Euro Group C Preview and Tips
Euro Group C Preview and Tips
Group C at Euro 2021 will be made up of the Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria and North Macedonia. The winner of the group will play one of the best-performing third-placed teams from either Group D, E or F - likely to be one of the Czech Republic, Scotland, Sweden, Poland or Germany.
The team who finishes runner-up in Group C will play the winner of Group A, which will most probably be Italy.
Group C Odds
The Netherlands are hot favourites to win Group C, priced at 2/5 to do so. Ukraine follow up in the betting at 5/1 while Austria are slightly longer at 6/1. Minnows North Macedonia have been given a rather slender 3% chance of making it to the last-16 with their odds of 30/1.
In terms of just qualifying, the Netherlands are odds-on at 1/100 with Betfair and Paddy Power while Ukraine are 1/4 shots to make it out of the groups. Austria can be backed at 2/5 in the market, and you can get odds of 11/4 for North Macedonia to qualify for the Round of 16.
BettingOdds.com’s Best Bet for Group C
Ukraine to finish 3rd @ 17/10 (Paddy Power)
My best bet for Group C is Ukraine to finish 3rd. I'm confident in the Netherlands topping the group and feel that the runner-up spot will be fiercely contested between Austria and Andrey Shevchenko's men, with outsiders North Macedonia not really posing any threat for qualification.
The bookies are fancying Ukraine's chances of finishing 2nd behind the Netherlands - pricing them as slight favourites to do so (8/5) - but I feel Austria just have an edge of them, with the likes of David Alaba, Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautović all making up a really capable squad. 17/10 offers a tiny bit more value here and that's the play I'm going with for Group C.
