Having won Group D without conceding a goal we have then gone on to beat Germany 2-0 and the route looks good to qualify further with the defeats to France, Portugal and Holland amongst the notable teams to be going home early this summer. Managed by former star striker Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine managed to qualify to the knockout stages in the European Championship for the first time, as one of the best third-placed teams from Group C. Then took on Sweden on Tuesday evening securing an extra time win 2-1 with a goal in the final few seconds from Artem Dovbyk with everyone (including me) getting ready for penalties.
Team News
Winger Bukayo Saka suffered a 'slight knock' in training on Friday but other than that the Three Lions have a fully-fit squad. Midfielder Mason Mount was an unused substitute after only just completing self-isolation, and could return to the side, he starts along with an overdue place in the starting eleven for Jadon Sancho. Ukraine will be without forward Artem Besedin for approximately six months after suffering a knee ligament injury in their last-16 win over Sweden.
Winger Bukayo Saka suffered a 'slight knock' in training on Friday but other than that the Three Lions have a fully-fit squad. Midfielder Mason Mount was an unused substitute after only just completing self-isolation, and could return to the side, he starts along with an overdue place in the starting eleven for Jadon Sancho. Ukraine will be without forward Artem Besedin for approximately six months after suffering a knee ligament injury in their last-16 win over Sweden.
The match is Live on BBC One with kick off at 8pm.
England XI 4 [Kane 4', 50' Maguire 46' Henderson 63']
Pickford (Gk), Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Phillips, Rice, Sancho, Mount, Sterling, Kane (c).
Ukraine XI 0
Bushchan (Gk), Zabarnyi, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Karavaev, Sydorchuk, Yaremchuk, Shaparenko, Zinchenko (c), Yarmolenko, Mykolenko.
Head to Head
According to the stats we've have played against Ukraine just seven times previously, of course they only gained independence from the former USSR in August 1991 but we didn't play a competitive match until May 2000 which ended in a 2-0 home win at Wembley. England have been successful on four occasions, Ukraine have a single win 1-0 in Oct 2009, and there have been two drawn games.
So many jokes, so many sneers
But all those oh-so-nears
Wear you down
Through the years
But all those oh-so-nears
Wear you down
Through the years
But I still see that tackle by Moore
And when Linekar scored
Bobby belting the ball
And Nobby Dancing
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