UCRAINE – SCOTLAND | Tuesday 8.45pm
The promotion is on the line. With obviously one favourite team, the host team, who with a win would overtake the visiting team and fly into League A. Of course, it must also be said that Scotland can play for the double result as they have a two-point lead in the standings with ninety minutes to go. And then, Ukraine, unfortunately, is not so much the host, since the challenge in question is played in Krakow, Poland. In short, a far from easy prediction. Analysing the momentum of the two teams, however, it is obvious that Scotland can succeed: they have won three in a row, unlike Ukraine, who won against Armenia but took three away on 21 September against the team they will face on Tuesday night.
In the last four meetings between the two teams there have been two wins each. Never has Scotland won away against Ukraine and that could be a factor to consider. Nor has a draw ever come up. In short, a match with neither winners nor losers looms.
The Prediction
A match of at least one goal per team, and we can’t disagree with that. Then, in the end, as said before, what could come out is just a draw. With Scotland thus nabbing promotion to Nations League A.
- Ukraine (4-1-4-1): Trubin; Karavaev, Bondar, Matviienko, Mykhatlienko; Spepanenko; Yarmolenko, Pikhalyoponok, Nalinovsky, Mudrik; Dovbryk.
- SCOTLAND (4-5-1): Gordon; Patterson, McTominay, Hendry, McKenna, Tierney; Armstrong, McGinn, McGregor, Christie; Adams.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
