2016 UEFA Euro in France June 10 - July 10,2016 - Group D Czech Republic Vs Turkey Tuesday June 21,2016

Match Facts

Head-to-head

• The Czech Republic have won five of nine games against Turkey (D1, L3) since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
• But they have won only one of three competitive meetings, losing the other two.
• The countries met in qualifying for Euro 2016; Czech Republic finished top of Group A while Turkey qualified as the best third-placed team.

Czech Republic

• Since being formed in 1993, the Czech Republic have reached the knockout stages in three of its five Euro participations (1996, 2004, 2012).
• The Czechs have lost six of their last 10 games at European Championship finals (W3, D1).
• They have scored in 12 of their last 13 group games at the European Championship.
• If Petr Cech plays, he will equal Karel Poborsky's Czech record of 17 appearances at a major tournament.

Turkey

• Turkey have suffered defeat in each of their last three games at the European Championship, their worst run in the competition since losing their first four games in the tournament between 1996 and 2000.
• In total they have won only three of their 14 games at the European Championship (D2, L9).
• They haven't kept a clean sheet at the European Championship since a 2-0 win over Belgium at Euro 2000 - they've conceded 15 goals in eight games since then.
• Turkey have had a player booked in each of their last 17 games at major tournaments, last avoiding a caution against Italy at Euro 2000.

Group D Turkey beat Czech Republic 2-0

Turkey had not scored in the tournament before Tuesday's match, but they looked revitalised in northern France and knew that with each goal they scored, their goal difference and hopes of a continued stay improved.

They looked a lot more like the team who arrived at Euro 2016 with just one loss - to England - in 16 matches, and they bravely soaked up what the Czechs threw at them to inflict a defeat which could be the last action of Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech's international career.

Burak Yilmaz put Turkey ahead in the 10th minute and Ozan Tufan scored Turkey second goal in the 65th minute

• Burak Yimaz has netted eight goals in his past 11 games for Turkey.
• Emre Mor is the third-youngest player to provide an assist in a European Championship finals game since 1980 (18 years 332 days), with only Enzo Scifo (18 years 114 days in 1984) and Wayne Rooney (18 years 240 days in 2004) younger.
• Petr Cech has equalled the record for most appearances at major tournaments by a Czech Republic player, now level with Karel Poborsky on 17 games.