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🇧🇪 Belgium to win Group E
🇺🇦 Artem Dovbyk to score 2+ goals in Group E
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne to assist 3+ goals in Group E
Belgium, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine make up Group E in Euro 2024, in one of the more open groups in the competition.
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Belgium are heavily odds-on to top the group after another strong qualifying campaign, but they have doubters to silence having scored just one goal at the last World Cup when they exited at the group stage.
📊 Group E Odds
🇧🇪 Belgium
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Group Winner Odds: 1.53
Thibaut Courtois has been deemed not ready for the fixture regularity of an international tournament.
That absence aside, Kevin De Bruyne appears to be at the peak of his powers, having managed consistent game-time under Pep Guardiola following his return to fitness this season. He’s been pivotal to the success of Man City once again and will be the key attacking player for Belgium in the Euros alongside domestic team-mate, Jeremy Doku.
Key cogs in the Domenico Tedesco system seem to be hitting form at the right time – Leandro Trossard for one, who was unstoppable for Arsenal in the run-in, scoring some crucial goals. Youri Tielemans is another player who has benefitted from a consistent run of games this season, under Unai Emery at Aston Villa.
Belgium’s biggest concern probably lies on the defensive end – an ageing Jan Vertonghen is predicted to partner Wout Faes. A weakness in transition might hinder Belgium, especially against the youth and pace that is abundant in Group E. It could make for some goal-laden and entertaining encounters.
De Bruyne is set to start behind all-time leading goalscorer for Belgium – Romelu Lukaku. Although the striker’s level seems to be diminishing, he managed 13 goals in Serie A, and seven in the Europa League, which is far from a bad return. He will look to add to his current tally of 83 international goals.
Lukaku will be looking to atone for poor performances at the 2022 World Cup, in which Belgium managed just a single goal in three games, and crashed out in the group stages. With a bit more fitness under his belt for this competition, a higher level can be expected from him.
How they performed in qualifying
🇺🇦 Ukraine
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Group Winner Odds: 4.33
Despite qualifying for the Euros via the play-offs, Ukraine will fancy their chances to progress into the knockouts and are priced at 1.30 to qualify from Group E. They were unfortunate not to qualify automatically, having finished third in a group with England, Italy, North Macedonia and Malta. They finished level on points with Italy in the end, but were forced to play additional qualifiers due to their head-to-head record.
Ukraine possess some well known top-level players – Oleksandr Zinchenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Andriy Lunin, Illia Zabarnyi, Viktor Tsygankov, Artem Dovbyk and Mykhailo Mudryk. Their squad is a really nice blend of young talent from across Europe’s top five leagues.
Qualification via the play-offs might mislead one into thinking Ukraine are here to make up the numbers – that is far from the case. Ukraine made the knockout stages in Euro 2020, having progressed from the ranking of third-placed team. They made the quarter-finals and went down 4-0 to eventual finalists England.
With physicality a concern in the Belgium defence – Mudryk seems to be the perfect man to exploit those weaknesses. That will certainly be a key matchup and one to keep an eye on during matchday three of the group stages.
How they performed in qualifying
🇷🇴 Romania
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Group Winner Odds: 7.50
Romania will find confidence having comfortably topped their qualification group, going unbeaten in ten games. Despite the absence of top-tier opposition in the group, head coach Edward Iordanescu deserves credit, and they conceded just five goals. Romania will once again look to their defensive solidity and organisation to deliver results. They are currently 7.50 to top the group, and 1.67 to qualify.
Romania will relish the opportunity to compete in their first major international competition since Euro 2016, having failed to qualify for Euro 2020 and the World Cup in 2022. Ianis Hagi will be looking to replicate the success of his father, Gheorghe Hagi, who scored 35 goals for Romania in his illustrious playing career – the joint-most in the country’s history.
Ianis Hagi is currently playing at Alaves, on loan from Rangers. With five international goals under his belt, he’s got a bit of work to do to catch his father.
How they performed in qualifying
🇸🇰 Slovakia
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Group Winner Odds: 8.50
Slovakia are the outsiders of Group E, and can be backed at 1.83 to qualify for the knockout stages. Francesco Calzona, current Napoli manager, is set to turn his attention from the Serie A to the Euros in the summer, taking on a duel management role.
It’s been a tough season for the team in Naples, unable to replicate their success under Luciano Spalletti. Calzona was thrown into the deep end, taking charge just two days before the Champions League quarter-finals against Barcelona, and he has not delivered a significant upturn since.
In a successful Euro qualification campaign, conceding just eight goals from ten games, Slovakia won seven, drew one and lost two games. The two losses were both at the hands of Portugal, so Slovakia will look to maximise their returns against Ukraine and Romania – the weaker opponents in the group.
It was a similar story at Euro 2020 for Slovakia. Having beaten Poland in their opening group stage game, they lost 1-0 to Sweden, before a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Spain condemned them to a third-placed finish, and a journey back home.
How they performed in qualifying
👑 Who will win Group E?
Belgium enter Group E as overwhelming favourites, and it’s difficult to see where they might drop points. Belgium went undefeated in the entirety of 2023, having cruised through qualification with an undefeated record – six wins in eight games.
Granted, they had a very disappointing World Cup, but one bad tournament doesn’t make them a bad team. De Bruyne is arguably the most influential player in the world on his day and comes into the Euros with significantly less miles in his legs in the domestic season than he has done in previous tournaments. Domenico Tedesco’s men haven’t lost since the World Cup group stage, a 2-0 defeat to Morocco that does not seem anywhere near as bad as it did at the time, with Morocco going on to knock out Spain and Portugal on their way to the semis.
Back Belgium to win Group E at odds of 1.53 ⬇️
⬆️ Who will qualify from Group E?
Ukraine look like a potential dark horse at this tournament and should find their way into the knockout stages, but the 1.30 available on them to progress does not appeal as something to cheer on over the course of the group stages.
That leaves Romania, who, because of the third-place route, are also odds-on at 1.67, and Slovakia at a longer price of 1.83. Mainly due to their qualifying performance, we’re more comfortable leaning towards Romania as the most likely side to cause Ukraine and Belgium problems. It must be said that the winner, if there is one, of Slovakia v Romania on matchday three will likely give themselves a great chance of progression – even if they lose their first two.
Back Romania to qualify from Group E at odds of 1.67 ⬇️
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