Monday 14th June
Poland v Slovakia (5pm)- St. Petersburg- ITV / ITV Hub
Spain v Sweden (8pm)- Seville - BBC One / iPlayer
Friday 18th June
Sweden v Slovakia (2pm)- St. Petersburg- BBC One / iPlayer
Saturday 19th June
Spain v Poland (8pm)- Seville- BBC One / iPlayer
Wednesday 23rd June
Slovakia v Spain (5pm)- Seville- ITV / ITV Hub
Sweden v Poland (5pm)- St. Petersburg- ITV4 / ITV Hub
Odds to win Group E (Coral)
Spain 4/11f
Poland 5/1
Sweden 6/1
Slovakia 12/1
Who do you think will go through in Group E?
I expect Spain and Sweden to get the top 2 places here and Slovakia to finish bottom.
Tough group to call if we assume Spain are top, all of those teams can be dangerous on their day.
Predictions
Spain
Poland
Sweden
Slovakia
Spain/Poland/Sweden will be a very interesting battle. Slovakia is a classic "congratulation for coming and providing 9 points to the others", however if Mak, Hamsik, Duda and crew come through against any of them, who knows? But just recently they had their share of troubles in Nations League and barely got here, so it doesn't look promising for them. Sweden had the heart-breaking news that Ibrahimovic won't be able to go, but it might be a blessing in-disguise as Sweden has learned to play together more since his retirement from the national team and one could argue they are scarier that way. However, Spain has so much young talent it's not even fair and the Lewandowski factor push the Swedes to third. Surely they become one of the 3rd-place teams to make the Round of 16 though.
Spain
Poland
Sweden
Slovakia
Spain/Poland/Sweden I think.
Is Ibra injured?
Sad times!
All the fanfare of his grand return too.
Poland the worst schedule of the tournament, could go against them and probably value in them finishing bottom although 'easiest' game is first.
POLAND: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Glik, Bednarek, Rybus, Linetty, Krychowiak, Klich, Jozwiak, Lewandowski, Zielinski.
Subs: Dawidowicz, Kedziora, Kozlowski, Swiderski, Skorupski, Moder, Placheta, Frankowski, Fabianski, Swierczok, Helik, Puchacz.
SLOVAKIA: Dubravka, Pekarik, Satka, Skriniar, Hubocan, Kucka, Hromada, Haraslin, Hamsik, Mak, Duda.
Subs: Vavro, Gregus, Weiss, Suslov, Benes, Kuciak, Hrosovsky, Hancko, Duris, Lobotka, Rodak, Koscelnik.
This seems the group with the best chance of finishing with one team (Spain) getting nine points with the others each on three.
An extremely rare occurrence that if so^
I'd love to see another group where all teams end on 4 points with a win, a draw & a loss each. It's only ever happened once in World Cup/Euros history but can't remember when it was.
Well that was a quick equalizer in the second half. Linetty makes 1-1 at the 46th minute.
First sending off of the Euros.
Yup Poland down to ten men.
I was going to say, is that the first red of the tournament? Just as Poland looked like they were getting on top as well. (can't complain though as I'm supporting Slovakia for this one )
Krychowiak becomes the first player to be sent off in this year's Euros.
Welp, that was fast. 2-1 to Slovakia. Škriniar scores it.
"You wouldn't even know Lewandowski is playing."
Get in Slovakia! Hope this turns out to be a good contest for them, certainly gotten off to a good start.
It's going to be hard for Poland to progress now as you would imagine Spain will beat them as well. Lewandowski went missing for the whole match, just goes to show that without a good team around you the best players in the world won't have much of an effect.
SPAIN: Simon, Marcos Llorente, Laporte, Pau Torres, Jordi Alba, Koke, Rodri, Gonzalez, Ferran Torres, Morata, Olmo.
Subs: de Gea, Azpilicueta, Diego Llorente, Gerard, Thiago, Garcia, Sanchez, Gaya, Fabian, Traore, Oyarzabal, Sarabia.
SWEDEN: Olsen, Lustig, Danielson, Lindelof, Augustinsson, Sebastian Larsson, Ekdal, Olsson, Forsberg, Berg, Isak.
Subs: Bengtsson, Johnsson, Svensson, Helander, Sema, Krafth, Claesson, Jansson, Quaison, Nordfeldt, Jordan Larsson, Cajuste.
Couple of chances from Koke but to no prevail.
It has been all Spain so far but no goals.
This could be a very long evening for Sweden. They don't seem to have created anything.
Been all Spain but have been wasteful .
Another opportunity gone away chance for Morata.
Biggest chance of the match there from Morata! Thought that was going in.
And then almost immediately a big chance for Sweden! Would have loved for them to cause an upset just before half time.
That was some miss there.
Why do I get the horrible feeling this will end as a 0-0 draw...
This is the worst match of the tournament so far.
Spain are a shadow of their former selves, don't think they will go far in this tournament.
Oh Moreno!!
Six minutes of added time.
And Sweden have succeeded, they’ll be happy with a point there, Spain won’t though.
My euro predictions and fantasy team have done horrifically in today’s games 😂
Look a good solid side that Swedish team, Isak upfront is a star in the making!
Talk about missed chances, there were loads of them, at times the game was a bit frustrating to watch.
Out of this group seeing Slovakia at top of the table for now, I really didn't see that coming, I was expecting Spain to take it.
Yes, great for Slovakia (my sweepstake team ) to be top of the group after the first round of games!
A little bit of trivia Czechoslovakia as one nation won this competition in 1976 beating West Germany 6-3 in a penalty shoot out after a 2-2 draw, Could they face each other in the final
Sweden could've won, Berg had a bunny at the backpost and flubbed it!
Well, my family sweepstake choice of Spain isn't looking too hopeful after that performance Guess I'll put my hopes in Belgium x
Lol it's only one game. Spain absolutely dominated the match by all accounts. They just don't have a decent striker anymore. They built their success from 2008-2012 all on dominating possession and only winning games 1-0 or 2-0 but Torres & Villa were leagues ahead of Morata. Still think they'll go far into the tourno.
Sweden striker Marcus Berg received online abuse after missing an open goal against Spain in Group E at Euro 2020.
Berg missed from close range at the far post after impressive build-up by strike partner Alexander Isak.
Abusive comments were made after the match under images the 34-year-old has posted on his Instagram account.
The Swedish Football Association, who will submit a formal report to police, says the comments are "over the boundaries that we can accept".
Spain will have to improve tonight and take their chances.
Depends how strong Poland are in defence, I could certainly see them doing a Sweden and getting a 0-0 draw from this match.
Spain 1-0 up! With a goal initially rules offside but then given after being reviewed by VAR. Think that's the first time I've seen it happen this way round this contest!
And Spain are 1-0 ahead, Poland definitely have an uphill battle now with Spain dominating possession.
Super chance for Poland there! Really unlucky to not get that in the back of the net.
Lewandowski off the mark
1-1
And now Spain have a penalty.
And Moreno misses it.
Poland are getting a lot of yellows here! They certainly need to keep their heads now.
Fantastic result for Poland getting the draw, keeping themselves in the competition!
This leaves Spain in a bit of a sticky situation now, they really need to do well against Slovakia to be ensured of a place in the next round (although Portugal were in a similar situation last time round and they turned out alright...)
Spain are a bit like a shit England right now.
Great result for Poland, they played very well and have a good chance of winning against Sweden in their last match.
Slovakia will probably think they have a good chance of getting at least 1 point from their match against Spain now.
Good result for Poland, certainly wide open for the final game.
I wont be surprised if Spain get knocked out today.
Yeh seem like they are a disillusioned team, playing in Seville here though!
Spain have now missed their last five penalties
Morata
Someone please sign him and Werner!
Oh dear. A howler for Slovakia.
One of the most bizarre goals I've ever seen!
The third own goal by a goalkeeper and easily the most embarrassing.
Worst own goal I've seen was one Chris Brass.
And so this time the 'keeper thinks "If I don't touch the ball, I can't score an own goal". Genius
Laporte doubles Spain's lead.
As it stands Slovakia and Poland will go out.
Blimey, that Lewandowski miss...
Fantastic finish from Sarbria to make it 3-0 to Spain.
Sweden 2-0 up. Poles on their way home.
A reply back from Poland from Lewandowski.
And now it is 5-0 to Spain. A long 20 minutes for Slovakia.
*sigh* why do the big teams keep winning? Why can't they let the underdogs win for once?
Spain are just walking all over them
Poland need one goal to get through.
Matches end 5-0 to Spain, 3-2 to Sweden. I feel as though the Sweden/Poland match would have been more interesting to watch purely for the sake of it not being so one-sided, glad Sweden topped the group at least.
Gutted for Poland, they came very close to getting though.
Sweden really went for the win even though they had already qualified, unlike the Czechs' yesterday who really didn't seem to put up that much of a fight against England. Sweden look like they won't be an easy team to win against.
Sweden have created a much better side without Ibrahimovic stealing the limelight. Forsberg was the man who was to take over from him 10 years ago has developed into a great footballer.
Some game between Poland and Sweden - that was the game I was meant to go and see - meant to be in Dublin!
It looks very likely that the 3rd placed teams in Groups A, C, D & F will qualify which means the last 16 matches will be:
Belgium Vs France/Portugal/Germany (3rd placed Group F team)
Italy Vs Austria
France/Portugal/Germany (Group F winner) Vs Switzerland
Croatia Vs Spain
Sweden Vs Ukraine
England Vs France/Portugal/Germany (Group F Runner-Up)
Netherlands Vs Czech Republic
Wales Vs Denmark
Impressive result for Spain considering they were playing with 10 men for much of that match (although maybe they had 11 it was just Dubravka not Morata on their side)
Own goals galore in this group stage!
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