Tomorrow, March 20, the Ukrainian national team will play the first match against Belgium in Murcia, Spain, as part of the playoffs of the Nations League for the right to compete in Division “A” of this tournament next season. Bookmakers, with their current odds, understandably indicate that they consider the Belgian national team the favorite of this match.
Bets on a victory for the Belgian national team in tomorrow’s match are accepted at odds of 1.86, while the corresponding figure for the success of the Ukrainian national team is 4.60. The odds for a draw in the match is 3.75.
At the same time, the most expected final result of the Ukraine — Belgium match, based on the current odds, is a draw with a score of 1:1. The odds for such a result is currently 5.10.
The ranking of the most likely results of the Ukraine — Belgium match:
Draw, 1:1 — odds 5.10
Victory for Belgium, 1:0 — odds 6.00
Victory for Belgium, 2:1 — odds 8.10
Victory for Ukraine, 1:0 — odds 8.50
Victory for Belgium, 2:0 — odds 9.00.
Even fewer bookmakers believe in a victory for the Ukrainian national team on aggregate over two matches. The odds for the “blue and yellow” advancing to Division “A” is 4.55, while the odds for the overall success of the Belgians is only 1.24.
Recall that the return match between the national teams of Ukraine and Belgium will take place next Sunday, March 23, in Genk.
