Slovenia faces Serbia on Thursday in Munich in their second Group C match. ( More Football News)
Serbia is bottom of the group after a narrow 1-0 loss t𒐪o England in its opener while Slovenia managed a 1-1 draw against Denmark. Kick-off is at 3 pm local time (1300 GMT). Here's what to know about the match:
Match facts
— Slovenia will be hopeful of recording its first-ever group s🔜tage♎ win to leave it with a good chance of making the knockout stages for the first time.
— Serbia has advanced out of the grouꦬp before but when competing as Yugo💎slavia or Serbia and Montenegro. This is its first European Championship as an independent nation.
— The two teams met at Euro 2000 — the last time either qualified — with 10-man Yugoslavia fighting back from three goals down to draw 3-3𝔍. Serbia coach Dragan Stojkovic was a substitute during that match.
Team news
— Neither coach has reported any injury concerns.
By the numbers
— There has been little to choose between the 🐲team🐻s over the years with six of the eight matches they've played ending in a draw. They have a win apiece.
— Slovenia is on a seven-match unbeaten run that included a surprise 2-0 win over Portug♌al in a friendly intern🌸ational in March.
What they're saying
— “We're going to do wh🌟atever we can against Slovenia, we have to win that. I congratulate all the players (after the England match), there are no frustrations apart from the result. I don't like losing but it's part of the job.” Serbia coach Dragan Stojkovic.
— “Many of my players have never played in such a big competition. When we saw something was 🍨possible (against Denmark), they started playing.” Slovenia coach Matjaž Kek.
— "How we start is important and we want to set the ꦑtone from the beginning. We a🌳re the tallest team at the Euro and we need to be even more dangerous from set-pieces.” Serbia defender Nikola Milenkovic.
