Belgium vs Ukraine Prediction & Betting Tips (23 March)

The golden age of this Belgian team is indeed finished and she now finds herself to have to defend her place in League A of the League of Nations. The situation is also well embarked for the Red Devils who were beaten quite severely Thursday evening on the occasion of the first leg, however disputed on neutral field 3-1 for what was the first of Rudi Garcia on the bench of this team. Eliminated in the 1/8th final of the Euro by France, Belgium then only took 3rd place in its group at the League of Nations behind the Blues and Italy but only before Israel. The Belgians also finished with 3 defeats this campaign against France 1-2, Italy 0-1 and Israel 1-0. Ukraine, for its part, had only taken 4th place in a group where all the teams had finished 4 points during the Euro, seeing themselves released the group stage.

On the other hand, the Zbirna then negotiated its Nations League campaign rather well by taking 2nd place from its mini championship behind the Czech Republic but before Georgia and Albania. Better at the end of this pool, the Ukrainians had been able to take points against the Czech Republic 1-1 and against Georgia 1-1 before ending with a good success against Albania 1-2. On their momentum, they quite easily took the measure of Belgium on Thursday evening during the first leg 3-1 to take a good lead in this double confrontation.

Rudi Garcia pointed out by recalling Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) in the cages but he could not avoid the rout of his family on Thursday. Suspended during the first leg, the former Lensois Openda striker (Leipzig) and the holder right side Castagne will be able again. We also find in this team the excellent Vanaken (Club Bruges) and formidable offensive Doku (City), Ketelaere (Atalanta), Dodi Lukebakio (FC Seville), Openda or the Gunner Trossard (Arsenal). Some former golden generation are always present like Thomas Meunier (Lille), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) from Bruyne (Manchester City) and the former Marseillais Michy Batshuayi (Eintracht Frankfurt). Still a scorer against Ukraine Thursday evening, Lukaku (Napoli, 85 goals in 120 Sél) reinforced his status as top scorer in this selection. On the other hand, the former Rennais Theate (Frankfurt) and the Lyonnais winger Fofana are not operational this week. Same sentence for Seys (Bruges), Onana (Aston Villa) and Lavia (Chelsea).

Johan Bakayoko (PSV), Orel Mangala (Everton), Albert Sambi Lokonga (FC Seville), Vermeeren (Leipzig), Arne Engels (Celtic) were not selected for this double confrontation. Stepanenko (Eyupspor, 87 Sél), and Zubkov (37 Sél) circles were not retained. The winger of Chelsea Mudryk (28 capes) is still suspended for doping and the former Marseillais Malinovsky (Genoa, 7 goals in 66 Sél) remains in recovery. Sick Thursday evening, Artem Dovbyk (AS Roma) is hoped for but Konoplia (Shakhtar) and Sych (Karapty Lviv) came out injured in the 1st round and they may have to throw in the towel for this match. On the other hand, Tsygankov (Girona), Zinchenko (Arsenal), Mykolenko (Everton), Zabarnyi (Bournemouth) and the Taulier Matviyenko (Shakhtar, 74 Sél) and the scorer Yaremchuk (Olympiakos, 60 Sél, 17 goals) should all be operational in the same way as Captain Yarmolenko (Dynamo kyiv, 124 Sél, 46 goals). 

• Summary: Belgium is going head to head with Ukraine starting on 23 Mar 2025 at 19:45 UTC at Cegeka Arena stadium, Genk city, Belgium. The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League, Promotion/Relegation Play-offs .
• Belgium Feedinco Rating: 6.89
• Ukraine Feedinco Rating: 6.90