Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Match Time & Date:
16/11/2021
03:45 PM
Prediction: 0-2
Ukraine
Bilino Polje will host Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier between Bosnia and Ukraine. The Balkan Dragons missed out on a place at the next year’s showpiece tournament, and seeing that they are low on spirits following a heart-breaking loss to Finland (1-3), home win should not be considered. To make things even worse for the hosts, key attacker and top scorer Edin Dzeko has already returned to Milano.
The Ukrainians, on the other hand, face a must-win situation in the decider as they are two points behind Finland in Group D. Since the Finns take on France on Tuesday evening, a win over Bosnia should see Ukraine book their place in the World Cup playoffs. The visitors want this triumph more than the hosts, and we predict that Oleksandr Petrakov’s troops are going to prove their worth on the field. A man to watch in the away team will be Man City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko, who is likely to be deployed in the middle of the park.
Highlighted Player (Rade Krunic):
Rade Krunic is a product of Sutjeska Foca youth football school. The Bosnia international was born in Foca on October 7, 1993 and 19 years later he made his senior debut with his hometown club Sutjeska.
After scoring three goals in 15 appearances for the Bosnian club, the Bosnian midfielder moved to Serbian side Donji Srem in 2013. In 2014 he signed a contract with Italian side Hellas Verona, but he was immediately loaned back to Donji Srem. In 2015 Rade Krunic made 13 appearances for Serbian side Borac Cacak before joining yet another Italian team Empoli.
He has been playing for the Azzurri ever since and it has to be noted that he scored his first goal for the Serie A side in a 2-0 win over Genoa in October, 2015. Speaking of his international career, Krunic made his Bosnia and Herzegovina debut in a friendly against Denmark on June 3, 2016. He has 8 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team as well.
Highlighted Team (Ukraine):
After the country had gained independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine played their first international match in 1992, and they have come a long way since. Zbirna have only once played at the World Cup finals so far, and they did really well to reach the quarter-finals in 2006, while they co-hosted the Euro 2012 with Poland, albeit failing to get past the group stage.
The generation that secured qualification for the Euro 2016 finals in France is arguably the most talented ever, with Yevhen Konoplyanka, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ruslan Rotan and Roman Zozulya the leading players, but plenty more talent present in Mikhail Fomenko’s squad.
Similar to the trademark style of former Soviet teams, Ukraine bases their tactics on rock-solid defence and swift counter-attacks, but it has to be noted that Zbirna possess a lot more technical skills and attacking potential than most other former Russian republics. Everything suggests that the most successful period in the history of the national team is ahead of them.
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