Ukraine will be bidding to make it back-to-back wins in Group 1 of League B when they continue their 2024-25 UEFA Nations League campaign against the Czech Republic on Monday night.

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Ukraine opened their Group 1 of League B campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Albania, before going down 3-2 to the Czech Republic in their second fixture, with the national side losing two close games in September.

Serhiy Rebrov's side were able to return to winning ways against Georgia on Friday evening, though, with a first-half effort from Mykhaylo Mudryk seeing them record a 1-0 victory.

Ukraine remain bottom of the section, but they now have some momentum and are only three points behind the leaders Georgia, still with three matches left to play, so promotion is certainly a possibility.

The Blue and Yellows competed in the finals of Euro 2024, but they were unable to make it past the group stage of the competition, finishing bottom of Group E despite having the same number of points (four) as the section winners Romania.

Ukraine had been unbeaten in four matches with the Czech Republic before going down 3-2 to their opponents in September, and they will now be aiming to build on what was a strong performance against Georgia.

Czech Republic suffered a 4-1 loss to Georgia in their section opener, but they managed to bounce back against Ukraine four days later, running out 3-2 winners to move onto three points from two matches.

Ivan Hasek's side then recorded a 2-0 victory over Albania on Friday evening, with Tomas Chory netting a brace to help secure a vital three points, which has left them second, level on six points with the leaders Georgia.

Czech Republic were also in action at Euro 2024, failing to make it out of the group stage of the tournament, finishing bottom of Group F, which also involved Portugal, Turkey and Georgia.

Hasek's team competed in Division A of the last Nations League, but they were relegated in fourth position, so promotion back to the top tier will certainly be on their minds for this campaign.

A successful 2024 has seen Czech Republic win six of their 10 matches thus far, and they will be aiming for another victory here ahead of their final two games in the section against Albania and Georgia next month.

Ukraine possible starting lineup:

Trubin; Konoplia, Zabarnyi, Talovierov, Matviienko; Hutsuliak, Shaparenko, Kaliuzhnyi, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk

Czech Republic possible starting lineup:

Kovar; Coufal, Vitik, Holes, Boril; Soucek, Cerv; Cerny, Sulc, Provo; Chory