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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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Luxembourg will look for an improvement on their only previous home result against Ukraine as UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C reunites the teams.
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Luxembourg will be keen to put in a better performance against Ukraine than they managed the last time the teams met, eight years ago, as they go head to head again in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C.
Match background
• The sides' only previous encounter was a 3-0 away win for Ukraine on 8 June 2006, with Oleh Blokhin's side warming up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. Second-half goals from Andriy Voronin and Andriy Shevchenko – both half-time substitutes – and Maxym Kalinichenko settled the game at Stade Josy Barthel.
• Ukraine have won both of their UEFA age-group meetings with Luxembourg, recording a 6-0 victory in the most recent encounter, a UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifier on 4 November 2012.
• Ukraine goalkeeper Dmytro Bezotosniy celebrates his 31st birthday on the day of the Luxembourg game; team-mate Roman Zozulya turns 25 two days later.