Ukraine U21 vs Denmark U21 prediction: EUROPE: Euro U21 betting tips on match 2025-06-11 16:00.
[p]Semi-finalists at the last U21 European Championships, Ukraine will begin the 2025 finals in Prešov after finishing just one point behind tournament frontrunners England in Group F of qualifying, ensuring they advanced by virtue of being one of the three strongest second-placed nations. It was another monumental achievement for the country who, prior to 2023, had qualified for just two U21 Euros.[/p]
[p]That’s despite a change of management since the previous edition, as well as the inevitable player turnover that comes with underage squads. In addition to winning their opening eight qualifiers for this tournament, Ukraine have more recently proven themselves to be overperformers by drawing with Portugal (3-3) and Italy (2-2) as big outsiders and even defeating joint-title favourites Spain (1-0) in a friendly earlier this month.[/p]
[p]It’s widely expected that Ukraine and Denmark will be battling it out for second spot in the group behind the Netherlands, making this potentially the most decisive fixture of Group D. The Danes are back having missed the 2023 edition when losing a qualification play-off on penalties, with that the first time since 2013 they had not participated in the finals. [/p]
[p]They enjoyed a draw of their own with Italy (1-1) earlier this year but were then hit with the news late last month that some of their potential squad members such as starting striker Mika Biereth were not released by their clubs for the tournament. It could be their defensive unit that drives their success in this group stage, with three of their last four qualifying games seeing them win handsomely with clean sheets. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Nazar Voloshyn is expected to be a leading threat for Ukraine after accumulating a team-best four goals during qualifying, winning all four games in which he scored. Oliver Sørensen finished off his club season with four goal contributions in his last five games (G2, A2) and scored the opening goal of Denmark U21’s last game.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Seven of Denmark U21’s last nine matches produced over 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy [/i][/p]