Belgium vs Slovakia lineups: Euro 2024 team news, predicted XIs and injury latest | OneFootball

Big tactical question for Red Devils

Belgium boss Domenico Tedesco will have to think outside the box if he is to fit in his embarrassment of attacking riches for his team’s Euro 2024 opener against Slovakia.

Leandro Trossard and Jeremy Doku, both left-wingers by trade, enjoyed strong seasons in the Premier League and can both expect to play a role in supporting Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne in attack.

In recent months, a 3-4-2-1 system has been adopted by the Belgians to ensure they can pack in their star forwards with Doku playing in the wider midfield role and Trossard in behind Lukaku.

At the back, the injured Jan Vertonghen and Arthur Theate are set to miss out while Thomas Meunier is a doubt, which should hand Fulham’s Timothy Castagne the start at right wing-back.

Club Brugge’s Maxim De Cuyper, 23, and Sporting CP-bound Zeno Debast, 20, will compete to start with Axel Witsel and Wout Faes in central defence.

Thibaut Courtois fell out of favour with Tedesco before the Euros so Koen Casteels of Al Qadsiah will be their goalkeeper in Germany.

Slovakia will rely on Boavista striker Robert Bozenik to spearhead their attack with Feyenoord teenager Leo Sauer a wildcard option off the bench.

Veteran midfielder Juraj Kucka, 37, Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka and Paris Saint-Germain’s Milan Skriniar will add some experience to the spine of the team. Denis Vavro is a doubt in defence due to a muscle injury.

Predicted Belgium XI: Casteels; Faes, Witsel, De Cuyper; Castagne, Onana, Mangala, Doku; De Bruyne, Trossard; Lukaku

Predicted Slovakia XI: Dubravka; Pekarik, Davro, Skriniar, Hancko; Lobotka, Kucka, Duda; Suslov, Bozenik, Haraslin

Time and date: 5pm BST, Monday June 17, 2024

Venue: Waldstadion, Frankfurt

TV channel: ITV1