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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Slovakia will look to maintain their 100% record in UEFA EURO 2016 Group C when they welcome Luxembourg in their first qualifier of 2015.
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Slovakia have made a brilliant start in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group C and will hope to maintain momentum as they meet Luxembourg in their first competitive game of 2015.
Previous meetings
• The sides' only previous competitive meetings came in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying; Dušan Galis's Slovakia beat Allan Simonsen's Luxembourg 3-1 in Bratislava and 4-0 in Luxembourg.
• More recently, Luc Holtz's Luxembourg saw off Vladimír Weiss's Slovakia 2-1 in a friendly game at the Stade Josy Barthel on 9 February 2011, Daniel da Mota scoring both of Luxembourg's goals.
Form guide
• Slovakia have won their first four UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying games, and are one of only four sides to still boast a 100% record in qualifying, along with the Czech Republic, Israel and England.
• Slovakia are unbeaten in five competitive matches (W4 D1), but were without a home win in three (D1 L2) when they overcame Spain 2-1 in their only Group C home fixture to date.
• Luxembourg are without a win in six competitive games (D1 L5) since a 3-2 World Cup qualifying victory against Northern Ireland on 10 September 2013.
• Away from home, Luxembourg have not celebrated a competitive victory in 15 outings (D3 L12) since a 2-1 World Cup qualifying success against Switzerland on 10 September 2008.
• Luxembourg have lost their last seven UEFA European Championship qualifiers away from home since beating Belarus 1-0 on 13 October 2007.
Trivia and links
• Slovakia have won all nine of their games against Luxembourg in UEFA age-group competitions.
• The Slovakian outfit has won the last nine meetings between the nations' sides in UEFA club competition, FC Avenir Beggen's 2-1 success against FK Senica in the 1990/91 UEFA Cup first round the only Luxembourger victory to date.
