According to experts, the blue-yellows are the undisputed favorite of the match
On June 19, in the fourth round of the group stage of the Euro 2024 qualification, the Ukrainian team will play with the national team of Malta. According to bookmaker analysts, the blue-and-yellows are the undisputed favorites in the nominally home match to be played against Trnava.
Ukraine’s chances of winning are evaluated as 1×1.15. Probability of winning Malta – 1×19.5. The chance that the main time of the match will end in a draw is 1х9.7.
The Ukrainian national team completed the first part of the task before going on vacation – in a dramatic away match, the blue-and-yellows beat the team of North Macedonia. In case of victory today, Rebrov’s team will remain in second place in the standings until the fall.
The probability of this is high. Malta have lost all three of their previous matches, losing to North Macedonia, Italy and England. In these matches, the Maltese scored only one goal, conceding eight. Malta is, with all due respect, a frank outsider of the group, which by the beginning of June was ranked 172nd in the FIFA rankings and only four times over the past three decades finished a football year in the top hundred.
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Euro 2024. Selection
06/19/2023
19:00
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On the other hand, Malta is capable of surprises. What are the victories in friendly matches over Azerbaijan, Kuwait and Israel. And in its only match so far with Malta – six years ago, in June 2017 in Graz – Ukraine also suffered a sensational defeat (0:1).
But still, in terms of the class of players and the level of organization of the game, Ukraine is head and shoulders above Malta. It is not surprising that the probability “Ukraine’s victory with a handicap of -2” is estimated by bookmakers as 1×1.64. And the chance for “total in the match over 3” as 1×1.58.
Source: Sportarena
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