INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Slovakia have won just two of their eight meetings with Ukraine in all competitions (D3 L3), though one of those was a 4-1 victory in the most recent encounter in November 2018.
2
Ukraine have won just one of their four competitive meetings with Slovakia (D1 L2), beating them 1-0 in September 2018 in the UEFA Nations League.
3
Slovakia’s 1-0 win over Belgium on Monday was their fourth victory in 12 matches at major tournaments (D2 L6), winning exactly once at all four editions they have participated in (2010 World Cup, EURO 2016, EURO 2020, EURO 2024) and will be looking to win two games at a single tournament for the first time.
4
Ukraine suffered a 3-0 defeat to Romania on MD1 of this year’s UEFA European Championship – they have now lost their last two games in the competition by three or more goals (also 4-0 vs England at EURO 2020), having not lost by more than two goals in any of their first 10 games in the competition.
5
Slovakia have won 10 of their last 14 matches in all competitions (D1 L3) – their previous 10 wins before this came over a period of 38 games.