Italy vs. Ukraine Betting Tips: Visitors to take something away from Milan

3rd take on 2nd as Italy welcome Ukraine in a game for the hotly contested second automatic EURO 2024 qualification place in Group C alongside leaders and early entrants England.

It's anybody's guess which of these two sides will eventually claim the second automatic qualification place for next year's tournament in Germany. As it stands, Ukraine are in the driving seat, three points clear of Tuesday's opponents Italy, and momentum looks to be on their side.

The Blue and Yellow are undefeated in their last four since the 2-0 defeat to England at Wembley in March, making amends for that result by sharing the honours in their latest meeting with the Three Lions in Poland on Saturday.

This Ukraine side have shown great resilience in their EURO 2024 qualifying campaign so far, and last weekend's result will have instilled extra belief in and around the camp.

Italy have failed to deliver in a few of their recent tests, firstly losing to England on matchday 1, then missing out on a place in the 2023 Nations League final before finally being unable to beat North Macedonia over the weekend.

With that three-point buffer for Ukraine, they can approach matters cautiously for the trip to Milan. While there, frustrating the hosts - who will be more desperate for the three points than Ukraine will - could well be the game plan, giving them the opportunity to exploit Italy's eagerness with a well orchestrated move like they did against England.

This selection is both a price play and a bet that has some real legs behind it. Girona's Viktor Tsygankov has featured for the national team 48 times, scoring 11 goals since his debut at 18 seven years ago.

That alone doesn't tell you the full story of cameos from the bench, or him playing in a range of different positions, but even from the probability of those raw figures we should be looking at him priced up at around 4/1 like Betfair have, not the 13/2 on offer with bet365.

He's scored two goals in Ukraine's last three competitive matches, and netted a brace in their 3-3 friendly with Germany before that. While primarily a winger, manager Serhiy Rebrov has deployed him as a striker in a front two before, meaning there's even more potential juice to be squeezed out of this pick.

Of course the opposition are no pushovers, but given the way that Ukraine are operating at the moment, Italy only keeping one clean sheet from their last five matches, plus Tsygankov being on penalty duty for his side, there is plenty of scope for attack with this anytime goalscorer recommendation.