Match Preview
Spain are back in action in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday as they travel to Ukraine to play an accessory that could further consolidate its position in a relatively competitive group. Spaniards have a formidable squad and should be able to discard their first match against Ukraine with a victory.
Ukraine gave a good account of themselves against Germany over the weekend and have to put in a solid performance against Spain. Ukrainians are currently above Switzerland in Group 4 and will have to take something out of this accessory. Spain has been brilliant in recent months have shown a tremendous improvement under Luis Enrique. Spaniards have a formidable squad and are the favorites going into this fixture.
Team news
Marlos was fit to come off the bench against Germany at the weekend but Ukraine still has huge injury problems ahead of their final rupture.
Added to this, Atalanta stars Ruslan Malinovskiy is suspended due to an accumulation of reserves.
Shevchenko has no choice but to go with a lot of the team that started the 2-1 loss to Germany, but Bogdan Mykhaylichenko push start on the left side for the home team.
18-year-old Ilya center Zabarnyi defense was head surprise weekend and hopes to keep his place in the side here.
New Leeds center Llorente Diego defense has withdrawn from the Spain squad with a hamstring injury, but Luis Enrique does, at the least, have Fabian Ruiz back to it now Napoli are out of quarantine.
It is expected that Sergio Busquets to fall on the side here. He is the only player who has started both games so far during the international break, with Rodri set to replace him in the middle of the field.
Mikel Oyarzabal was a surprise start from the beginning and expect to keep his place in the side after scoring the winner against Switzerland at the weekend.
Look the likes of Sergio Canales and Adama Traore into Spain to add fresh legs in midfield and attack respectively.
Eric Garcia, Sergio Sergi Roberto Reguilon and Spain are options if you make changes in the back. It is expected that David de Gea to stay in goal.
predicted Lineups
Ukraine: Bushchan; Karavayev, Zabarnyi, Mykolenko, Sobol; Sydorchuk; Yarmolenko, Malinovskiy, Shaparenko, Tsygankov; Yaremchuk.
Spain: De Gea; Navas, Ramos, Torres, Reguilon; Roberto, Rodri; Torres, Olmo, Fati; Oyarzabal.
Ukraine Form Guide: L-L-L-W-D
Spain guide is: W-D-W-D-W
Prediction
While Spain are in no way a strong squad as they were a few years ago, is one side in the reconstruction and, above all, in the back.
Younger players like Fati and Reguilon are coming and providing a new lease of life, while the older heads like Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets still bring experience and leadership. Ukraine have been significantly affected by the outbreak COVID during the current international break and will get worse before it gets better, unfortunately.
There is very little firing stretched can do against the Red here. Spain still have work to do to make it a convincing victory, but leave with three points no less.
Prediction: Ukraine 0-2 Spain
Ukraine vs Spain Betting Tips
Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.67 odd
Spain to win @ 1,42 odd.
