Today, on March 21, the Ukrainian national team will play its first playoff match to win a ticket to the European Football Championship, which will take place in Germany this summer. The opponent of our players will be the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNN writes.
In its qualifying group, Ukraine's national team took only third place, behind the teams of England and Italy, which went directly to the European football forum.
Now, our players will try to compete for one of the three tickets to the Euros through the Nations League playoffs.
Stadium, referee team, broadcast
The match will take place today, March 21, in the Bosnian city of Zenica at the Bilino Pole stadium. The starting whistle will be blown at 21:45 Kyiv time. It will be blown by the head referee, German Felix Zweier. He will be assisted by his compatriots: line judges Stefan Lupp and Marco Ahmüller, reserve referee Daniel Siebert, and VAR referee Bastian Dankert.
Live broadcast of the match in Ukraine on the MEGOGO service.
Who is the bookmakers' favorite
Bookmakers favor our players in this match. Bets on the victory of the Ukrainian national team in regular time are accepted with odds of 2.03, on the victory of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3.85, on a draw - 3.65.
Bets on Ukraine qualifying for the next round of the playoffs are accepted with odds of 1.51, while the Bosnians' success is estimated at 2.69.
What's next
If Ukraine defeats Bosnia and Herzegovina, it will face the winner of the Israel-Iceland match on March 26 in the decisive match for a ticket to Euros.