Not only the Quarter Finals to establish which will be the winning national team of the Nations League 2025. This week, the tournament also offers other “separate” challenges and, among them, the most interesting are those that will establish who will still be able to play among the big teams and who will have to settle for League B. One of these will be between the teams of Ukraine and Belgium with the former having earned second place with a great final rush in the second league and with the latter who, instead, with great disappointment, finished in third place in the group with France, Italy and Israel. For the Red Devils it was not so much the third place but how they got there, with only four points, and with rare high-level performances. On the contrary, Ukraine, after a start with two defeats in a row, has recovered very well, earning this excellent opportunity that however it will not be able to exploit ad hoc for well-known and sad reasons: the first leg, in fact, formally at the home of Rebrov's national team, will be played in Spain, in Murcia, but this will not change the approach and the desire to get a result against the new Belgium of Rudi Garcia, expected to prove their authority to return, in 2025, to being one of the best national teams at European level.

Ukraine's Shape and Key Statistics

The final part of the Nations League that saw 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 games has turned the situation around and given Ukraine second place in the group.

In all 6 games, however, Rebrov's national team has scored, scoring a total of 8 goals.

In general, Ukraine's 2024 has had ups and downs. Overall, the balance of the 14 games reads as follows: 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

Belgium's Shape and Key Statistics

4 losses and 1 draw in the last 5 for a national team like Belgium is a balance that would put many coaches at risk and, in fact, there was the changeover between Domenico Tedesco and Rudi Garcia in January.

Before the bad interlude in the Nations League, for Belgium, there had been a less than exciting European Championship with only 1 win in the 4 games played.

Considering the matches not played at home by Belgium, the 2024 balance is 0 wins in 7 matches.

Ukraine - Belgium Prediction and Tactical Analysis

Belgium, which will take to the field in Murcia, will be in its first of the new course of Garcia who recalled Courtois as the first "strong" decision. The feeling is that it could be a first adaptation match, also played in a more cautious manner in view of the return match. Ukraine, for its part, has regained a lot of confidence in the final of 2024 and is strong with four consecutive useful results. Also remembering the precedent, played at Euro 2024 which saw a goalless draw for 0-0, the prediction of the BetMines algorithm sees as the most probable event a match with less than three goals in total.

• The prediction of the BetMines algorithm for the Ukraine - Belgium match predicts an Over 2.5 goals at 44%
• The prediction of the BetMines algorithm for the Ukraine - Belgium match predicts an Under 2.5 goals at 56%

Predicted Lineups Ukraine - Belgium

Ucraina (4-1-4-1): Trubin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviienko, Mykolenko; Stepanenko; Gutsuliak, Sudakov, Shaparenko, Zinchenko; Dovbyk. Coach: Rebrov.

Belgio (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Castagne, Faes, Debast, Theate; Tielemans, Vanaken; Doku, Trossard, De Bruyne; Openda. Coach: Garcia.