Ukraine vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Predictions

• Ukraine have drawn four of their last six matches (in 90 mins).
• Bosnia and Herzegovina have drawn five of their last nine fixtures.
• Both sides drew 1-1 against France within a few days last month.

High draw potential stands out

The battle for second place in Group D will be decided between these two teams and in two separate contests on Tuesday and next month.

France, although still theoretically catchable, are probably not going to drop the four points it would take for either Ukraine or Bosnia and Herzegovina to sneak into the automatic qualifying place. So this first-ever meeting of these nations will be pivotal and, despite all the motivation there is for both teams to win it, surely has a very high draw potential.

Zbirna drew 1-1 with France a few days after Bosnia and Herzegovina had returned from Strasbourg with a point from exactly the same scoreline. On paper, both were equally impressive, but France had more possession, shots on goal and xG in the game that was played in Kiev.

Dzeko firing for the Dragons

The Dragons are two points down on Ukraine with a game in hand, so may see a draw as being a very favourable outcome from this. They are also pretty hard to beat when Edin Dzeko is in their line-up and he should be lining up for the national anthems in Kiev on Tuesday.

Ukraine have good strikers too, but they can be prone to an off-night – like all their players did against England in Rome a few months ago.

All things considered, we feel Ukraine are too short in the betting and that the draw offers the best value. Bosnia and Herzegovina drew 1-1 away to Italy in the Nations League last year to show that the France result was no fluke.

The 1-1 score prediction appears the most likely outcome given that scoreline has been produced three times by these nations in their last seven matches combined.