Czech Republic vs Ukraine Predictions & Tips – Points Shared in Prague

Vedran Ostojic

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Last updated: 09 Sep 2024

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Both sides struggled in the UEFA Nations League opener
Both teams failed to reach the playoffs in Euro 2024
Will we see a winner in Prague on Tuesday evening?

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Ukraine are winless in 3 of their last 4 matches (Getty)

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Both teams had disappointing results in Euro 2024 and lost their UEFA Nations League opening games. I expect a close match in Prague, a draw being the best bet.

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Head to Head
Czech Republic Form
Czech Republic Squad & Team News
Ukraine Form
Ukraine Squad & Team News

Czech Republic are winless in their last 4 matches.
Czech Republic have seen BTTS in their last 8 matches.
Czech Republic have drawn 2 of their last 4 matches against Ukraine.
Ukraine are winless in 3 of their last 4 matches.
Ukraine have seen BTTS in 2 of their last 3 matches.

Head to Head

Ukraine have a 2-1 advantage against Czech Republic with 2 draws in 5 matches.

They last met in September 2021, the game ending in a 1-1 draw.

Czech Republic Form

Czech Republic had an awful start to the new season of UEFA Nations League, suffering a convincing 4-1 defeat to Georgia on Saturday, Lukas Kalvach scoring a consolation goal.

Their results in recently ended Euro 2024 were also disappointing, winning just one point in the group stages. They opened the tournament with a 2-1 defeat to Portugal despite being ahead for 70 minutes (Lukas Provod on target).

The Czechs then drawn against Georgia 1-1 (Patrich Schick finding an equalizer) and then lost to Turkey 2-1 in the third round (Tomas Soucek on the scoresheet) to exit the tournament early.

Czech Republic Squad & Team News


Position	Player	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Matěj Kovář	4	0	Bayer Leverkusen
GK	Jakub Markovič	0	0	Baník Ostrava
GK	Adam Zadražil	0	0	Hradec Králové
DF	Vladimír Coufal	46	1	West Ham United
DF	Robin Hranáč	7	0	Hoffenheim
DF	Ladislav Krejčí	14	3	Girona
DF	Martin Vitík	2	0	Sparta Prague
DF	Jaroslav Zelený	11	0	Sparta Prague
DF	David Zima	22	1	Slavia Prague
MF	Václav Černý	17	6	Rangers
MF	Lukáš Červ	1	0	Viktoria Plzeň
MF	Lukáš Kalvach	5	1	Viktoria Plzeň
MF	Alex Král	40	2	Espanyol
MF	Vasil Kušej	1	0	Mladá Boleslav
MF	Ondřej Lingr	19	1	Slavia Prague
MF	Lukáš Provod	23	3	Slavia Prague
MF	Matěj Ryneš	1	0	Sparta Prague
MF	Tomáš Souček	73	13	West Ham United
MF	Pavel Šulc	5	0	Viktoria Plzeň
FW	Tomáš Chorý	7	2	Slavia Prague
FW	Tomáš Čvančara	7	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
FW	Adam Hložek	35	2	Hoffenheim
FW	Patrik Schick	41	20	Bayer Leverkusen

Matej Jurasek and Michal Sadílek are injured.

Antonin Barak, Jan Kuchta, Mojmír Chytil, Tomas Holes and Jindřich Staněk were not called up.

Ukraine Form

Ukraine were tagged favorites in their UEFA Nations League opener, had a 1-0 lead against Albania with Yukhym Konoplia breaking the deadlock in 49th minute but lost the encounter 2-1.

The Blue and Yellows also failed to reach the Round of 16 in Euro 2024 this summer after grabbing four points in group stages.

They kicked off the tournament with a convincing 3-0 defeat to Romania, but bounced back with a 2-1 win over Slovakia thanks to goals scored by Mykola Shaparenko and Roman Yaremchuk. A goalless draw against Belgium in the third round was not enough to advance.

Ukraine Squad & Team News


Pos.	Player	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Heorhiy Bushchan	18	0	Dynamo Kyiv
GK	Anatoliy Trubin	14	0	Benfica
GK	Andriy Lunin	13	0	Real Madrid
DF	Mykola Matviyenko	69	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
DF	Vitaliy Mykolenko	43	1	Everton
DF	Illya Zabarnyi	40	1	Bournemouth
DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	20	1	Dynamo Kyiv
DF	Yukhym Konoplya	16	2	Shakhtar Donetsk
DF	Valeriy Bondar	4	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
DF	Maksym Talovyerov	4	0	LASK
MF	Andriy Yarmolenko	123	46	Dynamo Kyiv
MF	Taras Stepanenko	85	4	Shakhtar Donetsk
MF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	67	9	Arsenal
MF	Ruslan Malinovskyi	65	7	Genoa
MF	Serhiy Sydorchuk	62	3	Westerlo
MF	Viktor Tsyhankov	56	13	Girona
MF	Mykola Shaparenko	35	2	Dynamo Kyiv
MF	Heorhiy Sudakov	21	2	Shakhtar Donetsk
MF	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	9	0	Dynamo Kyiv
MF	Volodymyr Brazhko	8	0	Dynamo Kyiv
MF	Vladyslav Kabayev	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv
FW	Roman Yaremchuk	54	16	Olympiacos
FW	Vladyslav Vanat	8	0	Dynamo Kyiv

Andriy Yarmolenko is the captain with 123 appearances and 46 goals.

Denys Popov, Artem Dovbyk, Mykhailo Mudryk and Serhiy Kryvtsov are injured.

Oleksandr Karavayev was not called up.

Verdict

Czech Republic v Ukraine

Both sides struggled in Euro 2024 and lost their UEFA Nations League opening games. Two of the last four head to head meetings have ended without a winner, so a draw is the best bet in Prague.

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