Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Emil Forsberg is going to be an important player for Sweden, coming in off the left hand side. He doesn't play like a natural winger, he always comes into little pockets. Seb Larsson is the same on the right hand side. It's been a positive start from Sweden.

This is a nice corner from Marek Hamsik onto the head of the leaping Juraj Kucka but his effort is high and wide.

Sweden defender Victor Lindelof scuffs what should have been a simple clearance from a Marek Hamsik cross and it's a corner.

Sweden have the first shot of the game but Sebastian Larsson's 25-yarder is heavily deflected and Martin Dubravka scampers across to save it.

An early Slovak attack but Juraj Kucka is well offside as he races onto a ball over the top.

Most of the opening 90 seconds has been people getting ready to take free-kicks.

The game begins.

This is the second oldest average age (30 years 125 days) in a Euros match after Greece vs Sweden in 2008 (30 years 178 days).

The two captains - with a combined age of 69 - exchange pennants at the coin toss.

Both Sweden and Slovakia have six players aged 30+ in their starting XI today.

In European Championship history, only the Netherlands v Italy in 2008 (13) saw more players in their 30s start a match.

Ashley Williams
Former Wales captain on BBC One

I'm looking forward to the game. Sweden can't play like they did against Spain, they have to come out and play.

National anthems time.

Ashley Williams
Former Wales captain on BBC One

We played against Slovakia a couple of times, and in [Euro] 2016. They fly under the radar a little bit, technically they're a very good team.

They get into clever positions, they get in between lines and they are a very good football team.

Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC One

It's brilliant. The Euros have been brilliant since they've started. To be doing these games after the year we've all had has been excellent and today will be a good one. It should be an excellent game.

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The Fotbollskanalen, external website today carries comments from assistant manager Peter Wettergren, who compared manager Janne Andersson's pre-match team talks to a "kind of Braveheart routine".

"When he opens his mouth, it gets very quiet in the room."

Expressen newspaper has posted a video, external from (rather crowded) bar in Russia which Swedish fans have turned completely blue and yellow. One fan says that the mood is “magical” and “pure electricity” as the reporter is jostled by a Swedish conga.

And spare a thought for this fan, external who thought he'd "cracked the system" by securing a Covid jab during the second half. "Who would even open for vaccination at that time?" he asks.

This game was initially meant to be played in Dublin but it was moved down the road (1500 miles down the road...) to St Petersburg instead because Ireland couldn't guarantee allowing crowds.

The TV build-up has started. Get BBC One on now or click play at the top of this page (if you're in the UK).

Slovakia defender Denis Vavro and another staff member have tested positive for Covid this week.

Vavro did not play in the Poland game.

Sweden duo Dejan Kulusevski and Mattias Svanberg missed the Spain game after tesing positive but they're both available now.

Kulusevski is on the bench, but Svanberg isn't involved.

Slovakia coach Stefan Tarkovic: "We are looking forward for our second game. We expect a tough match. I think Sweden have more quality than Poland. This is a new challenge for us. But still believe we will be successful again. We are ready to put everything in the game."