Switzerland vs Ukraine Prediction & Betting Tips - UEFA Nations League

Prediction published on 15/11/2020, 02:08  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 15/11/2020 at 02:08 in UEFA Nations League Predictions

Switzerland have underperformed in this campaign of the UEFA Nations League, looking at the high standards they set in the first edition. They will be hoping to avoid relegation when they host Ukraine in the final game of Group 4, League A. They head to the game on three points and bottom of the group while Ukraine are third, with six points. Despite the great quality in the current Switzerland side, they have no win in their last seven matches and are without a clean sheet in eight matches. They head to this game straight from another disappointing result, a 1-1 draw with Spain, which confirmed they will not reach the heights they managed in the last Nations League campaign. In the game, they were unlucky not to register three points, with Spain missing two penalties before scoring in the 89th minute after Switzerland had taken the lead midway through the first half. Going to this game, and in future, the Swiss will need to reassess their discipline in defence, having led in four of their last five games, and failed to win any. Twice in the last three matches, they’ve also had a man sent off. Defence has particularly been a letdown seeing that they have scored in nine of their last 10 matches, even though they have managed to score more than one goal in just one of the last seven. They reached the semis in the previous campaign but have gone winless in seven Nations League matches ahead of this clash and though they are unbeaten in the last four home matches in the competition, they have just one clean sheet. Switzerland’s situation is further complicated by the fact that they have never beaten Ukraine in their three earlier meetings. In the first meeting in this group, Ukraine won 2-1 after two earlier draws between the two sides.

Ukraine were handed a 3-1 beating out in Germany and will need a draw here to stay in League A. They took the lead in the 12th minute against Germany but that lasted just 11 minutes and they are left reflecting on a run that has five losses in the last six matches. They have one win in the last seven matches and hope to get back to winning ways after two straight losses. They registered a win in the last meeting with Switzerland and while they look to do a double, they have not been very promising in defence. Ukraine have two clean sheets only in the last 10 matches, but on the flipside, have scored in eight of the 10. In the last six matches, Ukraine have not scored more than a goal a game, and they don’t have a very good run away from home, having failed to win any of the last five. They have actually lost each of the last four away matches and have been very poor defensively, conceding 18 goals in the last five away matches. Heading here they have four losses in the last six Nations League matches and five of their last six in the competition have produced over 2.5 goals. They have three straight away losses in the Nations League and are without a clean sheet in the four away matches they have played in the competition. The team has conceded three goals or more in the last three away Nations League matches.