Germany v Ukraine Predictions & Betting Odds – Euro 2016

Germany to click straight into tournament mode?

Germany v Ukraine Euro 2016

Germany v Ukraine Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 12th June

Can the Germans make a strong start to Euro 2016? That could be massively important to them because they haven’t quite been on their game lately, notably losing one of their warm up matches at home against Slovakia. But while there are big question marks about their defence you can’t argue with the power of their attack. Will they be able to crack the Ukraine, who finished three points back of Slovakia in Euro 2016 qualifying?

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Germany v Ukraine Betting Tips

Germany’s form hasn’t been particularly stellar this year. In fact their results has left a lot of punters wondering what’s going on there. They have taken only two victories away from their last five games played (L3) and look all over the place at the back. However, this is Germany and whenever a major tournament comes around, they usually click into gear and get things right. Over their last nine games played they have gone W5 L4 and recently suffered a 3-1 loss at home against Slovakia. Die Mannschaft have record only the one clean sheet in their last nine fixtures and that has given great appeal to backing Both Teams To Score in this match. That will return you around a price of even money. That’s a decent price, even though the Ukraine aren’t likely to pose too much of a threat to the German defence.

While the Germans look vulnerable at the back, you can always rely on them to turn the goalscoring power on. Thomas Muller is outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market, just around the even money mark ahead of Mario Gomez. Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle, who has a greats scoring record for his country are just back at 2/1. The great thing about Germany is that they know how to feed their forwards, because they have a brilliantly creative midfield, probably the best in the Finals. Even though they have been conceding goals, they have scored nine goals in their last four games and over 2.5 goals in this one will be around the 10/11 quote. There have been plenty of goals in the last two comings-together between these two, at total of eleven goals scored in those two games. From their five previous games against the Ukraine, Germany have not lost, taking two wins and three draws from those fixtures.

The Ukraine finished third in their Euro 2016 qualifying group behind both Spain and Slovakia. That was a little upset there because they were tipped to follow Spain to France 2016 automatically. The Ukraine finished three points behind Slovakia in the group. They only churned out the 14 goals in their ten qualification matches but they were better at the back, only conceding the four goals and their strength is in keeping things tight. They aren’t a big expansive side and have taken three clean sheets in their last six. They are in decent form winning their last four games and suffering just one loss in their last ten played. With their last four matches coming against Cyprus, Wales, Romania and Albania though, they haven’t exactly tested themselves and you can’t take much from those wins.

Germany v Ukraine Betting Odds

Germany 4/7, Draw 3/1, Ukraine 6/1

Germany v Ukraine Predictions

The Ukraine’s form actually looks good but they have only really met class opposition in Spain since September last year. So they aren’t likely to cause Germany a big threat really in the game and they may fail to make much of an impression in this game. Germany may well fall straight into tournament mode and roll out a win to nil in this game.