Tuesday at Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica, the playoff match for Euro 2024 qualification between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine will kick off at 9 PM local time (6 PM UTC).

The Ukrainian national team will wear yellow jerseys today, while the Bosnia and Herzegovina team will be in blue.

Players are shaking hands, and the captains of both teams, Edin Dzeko and Oleksandr Zinchenko, are approaching the referee Felix Brych for pre-match formalities.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

The national anthems of Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina are being played!

The teams are coming onto the football field, and as tradition dictates, Ukrainian players will walk out onto the pitch wrapped in their country's flags.

Players have already lined up in the dressing room below the stands and are preparing to appear before the packed arena of Bilino Polje in Zenica!

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

Tickets for the match in Zenica are sold out, and 750 Ukrainian fans are expected at the stadium. The insane support of Bosnian fans will certainly push the hosts forward, and overcoming psychological pressure will be one of the tasks for Serhiy Rebrov's players.

The starting lineup Savo Milošević with 5 defenders clearly indicates that the hosts recognize Ukraine as favorites and aim to play safely, targeting flanks and hoping for a class performance in attack from Edin Dzeko.

A difficult choice by Serhiy Rebrov: The goalkeeper position is taken by Lunin, Brazhko makes his debut for the national team, and in place of Tsigankov, who did not make the squad, Zubkov will play on the flank!

Today's match will be the third encounter between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine in history, and away from home "blue-yellow" have already tasted victory. About two and a half years ago, Ukrainians won against Bosnian players with a score of 2-0 in a crucial qualification match for the 2022 World Cup!

Good evening, dear fans! Today, Ukraine's national team will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in an away game to secure a place in the final playoff match of Euro 2024 qualification!

Bosnia and Herzegovina starting lineup: 12. Ibrahim Šehić, 5. Sead Kolašinac, 3. Denis Kadžo, 16. Anel Ahmedhodžić, 4. Yusuf Gazibegović, 5. Radu Krnić, 20. Haris Hajradinović, 13. Gojko Mikić, 7. Amar Deđić, 23. Ermin Đemedinić, 11. Edin Džeko

Substitutes: 1. Nikola Vasić, 2. Eldar Čivić, 6. Ivan Bašić, 9. Smajl Prevljak, 10. Miralem Pjanić, 14. Dal Varošanović, 15. Haris Tabaković, 17. Amar Rahmanović, 18. Denis Husičbašić, 19. Adnan Kovacević, 21. Nihad Mujačić, 22. Kenan Pirijačić

Ukraine starting lineup: 23. Andriy Lunin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykhailo Matviyenko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yurym Konoplyanka, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko (c), 14. Volodymyr Brazhko, 7. Georgiy Sudakov, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Maxim Talovyerov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 15. Valeriy Bondar, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Oleksii Hushchyn, 21. Oleksandr Timchyk.

Ukraine's squad for the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goalkeepers: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Defenders: 2. Yurym Konoplyanka, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Maxim Talovyerov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 15. Valeriy Bondar, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 21. Oleksandr Timchyk, 22. Mykhailo Matviyenko.

Midfielders: 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 7. Georgiy Sudakov, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 14. Volodymyr Brazhko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 19. Oleksii Hushchyn, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov.

Forwards: 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 18. Vladyslav Vanat.

Of the players who are in the camp with Ukraine's national team, Oleksandr Karavaev, Denis Popov, Oleksandr Pichalonnok, Viktor Tsigankov, and Danilo Sikan did not make the squad.