Ukraine vs Italy prediction and betting tips on November 20, 2023
Game Prediction
There will no longer be any intrigue in many fights of the last, 10th round. Still, there are the key meetings in which the destiny of several teams will be decided. The national team of Ukraine and the stars from Italy will also compete in Leverkusen. Who will finally go to the Euro? The prediction for the match on November 20, 2023 is available to the readers of the website.
Ukraine was able to remain in the dispute for a ticket to the championship until the very last moment
“The Yellow and Blues”, despite playing well, did not achieve any positive results after the Euro quarter-finals and after the replacement of Shevchenko to Petrakov in the coaching position. First, there was 2nd place in the qualifying group for the World Cup, near France, and the overcome of Scotland in the play-off – still, there happened a disappointing defeat in the decisive match with Wales. And then the team lost to “the Tartans” in the dispute for 1st place in the Nations League. As a result, England and Italy were chosen as opponents, which looked like a death sentence, at the European qualification draw. Everything that remained for Rotan’s team, and since the summer for Rebrov’s wards, is to win in the matches against the underdogs and hope to beat one of the favourites. The team won 4 times in the confrontations with North Macedonia and Malta, and, played a 1-1 draw, formally at the home arena, with the British. As a result, it is still in the fight for the Euro!
Italy risks being left without a ticket to the next tournament
“The Squadra Azzurra” was able to take the title at the previous World Cup. And then, in 2021, Mancini was on top – still, that was not for long. A couple of months later, he lost the dispute for 1st place in the qualifying group to Switzerland, and the team shamefully lost the home play-off match to North Macedonia in the spring. There were plenty of failures in 2023: it started in the qualifying round with a home defeat made by England (and then it was beaten by England in the autumn again), the Nations League brought a failure in the semi-final match with Spain, however, then Italy beat Netherlands in the so-called “consolation” match. Roberto put an end to that by moving to Saudi Arabia. His successor, Spalletti, is characterized with controversial assessments. It is reasonable to mention that the team managed to win against the pursuer, Ukraine, and defeat Malta, but, at the same time, it did not win in Skopje and lost to England, which was not motivated at that time. Speaking about the home struggle with the Macedonians, the team easily led by 3 goals by the break, then conceded twice, but reached a comfortable 5-2 result in the end.
Previous head-to-head matches
Taking into account 6 head-to-head matches, Ukraine was able to draw only once, in a friendly match in 2018 – the other games were won by the opponent.
Free prediction for the match Ukraine vs Italy on November 20:
“The Yellow and Blues” will fight, but their rival is strong and traditionally awkward. We are waiting for the victory of the nominal guests in the following battle (odd: 1.86).