Today, on March 26, the Ukrainian national team will play a decisive qualifying match for the European Football Championship, which will take place in Germany this summer. Our players' opponent will be the Icelandic national team, UNN reports.
Stadium, referee team, broadcast
Nominally, the Ukrainian national team will play its home match in the Polish city of Wroclaw at the Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw stadium. The starting whistle will be blown at 21:45 Kyiv time. It will be blown by the French referee Clement Turpin. He will be assisted by his compatriots: line judges - Nicolas Dano and Erwan Finjan. The reserve referee is François Letelier, and the VAR referee is Jerome Brissard.
The match will be broadcast live in Ukraine on MEGOGO and regional channels of Suspilne.
How they played in the previous round
In the previous round of the playoffs, the Ukrainian national team managed to snatch a victory from the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team only in the last minutes of the match.
The hosts took the lead in the 56th minute thanks to a Mykola Matvienko penalty kick. In the 85th minute, Roman Yaremchuk equalized, and in the 88th minute, Artem Dovbyk scored the winner from his pass.
The Icelanders also defeated the Israeli national team on the road. After conceding a penalty kick in the 31st minute, the Icelandic national team scored four goals against the opponent. However, the Israelis conceded two goals while playing in the minority.
History of confrontations
For the first time, the national teams of Ukraine and Iceland met in the qualifiers for Euro 2000. The following results were recorded: Ukraine-Iceland - 1:1, Iceland-Ukraine - 0:1.
For the second time, the draw brought the two teams together in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Ukraine-Iceland - 1:1, Iceland-Ukraine - 2:0.
Who is the bookmakers' favorite
Bookmakers favor our national team. Bets on Ukraine's victory in regular time are accepted with odds of 1.56, on Iceland's victory - 7.00, and on a draw - 4.05.
Ukraine's victory in extra time or a penalty shootout can be bet with odds of 1.26, and Iceland's - 4.05.
The winner of today's match will play in Group D with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania in the final part of Euro 2024.
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