Ukraine v North Macedonia betting tips: Opening defeats put pressure on

But, like they did twice in qualifying, they came unstuck against the Austrians, who secured their maiden win at the Euros thanks to efforts from second-half substitutes Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic.

North Macedonia have proved capable of causing an upset previously and will need to do so again, having been priced up as 5/1 underdogs while the draw is 11/4.

Both teams can be backed to score at 21/20 while over 2.5 goals is the same price.

Ukraine v North Macedonia head-to-head

Four previous meetings between these teams have produced only four goals and Ukraine have won both competitive matches.

Those came during qualifying for the 2016 Euros when Ukraine won 1-0 at home and 2-0 away.

Another Ukraine win to nil is 29/20 while a 2-0 victory is 11/2.

Previous XI

Ukraine: Bushchan, Zabarnyi, Mykolenko, Karavaev, Matvienko, Sydorchuk, Malinovskyi, Zinchenko, Zubkov, Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk.

North Macedonia: Dimitrievski, Musliu, Ristovski, Velkovski, Ademi, Alioski, Nikolov, Bardhi, Elmas, Trajkovski, Pandev,

Key battles

Pandev continues to be North Macedonia’s talisman and has repeatedly made history with his goal-scoring achievements.

He has a knack of scoring important goals and is 4/1 to be on target here while 11/10 is on offer for him to have at least two shots on target.

Yarmolenko and Yaremchuk give Ukraine more of an attacking threat and both players are 9/5 to add to the goals they scored against the Dutch.