplyanka on the bench). Being in high spirits, they will probably want to take the 1st place in the group, which means they will attack and probably manage to score a goal. The national team of Ukraine is now justifying its attacking potential - 13 goals scored in the group. Portugal conceded in both away matches of the qualification. Even Lithuania scored it. Yarmolenko with all his “squad” is much stronger than Lithuania in the attack. And the team scored in its last 7 home matches.
Prediction for the match: Ukraine to score over 0.5 goals
