Euro 2012 round two action Tuesday Evening comes from the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, and features Ukraine versus Sweden.
The whole game is being shown Live on ITV 1 High Definition, with a scheduled 17:00pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Greece head into the game having secured what could prove to be a a very important point in their opening match against Poland.
The 51st minute strike by substitute Salpingidis, kept hopes alive for all Greece fans and if they can manage to get something from this game against the Czech Republic, then they would certainly be in contention to qualify for the next stage of the tournament.
The Czech Republic know failure to win this game could see them eliminated from the group as with their crushing 4-1 defeat against Russia, their inferior goal difference could be the difference between progressing and departure to the knock out stages of the tournament.
Vaclav Pilar’s goal on 52 minutes will have provided the Czech Republic side with plenty of confidence though heading into this game against Greece and as long as they are fully prepared, it should be a victory for Michal Bilek’s side.
Greece v Czech Republic Team News
Greece Team News : Centre back Avraam Papadopoulos flew home from the tournament at the weekend for a scan on his knee and will not be returning for the remainder of the competition which is a major blow to the greece defence.
Also missing is fellow defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos who is suspended for this game having been sent off during the Poland game and midfielder Giorgos Fotakis is also out with a thigh problem.
The good news is that Dimitris Salpangidis will be included in the starting lineup due to his impressive performance against Poland when coming on as a substitute and scoring that all important equaliser.
Probable Lineup : Torossidis, Chalkias, K.Papadopoulos, Malezas, Holebas, Maniatis, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Salpingidis, Gekas, Samaras.
Czech Republic Team News : No injury problems were picked up from the first game so it looks unlikely that we will see coach Michal Bilek make any drastic changes to the side that lost 4-1 in the first game.
However if changes are to be made then it could see left midfielder Jan Rezek make way for Tomas Hubschman, as the Anorthosis Famagusta performance in the first game was absoloutely shocking and he was responsible for at least two of Russia’s goals by failing to track his marker.
Probable Lineup : Gebre Selassie, Kadlec, Hubnik, Sivok, Hubschman, , Plasil, Pilar, Rosicky, Baros, Jiracek.
Greece v Czech Republic Head to Head Statistics
Only three previous meetings between the two nations before this game on Tuesday evening with all three matches finishing 0-0 and Greece winning 1-0 in extra time during Euro 2004.
- 17/08/04 Czech Republic 0 – 0 Greece
- 01/07/04 Greece 1 – 0 Czech Republic
- 16/04/02 Greece 0 – 0 Czech Republic
