England's record against Group B opponents

Qualifying: Group E winners
Top scorer: Wayne Rooney (7 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W10 D0 L0 F31 A3 Pts30
EURO best: semi-finals 1968, 1996
Last EURO: 2012 (quarter-finals)
EURO appearances: 8 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)

England v Russia (21.00CET, 11 June, Marseille)

EURO P4 W2 D0 L2 F7 A5
World Cup P2 W0 D1 L1 F2 A3
Friendlies P8 W4 D3 L1 F16 A9

• Russia got the better of England in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2008, finishing second in the group behind Croatia, who won 3-2 at Wembley in their final qualifier to eliminate Steve McClaren's team.
• In the two direct confrontations England won 3-0 at Wembley thanks to a couple of Michael Owen goals but lost 2-1 in Moscow. Roman Pavlyuchenko scored twice after England had led 1-0, through Wayne Rooney, at half-time.
• The Soviet Union defeated England 3-1 in Frankfurt at EURO '88 to send Bobby Robson's side home with three successive defeats; Valeriy Lobanovskiy's victors went on to reach the final.

England v Wales (15.00CET, 15 June, Lens)

EURO P4 W4 D0 L0 F11 A1
World Cup P6 W5 D1 L0 F13 A3
Friendlies P91 W57 D20 L14 F221 A86

• England and Wales, both members of the United Kingdom, have met on 101 occasions, England winning 66 matches and Wales 14.
• Annual opponents in the British Home Championship, which ran for a century until 1984, England and Wales have met just four times in the three decades since.
• England triumphed 2-0 at home and 1-0 away en route to qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, then 2-0 away and 1-0 at home to assist their qualifying bid for UEFA EURO 2012. Ashley Young was the last player to score in the fixture.
• The majority of players in Chris Coleman's Wales squad ply their trade in England's Premier League or Championship.

England v Slovakia (21.00CET, 20 June, St-Etienne)

EURO P4 W3 D0 L1 F8 A4
World Cup P2 W2 D0 L0 F3 A0
Friendlies P9 W5 D3 L1 F22 A13

• England overcame Slovakia 2-1 in Bratislava and Middlesbrough en route to qualifying for the UEFA EURO 2004 finals. Those were the first matches between the nations.
• The only subsequent meeting took place at Wembley in March 2009, when England cruised to a 4-0 friendly win with two-goal Wayne Rooney among the scorers.
• England and Slovakia have been paired together in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup along with Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta.
• Slovakia centre-back Martin Škrtel has been at Liverpool since January 2008.