Our prediction for this match:
Canada
Match Time & Date:
07/06/2025
21:30
Prediction: 2-1
Ukraine
All eyes will be on BMO Field when Canada and Ukraine go head to head in a highly-anticipated international friendly. Les Rouges are gearing up for the upcoming Gold Cup and we are positive that boss Jesse Marsch is going to use the June friendlies as a good test for the opener against Honduras. The good news for the Canucks is that former Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley has joined his coaching stuff.
A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Lille striker Jonathan David as Bayern Munich left-back Alphonso Davies has been ruled out with injury. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, aim to make amends for the Nations League defeat to Belgium, but given their difficulties on the road, we are tempted to place our bets on Canada this time out. It has to be noted that Ukraine striker Artem Dovbyk (AS Roma) has been omitted.
Highlighted Player (Andriy Yarmolenko):
Arguably the most exciting Ukrainian player at the moment, Andriy Yarmolenko is the 26-year-old forward, who can play wide as a winger and fill in numerous positions in attack. Over the past few years there has been a gathering feeling that the player has outgrown the Ukrainian League and that with the player surpassing the 200-game mark for Dynamo Kyiv Yarmolenko should be heading west to Europe’s brighter stage.
Wanted and scouted by Spanish giants Barcelona, Yarmolenko attracted interest from many other clubs, predominantly from the Premier League, and was even close to joining Everton in summer 2016, but the Goodison outfit’s offer came too late to the Ukrainian club.
Talented forward is a free-scoring machine who has already scored more than 115 goals for the club he spent his entire career with. The two-footed winger is equally adept through the middle and is a versatile force that would be a good addition to any self-respecting European side.
Yarmolenko made hi Ukraine debut in 2009 and has so far been capped 63 times, during which he scored 26 goals for the national set-up.
Highlighted Team (Canada):
Canada national football team played their first official match back in 1924 when they suffered a 3-2 loss to Australia in Brisbane. The following year the two teams faced each other one in Adelaide, with the Canadians managing to get their revenge on the Socceroos. The Canucks had several unsuccessful attempts to make it to the World Cup finals, but in 1986 they finally booked their place at the showpiece tournament.
Canada faced France in their opener, with Jean-Pierre Papin scoring the winner for les Tricolores in the dying minutes of the match. The Canadians were beaten by Hungary and USSR in the next two group games as well and, as a result, they failed to advance to the knockout stages.
Speaking of the team’s trophies, the Canucks won the CONCACAF Gold cup on two occasions (1985, 2000), with the team beating Honduras and Colombia respectively in the title games. Canada national football team play their home games at BMO Field and the capacity of the venue is 30,000.
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