Euro 2012 action Monday Night concludes from the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv featuring Ukraine v Sweden.
The whole game is being shown Live on BBC One High Definition, with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Hello and thanks for stopping by to view our Ukraine v Sweden Betting Preview from Group D of Euro 2012, where we have provided you with the very latest team news, head to head statistics, best betting odds markets and our free betting tips predictions on the match.
Ukraine head into this game as joint hosts of the tournament and as such will have receive huge support from their passionate fans who will be packed to the rafters of the Olympic Stadium come Monday night.
Coach Oleg Blokhin will be fully aware though that his side will need to perform a lot better than their final two warmup friendly matches in which his side lost both if they are to stand any chance of progressing through to the knock out stages of the tournament.
Sweden finished runners up in their group during the qualification campain 3pts behind Holland securing 24pts which was enough to send them to these finals as the best runner up from all the groups.
Coach Erik Hamren will be very pleased with his sides preperation for this opening game as his team won their last four warmup friendly matches in comfortable fashion and although the game does provide them with facing a hostile atmosphere an early goal would silence the crowd.
Ukraine v Sweden Team News
Ukraine Team News : A number of players have now fully recovered from food poisoning and should all be available for selection, but veteran striker Andriy Shevchenko looks likely to only start on the subs bench due to his match fitness problems.
Probable Lineup : Husyev, Mykhalik, Khacheridi, Selin, Nazarenko, Timoschchuk, Konoplyanka, Devic, Voronin, Yarmolenko.
Sweden Team News : No injury concerns for Sweden with Johan Elmander having fully recovered from a knock picked up during training.
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will lead the attack up front and will be hoping that this tournament is his chance to silence his critics.
Probable Lineup : Isaksson, Melberg, Olsson, Lustig, Granqvist, Kallstrom, Larsson, Elm, Svensson, Ibrahimovic, Toivonen.
Ukraine v Sweden Head to Head Statistics
Monday night’s match will become just the 4th meeting between the two nations over the years and all the results of those previous games can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- Ukraine Victories : 2
- Draws : 0
- Sweden Victories : 1
The last time the two sides met was back in August 2011 in a friendly match at Oblasny SportKomplex, Kharkiv in which Sweden won the game 0-1 with an injury time goal late on from Tobias Hysen.
Ukraine v Sweden Best Match Betting Odds
Nothing to really go by from the head to head stats shown above as the two sides have only played a few previous games and although Sweden did win the previous encounter between the two sides back in August 2011 it did take a very late injury time goal to seal the victory.
With Ukraine having home advantage and a packed out Olympic Stadium cheering them on monday night the pressure will certainly be on Sweden and the online bookmakers seem to agree as they currently have the Ukraine priced up as the clear favourites to win this game.
