Ukraine U20 vs Panama U20 Predictions

Can Ukraine book a place in the last eight of the Under 20 World Cup on Monday? They are massive favourites ahead of this meeting with Panama. They made a solid start to this tournament, qualifying top of their group after a solid start. Ukraine claimed a point against Nigeria to secure first place in their final game, but can they up their game in order to move into the last eight? Or can Panama continue their surprising run to the knockout round with a surprise success here?

Ukraine have emerged as a potential dark horse for this tournament, with a few contenders falling by the wayside. Tournaments tend to have sides come from nowhere and make a deep run in the competition, but can Ukraine step up and be that team? They were able to beat the United States and Qatar in the group stage, so they should be expected to see off a team like Panama.

Panama are the tournament’s rank outsiders, the 16th favourites sitting out at 100/1 to win the tournament. They made it through in third place in their group, squeezing through thanks to a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia on the final day. That has left them as massive outsiders in this competition, while they aren’t expected to get anything out of this clash on Monday.

Panama may have only just made it through, but they did come through group with the favourites. They faced France in the last round, losing 2-0 to the side who are tipped to win this competition. However, Panama did score in their other two games, drawing 1-1 with Mali and beating Saudi Arabia 2-1. Panama have scored in nine of their last 10 matches, racking up 23 goals in that time. Can they continue that scoring streak against the Ukrainians?

The favourites did concede in their clash with Nigeria in their previous game. They have now seen both teams score in four of their last five games, going unbeaten in that time. While we see Ukraine getting another result, we’re backing them to concede in this encounter. We’re going for both teams to score in this clash, while we’re also backing a 2-1 win for Ukraine.