Ukraine and Austria will face off in Euro 2020 Group C match on Monday. A draw would very probably see both teams advance to the knockout stages as both teams are on three points after overcoming North Macedonia and losing to the Netherlands in their first two matches. Here is what you need to know on Ukraine vs Austria prediction and lineup for Euro 2020 match.
Team news
Ukraine lineup: Bushchan; Karavayev, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Shaparenko, Stepanenko, Zinchenko; Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Malinovskiy
Ukraine may not shuffle its starting XI and likely to keep the same team that overcame North Macedonia in their previous match.
As a result of Oleksandr Zubkov’s absence from the win at the conclusion of last week, Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskiy could continue in attack.
Austria lineup: Bachmann; Dragovic, Alaba, Hinteregger; Lainer, Laimer, Schlager, Sabitzer, Ulmer; Kalajdzic, Arnautovic
Manager Franco Foda will almost certainly shift David Alaba out of the center of defense to get him more involved in the game as last week’s defeat to the Netherlands was abysmal.
while Marko Arnautovic is set to return for Austria’s match against Ukraine on Monday, Sasa Kalajdzic will fight for a recall. In the last match between the two teams, in 2012, the latter scored two goals.
Prediction
In Group C, both Ukraine and Austria are in third place going into the last game, while the former only need to avoid defeat to finish second.
Ukraine has to be the favorite moving into Monday’s match as Austria struggled against the Netherlands last week.
It’s tough to see anything other than a draw assuring a second place for Ukraine and, in all likelihood, progression to the last 16 for Austria.
Foda’s team may be in trouble if they surrender first as Ukraine has looked a lot more polished than Austria thus far.
Our Prediction: Ukraine 1-1 Austria
