Comments and predictions for Azerbaijan vs Ukraine: Home team leaves empty-handed

Latest Azerbaijan vs Ukraine team information

Azerbaijan are expected to continue with a five-man defence due to their shaky defence. Centre-backs Elvin Badalov, Bahlul Mustafazada and Rahman Dashdamirov are likely to start. Up front, Nariman Akhundzade and Mahir Emreli, the duo who played against Iceland, will continue to play together.

For Ukraine, Artem Dovbyk is a familiar choice in attack, possibly supported by Oleksandr Zubkov and Oleksii Hutsuliak. In midfield, Georgiy Sudakov and Ivan Kalyuzhnyi are likely to make up the midfield trio alongside defensive midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk.

The defense will be led by Illia Zabarnyi, while Oleksandr Zinchenko is almost certain to be at left-back.

Latest expected lineup Azerbaijan vs Ukraine

Azerbaijan:

Mahammadaliev; Badalov, Mustafazada, Dashdamirov; Huseynov, Abdullazada, Makhmudov, Ibrahimli, Cafarquliyev; Akhundzade, Emreli

Ukraine:

Trubin; Konoplia, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Kalyuzhnyi, Yarmolyuk, Sudakov; Zubkov, Dovbyk, Hutsuliak

Latest football commentary Azerbaijan vs Ukraine

Azerbaijan only conceded their first goal against Iceland in first-half stoppage time, but in the second half they failed to muster a single shot and allowed their opponents four clear-cut chances.

Coach Fernando Santos enjoyed the glory of winning Euro 2016 with Portugal, but the team he is leading has now failed to score in 6 of the last 7 matches in all competitions.

Milli komanda have never played at a World Cup. In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, they did not win any of their eight matches, losing seven.

Azerbaijan have gone 11 consecutive matches without a win, losing nine and conceding at least two goals in nine. At home, they have lost five and drawn one of their last six matches. If they lose again against Ukraine, it will be their fourth consecutive defeat at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium.

Ukraine are aiming to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 2006, but they started their 2026 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 defeat to France, conceding goals at both the start and end of the match.

The yellow-green team has lost 3 of its last 4 matches, despite previously having a streak of 3 wins and 2 draws. Coach Sergiy Rebrov is concerned as the team has gone 8 consecutive matches without keeping a clean sheet, conceding 10 goals in just the last 4 matches.

The last meeting between the two teams was in August 2006, when Ukraine won 6-0. Before that, they also drew 0-0 with Azerbaijan in February of the same year.

Ukraine's away form has been inconsistent, with two wins and two defeats in their last four games. However, they have scored at least two goals in three of those games.

Latest Azerbaijan vs Ukraine score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Azerbaijan vs Ukraineas follows:

• Sportsmole:Azerbaijan 1-3 Ukraine

• WhoScore:Azerbaijan 0-2 Ukraine
• Our newspaper predicts:Azerbaijan 0-2 Ukraine

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