Slovakia and Ukraine return to action on Friday as the matchday two fixtures reach Group E. Find the latest match odds for Slovakia vs Ukraine prediction. All odds are provided by our best-reviewed football betting sites .
Odds are subject to change. Matchday one of Group E did not go the way most people predicted. Ukraine and Belgium were the favourites to beat Romania and Slovakia respectively, yet it was the latter duo that emerged triumphant.
Slovakia’s 1-0 defeat of Belgium was the biggest shock of Euro 2024 up to that point. Few gave the underdogs a chance against Domenico Tedesco’s side, who had been targeting nine points from nine before the knockout phase. As it is, Belgium have work to do to even qualify for the round of 16.
And Slovakia’s victory on matchday one means they probably need just one more point to make it out of the group. There is no point denying that Slovakia rode their luck at times on Monday. Belgium had two goals disallowed - one for a marginal offside and one for a controversial handball.
The Red Devils also created several other chances from which they really ought to have scored at least once. At least eight times out of 10, Slovakia would have drawn that game or suffered defeat. Yet while they did rely on a slice of good fortune, Slovakia also turned in a much better performance than most had anticipated.
Most promisingly of all, they showed two very sides to their game. Slovakia opened the scoring in the seventh minute through Ivan Schr.
