Comments and predictions for Belgium vs Ukraine: Overcoming Eastern Europe

Latest Belgium vs Ukraine team information

After replacing Domenico Tedesco earlier this year, coach Rudi Garcia has successfully convinced Thibaut Courtois to return to the national team, and the Real Madrid goalkeeper made his first start for Belgium since June 2023 in Thursday's match.

Courtois will continue to guard goal behind a back four, but the positions ahead of him could change after an error-strewn second half against Spain. Wout Faes and Ameen Al-Dakhil are among the defenders who could be promoted to the starting line-up.

In midfield, Youri Tielemans is likely to continue playing in the central midfield position, while two veterans Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne will combine in attack.

On the Ukrainian side, coach Serhiy Rebrov needs to consider whether to keep the starting lineup or give a chance to the reserve players who have left their mark.

Ukraine's attack has plenty of options: Roman Yaremchuk started last time out, Vladyslav Vanat scored after coming off the bench, and Roma striker Artem Dovbyk is working hard to recover from illness.

Courtois' Real Madrid team-mate, goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, is expected to continue to start, despite strong competition from Benfica's Anatoliy Trubin.

Latest predicted lineup for Belgium vs Ukraine

Belgium:

Courtois; Castagne, Faes, Debast, De Cuyper; Tielemans, Vanaken; Saelemaekers, De Bruyne, Trossard; Lukaku

Ukraine:

Lunin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Shaparenko, Kalyuzhnyi, Zinchenko; Tsygankov, Sudakov; Vanat

Latest Belgium vs Ukraine football commentary

When Romelu Lukaku headed home just before half-time, it looked as though Belgium had one foot in the door to securing their place in League A. But what happened in the second half brought it all crashing down.

A crucial error by Koni De Winter opened the door for Oleksiy Hutsulyak to score just three minutes after coming on. Ukraine took advantage of the confusion to score a second through Vladyslav Vanat, also off the bench. And then Bournemouth centre-back Illia Zabarnyi rounded off the impressive comeback with a third.

It was a nightmare debut for Belgium’s new coach, Rudi Garcia, who replaced Domenico Tedesco after the team’s disappointing performances at Euro 2024 and the Nations League group stage. Under Garcia, Belgium extended their losing streak to four – an incredible tally for a team that was once the world’s best.

The prospect of relegation to League B for the first time in history is looming, and Garcia – who also disappointed at Napoli – will be under heavy pressure if he fails to help Belgium win by at least two goals this weekend.

Meanwhile, Ukraine – still playing away from home due to the political situation – showed character and efficiency in the second half in Murcia, needing only a draw to secure promotion to League A for the first time.

Serhiy Rebrov's side finished 2024 impressively, overcoming Georgia and Albania in a very tight group, and are now on a five-match unbeaten run.

Despite being ranked lower than their opponents, Ukraine have never lost to Belgium. The two teams first met in the group stages of last year’s Euros, which ended in a 0-0 draw – a scenario that, if repeated this time, would be enough to secure Ukraine promotion.

Latest Belgium 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.Belgium vs Ukraineas follows:

• Sportsmole:Belgium 2-0 Ukraine

• WhoScore:Belgium 2-1 Ukraine
• Our newspaper predicts:Belgium 2-1 Ukraine

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