Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ukraine Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

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Bosnia And Herzegovina

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Ukraine to Win

Reason for tip

Ukraine won two of their last three away Euro 2024 qualifiers, although none of their games in Group C were played at home. They are very mentally tough and have enough ability to beat a Bosnian squad well passed their best. The Dragons lost seven of their last nine qualifiers, only managing to beat Liechtenstein twice during that run.

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Ukraine 2-1

Reason for tip

Ukraine are well capable of scoring multiple goals against a Bosnia-Herzegovina side that conceded two or more in six of their last nine qualifiers. The Dragons did score at home to Slovakia last time out and in five of their seven previous competitive home games, so could manage a repeat of that scoreline – a 2-1 loss.

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Ukraine won two of their last three away Euro 2024 qualifiers, although none of their games in Group C were played at home
Bosnia-Herzegovina lost seven of their last nine qualifiers, only managing to beat Liechtenstein twice during that run
Bosnia-Herzegovina conceded two or more goals in six of their last nine qualifiers

Back Zbirna to slay the Dragons

Ukraine have too much ability and motivation to be prevented from qualifying by an ordinary Bosnia-Herzegovina side in Thursday’s play-off semi-final.

Last November, Serhiy Rebrov’s side were unlucky not to be awarded an 89th-minute penalty in their 0-0 draw against Italy that, if converted, would have seen them through in the finals automatically at the Azzurri’s expense. It was a remarkable achievement for Zbirna to even come that close during a campaign where a military conflict ravaged their country and forced the team to play all their ‘home’ games elsewhere.

Rebrov has harnessed a talented group of individuals into a solid unit with real prospects of making the latter stages in Germany if they make it through.

Dragons duo are too long in the tooth

In contrast, Bosnia-Herzegovina would be there to make up the numbers. The Dragons are in the play-offs largely thanks to their Nations League B winning campaign of almost two years ago – when Edin Dzeko was only 36 and Miralem Pjanic was closer to his peak at 31.

The aging duo remain key players for Savo Milosevic, who has taken over at the end of a golden generation and before the next one has properly taken root. The squad did not gel during the qualifying programme, losing seven of their last nine games and only managing a narrow 2-1 home win over lowly Liechtenstein.

It seems almost inconceivable that they can beat Ukraine or even stop the visitors from scoring, despite Milosevic having a half-decent set of defenders at his disposal. Ukraine’s odds are good enough to take them to win in 90 minutes – they have a superb mentality and enough quality to score two or more goals against the hapless hosts.