Euro 2012 Opta Stats: England v Ukraine

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Over/Under 2.5 goals
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England have won three and lost one of their four previous meetings with Ukraine, though Ukraine did win the last game 1-0 in World Cup 2010 qualifying.

The Three Lions have only conceded two goals in four previous games against Ukraine.

England are winless against European Championship hosts throughout the history of the finals with two defeats (against Italy in 1980 and Sweden in 1992) and a draw (against Portugal in 2004).

England only need a draw to ensure progress to the quarter-finals whilst Ukraine need to win to make it out of the group.

Roy Hodgson and Oleh Blokhin are the two most recently appointed managers at Euro 2012: Hodgson took charge of England in May 2012 whilst Blokhin was named as Ukraine boss in April 2011.

England are unbeaten under Roy Hodgson, winning three games and drawing one.

After England (23 out of 23), Ukraine have the most players currently plying their trade in their domestic league (21 out 23) among teams taking part in Euro 2012.

England have converted four of their 21 shots (including blocked shots) at Euro 2012 (19%), the best ratio of the tournament after two rounds.

Ukraine's shooting accuracy is the lowest at Euro 2012: they've tested the opposition goalkeeper with 21% of shots.

Three of England's four goals at Euro 2012 have come from a cross.

Ukraine have made the most tackles at Euro 2012 after the first two rounds of matches (50).

England's outfield players have blocked the most shots at Euro 2012 after two rounds of games (14).

England have conceded the fewest fouls after two rounds of matches at Euro 2012: 17.

Only Greece had fewer shots on target (3) than Ukraine (4) after two rounds of games at Euro 2012. Three of the four shots were by Andriy Shevchenko.

Wayne Rooney will take part in his first Euro 2012 game. He scored four goals in four games in his only previous participation at the European Championship, back in 2004.

Theo Walcott has scored a goal, delivered an assist and completed all his passes (eight out of eight) in only 30 minutes of action at Euro 2012.

Andriy Shevchenko has scored four of Ukraine's seven goals at major international tournaments.