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Spain, playing all of its group matches in Seville, is two points behind leader Sweden and one behind Slovakia, which surprised everyone with an opening 2-1 win over last-place Poland before losing to Sweden 1-0.
Spain have played a goalless draw against Sweden and a 1-1 draw against Poland.
The biggest positive for Spain is return of their most experienced player Sergio Busquets.
Spain coach Luis Enrique hasn’t confirmed Busquets as a starter, but he had said the player was ready to play from the moment he rejoined the squad.
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Slovakia have only one win in their six matches against Spain. The last win goes back to 2014 in a European Championship qualifier. This will be the first time that the two teams come face to face at a major tournament.
Winger Ivan Schranz is likely to miss this game for Slovakia while defender Denis Vavro is unavailable after testing positive for COVID-19.
With Euro 2020 last 16 berth at stake here are the few scenarios that all the teams in Group E will be aware of.
~ Slovakia only need a point from this game to assure themselves a berth in Last 16.
~ A point can see them finish atop of the table provided Sweden don’t win against Poland.
~ Spain need a win to advance into the next round.
~ Spain can still qualify if they draw and Poland is not able to beat Sweden.
~ There is also a possibility that Slovakia, Sweden and Poland can finish on 4 points each just to make things complicated
Head-to-Head: Spain has four wins and have drawn once against Slovakia. Slovakia has just one win against Spain.
Match and telecast details
Match: UEFA European Championship 2021, Group E match between Slovakia and Spain
Date: June 23 (Wednesday), 2021
Time: 9:30 PM IST
Venue: La Cartuja Stadium, Seville
TV Channels: Sony Sports Network
Live Streaming: SonyLIV, Jio TV
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Likely XIs:
Slovakia: Dubravka; Pekarik, Satka, Skriniar, Hubocan; Kucka, Hrosovsky; Haraslin, Hamsík, Mak; Duda
Spain: Unai Simon; Azpilicueta, Laporte, Pau Torres, Gaya; Llorente, Busquets, Thiago; Gerard Moreno, Morata, Traore
