Ukraine and Austria face off at Euro 2020 this evening in a critical battle to determine who will finish as runners up in Group C.
Goals from Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries in a comfortable 2-0 win over the Austrians in Amsterdam on Thursday night saw the Netherlands seal top spot with a game to spare as their impressive return to major international competition continued.
With North Macedonia already eliminated and guaranteed to finish bottom on their tournament debut, that leaves Austria and Ukraine to compete for second spot.
Ukraine are currently in possession of that place after following a heartbreaking defeat against the Dutch in a wild five-goal opener by holding on to beat North Macedonia despite an Ezgjan Alioski penalty and late spot-kick miss from Ruslan Malinovskiy.
Austria, meanwhile, beat North Macedonia 3-1 in their opener and then saw Marko Arnautovic banned for their defeat by the Netherlands.
A draw here is likely to be enough to send both teams through to the last 16 on four points, with the four best third-placed teams at the tournament also set to progress as per the new Euros format.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Ukraine vs Austria is scheduled for a 5pm BST kick-off on Monday, June 21, 2021.
The match will be held at the National Arena in Bucharest, Romania.
Where to watch Ukraine vs Austria
TV channel: Monday’s match will be televised live on ITV4 for free.
Live stream: UK viewers will also be able to watch the action unfold online via the ITV Hub.
Ukraine vs Austria team news and lineups
Ukraine: Bushchan, Karavayev, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko, Shaparenko, Sydorchuk, Zinchenko, Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Malinovsky
Subs: Sobol, Sudakov, Kryvtsov, Stepanenko, Marlos, Pyatov, Makarenko, Tsygankov, Besyedin, Trubin, Tymchyk, Dovbyk
Austria: Bachmann, Lainer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Alaba, Laimer, Xaver Schlager, Grillitsch, Baumgartner, Sabitzer, Arnautovic
Subs: Alexander Schlager, Ulmer, Posch, Ilsanker, Gregoritsch, Pervan, Lienhart, Trimmel, Schaub, Schopf, Onisiwo, Kalajdzic
Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)
Ukraine squad
Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan, Andriy Pyatov, Anatolii Trubin
Defenders: Eduard Sobol, Illia Zabarnyi, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Denys Popov, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Karavaev, Mykola Matviyenko
Midfielders: Serhiy Sydorchuk, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Mykola Shaparenko, Marlos, Yevhen Makarenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Viktor Tsygankov, Taras Stepanenko, Andriy Yarmolenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Heorhii Sudakov, Roman Bezus
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk, Artem Besedin, Artem Dovbyk
Austria squad
Goalkeepers: Daniel Bachmann, Pavao Pervan, Alexander Schlager
Defenders: David Alaba, Aleksandar Dragovic, Marco Friedl, Martin Hinteregger, Stefan Lainer, Philipp Lienhart, Phillipp Mwene, Stefan Posch, Christopher Trimmel, Andreas Ulmer
Midfielders: Husein Balic, Julian Baumgartlinger, Christoph Baumgartner, Florian Grillitsch, Stefan Ilsanker, Konrad Laimer, Valentino Lazaro, Marcel Sabitzer, Louis Schaub, Xaver Schlager, Alessandro Schopf
Forwards: Marko Arnautovic, Michael Gregoritsch, Sasa Kalajdzic, Karim Onisiwo
Ukraine vs Austria prediction
Both teams insist they will be playing to win in Bucharest, with no repeat of the 1982 ‘Disgrace of Gijon’ that involved Austria and West Germany at the World Cup in Spain.
The two nations have started the competition in similar fashion, though the impressive form of attacking duo Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk may just hand the attacking edge to Ukraine.
1-0 Ukraine win.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Ukraine wins: 1
Austria wins: 1
Draws: 0
Betting odds and tips
Ukraine win: 12/5
Austria win: 27/10
Draw: 1/1
