Slovakia's record against Group B opponents
Friday, January 22, 2016
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Post-independence results suggest that anything can happen when Slovakia meet Wales and Russia, but past meetings with England make gloomy reading.
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Qualifying: Group C runners-up
Top scorer: Marek Hamšík (5 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W7 D1 L2 F17 A8 Pts22
EURO best: winners 1976 (as Czechoslovakia)
Last EURO: 1980 (third place (as Czechoslovakia))
EURO appearances: 3 (1960, 1976, 1980 (all as Czechoslovakia)
Slovakia v Wales (18.00, 11 June, Bordeaux)
EURO P6 W4 D0 L2 F14 A8
World Cup P6 W3 D0 L3 F5 A5
Friendlies P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
- The only fixtures played between the nations came in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2008 and produced two unlikely scorelines.
- Gareth Bale scored his first goal for Wales in the first meeting, in Cardiff, but Slovakia managed five, Dušan Švento getting the first and Róbert Vittek the fifth. The return fixture brought revenge for John Toshack's Wales as they claimed a 5-2 win in Trnava, Craig Bellamy scoring twice.
- Slovakia's Martin Škrtel and Wales midfielder Joe Allen are team-mates at Liverpool.
Slovakia v Russia (15.00, 15 June, Lille Métropole)
EURO P5 W2 D1 L2 F5 A6
World Cup P4 W0 D3 L1 F2 A4
Friendlies P11 W2 D3 L6 F11 A18
- The nations met in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying, each losing 1-0 at home. Miroslav Stoch was on target for Slovakia in Moscow; Alan Dzagoev scored Russia's winner in Zilina.
- There had been nothing to choose between the teams either in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, a 1-1 draw in Moscow followed by a goalless stalemate in Bratislava.
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov scored the only goal, his 25th for Russia, in the most recent encounter – a St Petersburg friendly in May 2014.
Slovakia v England (21.00, 20 June, Saint-Etienne)
EURO P4 W1 D0 L3 F4 A8
World Cup P2 W0 D0 L2 F0 A3
Friendlies P9 W1 D3 L5 F13 A22
- 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.
EURO P2 W1 D0 L1 F1 A1
World Cup P2 W0 D2 L0 F1 A1
Friendlies P4 W1 D1 L2 F4 A5
