Belgium vs Slovakia prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:18 jun 2024, 00:00

A match between the national teams of Belgium and Slovakia will be held in the 1st round of the Euro on June 17, 2024. Domenico Tedescos’s wards will be the clear favourite of the couple, but the nominal guests will try to resist them.

Belgium vs Slovakia: key statistics and trends

• Belgium is unbeaten under the leadership of the current coach.
• Slovakia has lost only 1 out of 7 previous matches.
• Belgium wins the first half in 81% of matches, Slovakia – in 45% of games.

Belgium – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Red Devils” responded to their disastrous performance at the World Cup by ending the era of Roberto Martinez with his record-breaking bronze at the World Cup 2018 without any regrets. There were no regrets because his successor, Tedesco, despite not having similar experience, won the qualifying group, drawing only with Austria and, with reservations, Sweden.

The team held friendly matches in 2024. After starting with a 0-0 draw in the struggle in Ireland, the Belgians then missed out an away win in the very end of the battle against England in March. Still, the team beat both Montenegro and Luxembourg without conceding a single goal in June.

Slovakia – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Repre” lost the dispute for access to the World Cup. Still, the qualification is easier at the Euro, and the team took enough points to go directly to this tournament again. It started with a draw against Luxembourg, but then won against all opponents except the clear group leader, Portugal.

This year, Calzona’s wards also played friendly matches. They lost with a 0-2 score in Austria, but managed to equalize the confrontation with Norway in the very end of the game. Speaking about the summer, they handled both San Marino and Wales quite confidently, scoring 4 unanswered goals each.

Belgium: team news

Meunier broke down at the last moment.

Slovakia: team news

Tomic is injured, and they decided not to take the experienced footballer, Mak, to the tournament.

Belgium vs Slovakia: possible starting line-ups

Belgium (possible line-up): Casteels – Meunier, Vertonghen, Witsel – Doku, De Bruyne, Trossard, Onana, Tielemans, Castagne – Lukaku,

Slovakia (possible line-up): Dubravka – Gancko, Skriniar, Vavro, Pekarik – Duda, Lobotka, Kucka, Hroszovsky – Bozenik, Schranz.

Previous head-to-head matches: Belgium vs Slovakia

“The Red Devils” finally beat “the Slavic team” only on the third attempt, after 2 draws.

Free prediction for the match Belgium vs Slovakia

The nominal guests do not seem to be a serious opponent for De Bruyne and the company, and it can be possible that Calzona will be eager to save the strength for the next, visually simpler opponents. We bet on Tedesco’s wards to win with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.74).