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Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
Having not scored for Slovakia for three years before Euro 2024, Ivan Schranz has now scored both goals for his country at this tournament.
Roman Yaremchuk scored a crucial winner for Ukraine as they came from behind to beat Slovakia and keep their Euro 2024 campaign alive.
The Valencia striker had been on the pitch for 13 minutes when he gave his side the lead.
Yaremchuk was alert to Mykola Shaparenko's ball over the top and finished smartly.
A brilliant touch allowed him to delicately nudge the ball past Slovakia goalkeeper Martin Dubravka into the bottom left corner from six yards out.
Ivan Schranz scored after 17 minutes to put Slovakia in front, with his second goal in as many games, before Ukraine came back to seal a huge victory.
Shaparenko equalised for Ukraine in the 54th minute, sweeping home from close range following Oleksandr Zinchenko's cross, before Yaremchuk made sure of three priceless points ten minutes from time.
It is the first time Ukraine have come from behind to win a match at the Euros since a 2-1 victory against Sweden in 2012.
Ukraine move level on points with opponents Slovakia and Romania, who play their second group-stage match against Belgium on Saturday.
Serhii Rebrov's side were below par in the first half, despite creating plenty of chances.
The decision to drop Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin was vindicated in the opening 10 minutes when replacement Anatolii Trubin made two crucial saves.
He denied Lukas Haraslin's low-angled finish with his legs and then thwarted Schranz from close range.
Trubin was called into action again, saving David Hancko's free-kick which he palmed out for a throw-in.
Hancko took the resulting set-piece and found Haraslin who got in behind the Ukraine defence with ease and swung in a cross which was pounced upon by Schranz.
Mykhailo Mudryk initially struggled to impose himself on the game and had a wild shot when through on goal
He did improve and passed to Artem Dovbyk who performed some clever footwork in the box with his shot at the near post blocked by Peter Pekarik.
However, Ukraine's second-half showing highlighted the fighting spirit in their side as they kept going after Shaparenko's equaliser and were rewarded when Yaremchuk sealed the victory, becoming just the second Ukrainian substitute to score at a major tournament.
There were emotional scenes at full-time with Yaremchuk in tears as the Ukrainian players applauded their fans after a much-needed victory.
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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Manager: Francesco Calzona
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Serhii Rebrov
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Francesco Calzona
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Serhii Rebrov
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ukraine enjoyed 71.3% possession in their 3-0 defeat to Romania, becoming the first team that Opta has on record (1980 onwards) to have more than 70% possession and ship three goals in a UEFA European Championship match.
Slovakia’s starting XI in their 1-0 win over Belgium had an average age of 30 years and 229 days, the oldest by a team in a UEFA EURO match since Italy vs Spain in 2016 (30y 319d). Three players were aged 35 or older (Dubravka, Pekarik, Kucka), the first time a team had named that many players aged 35+ in their UEFA European Championship starting XI since France in 2008 (Coupet, Thuram and Makelele in two matches).
Ukraine have lost two of their last three games (W1), as many as they’d lost in their previous 14 games combined in all competitions (W7 D5). With both defeats coming in June, they could lose three games in a single month for the first time since November 2020 (3).
Mykhailo Mudryk ranked first for Ukraine for touches in the opposition box (7), shots from inside the box (2), successful dribbles (3), duels won (9), crosses attempted (6) and pressures applied to opponents (52) in their 3-0 defeat to Romania on MD1 of this year’s UEFA EURO.
Slovakia’s Ivan Schranz scored his fourth goal in 23 appearances for the national side in netting the winner against Belgium on Monday. The only Slovakian player to score more than once at a major tournament is Robert Vittek at the 2010 World Cup (four goals).