Turkey vs Ukraine
European Qualifiers – 2018 World Cup
Date: Thursday, 6th October 2016
Kick-off: 19:45 UK
Venue: Buyuksehir Torku Arena, Konya.
After both of these national teams have failed at their campaign at the 2016 European Championship in France, both teams will be looking for the opportunity to change their luck and to get back to the path of victories. The group I, in which these two teams are playing, is very interesting because every game in the first round ended draw and with the same result (1-1).
In the last five games that Turkey has played in 2016, they have won only one (against Czech Republic in the group stage of the European Championship) and managed to lost two games (against Croatia and Spain) and draw in two games (against Russia and Croatia). On the other hand, Ukraine also played at the European Championship but failed to win even one point in three games. They have lost against Germany, Northern Ireland, and Poland. In the last five games, they have only won one game. This happened against Albania in a friendly match in 2016.
In their previous head – to – head clashes, more precisely, six games, Turkey has one in five of those games. The only game that did not end up with Turkey winning happened in 2003 and it finished a draw. Since then, Turkey and Ukraine have played four games and in all four games Turkey has one. The last game between these two teams occurred in 2012. According to the bookies, Turkey has little more chances for the win with the odds 11/10 in comparison to Ukraine and its odds 5/2.
Turkey vs Ukraine: Head-to-Head Stats
Their previous meeting in the World Cup qualification campaign was for the 2006 edition. The away side were winners in the two legs on both occasions; 3-0 win for Ukraine at Turkey on November 2004 which was followed by a 1-0 win for Turkey at Ukraine on September 2005.
Their latest meeting was in a friendly on June 2012 which ended 2-0 in favour of Turkey in front of their home crowd.
Turkey lead the overall head-to-head record against Ukraine with 4 wins, while they lost and drawn 1 each. They also came out with wins in each of their 2 trips to Ukraine, both by the same 3-0 margin. While their record at home is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 4 matches.
Turkey vs Ukraine: Prediction
Turkey have a pretty good record at home and had lost only once in their 19 matches since November 2014. While Ukraine are on a 6 match unbeaten run away from home. But Ukraine are a side that are still finding their feet under the new head-coach Andriy Shevchenko. Nonetheless, this will be a cagey affair and we don’t think any side have a clear advantage over the other. And this could end in a scored draw.
A 1-1 draw at full-time looks good form and the odds of 6.00 are very encouraging. On the other hand, both teams to score is a better option for those who are looking for a pick for their combo slip.
Turkey vs Ukraine: Betting Tips
Both Teams to Score at 1.95 (19/20).
Correct Full-Time Score: 1-1 at 6.00 (5/1).
