Under-21 Championship
UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2015/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Kielce Stadium - Kielce Monday 19 June 2017 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Slovakia Group A - Matchday 2 England Last updated 19/06/2017 11:28CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Slovakia - England Monday 19 June 2017 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Kielce Stadium, Kielce Match background Both teams have historical reasons for optimism as Slovakia and England meet in the second round of Group A games. Previous meetings • This is the sides' fourth meeting, and their first since 2003. England picked up away and home victories in qualifying for the 2004 finals, Francis Jeffers scoring twice and Shola Ameobi and Joe Cole once each in a 4-0 win in Trnava on 11 October 2002. • Back in England on 10 June 2003, an own goal by Peter Doležaj (40) and Phil Jagielka's 83rd-minute strike gave England a 2-0 triumph at Sunderland's Stadium of Light. • Hosts Slovakia, however, came out on top in the countries' sole previous final-tournament encounter as second-half goals from Peter Babnič (67) and Szilárd Németh (74) earned a 2-0 success at the Štadión Pasienky in Bratislava. Match background Slovakia • Slovakia won six of their eight qualifiers and suffered just one defeat to finish five points clear of the Netherlands at the qualifying Group 8 summit. Adam Zreľák finished as their five-goal top scorer, with one more than Martin Chrien. • Slovakia's single previous U21 final appearance came in 2000, when they came fourth on home soil.
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