Belgium will look to seal their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2024 and potentially win the group as they take on Ukraine in Stuttgart.
Belgium bounced back from their surprise defeat to Slovakia in their group opener by defeating Romania 2-0. Youri Tielemens struck after just 73 seconds but had to wait until 10 minutes from time to seal victory.
Remarkably, all four teams in Group E are stuck on three points after two rounds of fixtures, and know a win will mathematically seal their qualification and possibly top spot.
Romelu Lukaku Odds Today – Latest Prices
Lukaku is Belgium’s fifth-highest cap holder and their leading goalscorer, with the current Chelsea striker banging in an impressive 85 goals across his opening 117 caps for his country.
The Belgian ace was the leading scorer in Euro 2024 qualification, banging in an incredible 14 goals across their eight qualifiers, four more than nearest challenger Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lukaku to Score Anytime
Unsurprisingly, Lukaku is the bookies favourite to net anytime in this one, and can be backed at 6/5 (2.20) at Bet365 to score anytime on Wednesday night which is understandable considering his unbelievable goal-scoring record for his country.
Lukaku to Score First
Belgium scored after just 73 seconds in their last group fixture, with Lukaku setting up the goal, so a higher-priced option could be to back Lukaku to score first at 7/2 (4.5) with PaddyPower/William Hill. As is the case with the above-mentioned anytime goalscorer market, Lukaku is the favourite to open the scoring in Stuttgart tomorrow evening.
Lukaku to Score 2+ Goals
As already stated, Lukaku was the leading scorer in qualification. Not not only did he find the back of the net in 7/8 of the qualifiers, but he struck on two or more occasions in half of them, and can be backed at 23/4 (6.75) at Unibet to bag another brace.
Lukaku to be Carded
Whilst Romelu Lukaku generally dominates the goal-scoring markets for club and country, he does sometimes get in the referees notebook. Lukaku has been booked eight times and sent off once for Roma this season, as well as in both qualifiers with nearest-challengers Austria in qualification. He is a massive 8/1 (9.0) at Bet365 to collect a card in Stuttgart.
Ukraine vs Belgium Bet Builder
Belgium to Win, Belgium Over 1.5 Goals and Romelu Lukaku to Score Anytime at 2/1 (3.0) on Betfred.
Belgium to Win
Other than their shock loss to the Slovaks in their group opening, Domenico Tedesco has won 11 of his opening 16 matches as Belgium boss (W11-D4-L1), and I’m backing them to be too strong for Ukraine.
Belgium to Score Over 1.5 Goals
The Red Devils banged in 22 goals in their qualification campaign, striking on multiple occasions in 5/8 of them – as well as in their last group match against Romania – and possess the firepower to do so here against a Ukraine defence that has conceded four goals across their opening two group-stage encounters.
Romelu Lukaku to Score Anytime
As already alluded to, Lukaku is Belgium’s leading scorer with 85 goals in 117 caps and scored 14 goals in qualification. He has been incredibly unfortunate to get three goals disallowed in their opening two group matches, and will hope it’s third-time lucky in Stuttgart.
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