Poland will guarantee progression to the knock-out stage if they avoid defeat.
Even if they lose and Northern Ireland win, four points is likely to be enough to qualify to the last 16 as one of the four best third place teams.
Ukraine are assured of finishing bottom and are already out.
Match Facts
Head-to-head
- Ukraine and Poland have met seven times previously, with Ukraine winning three games to Poland's two and two draws.
- Ukraine are unbeaten in the last five meetings between the two sides (W3, D2).
- Poland's last victory was in September 2000 when they won 3-1 in Kiev in a World Cup qualifier.
- Ukraine did the double over Poland during 2014 World Cup qualifying. Andriy Yarmolenko scored in both contests - a 3-1 win in Warsaw and a 1-0 success in Kharkiv.
Ukraine
- Ukraine are guaranteed to not make it to the knockout stage for the second time in two appearances in European Championship finals. They are certain of finishing bottom of Group C.
- Since winning their first-ever game at a European Championship finals (2-1 v Sweden in 2012) they have lost four successive matches in the tournament without scoring a single goal.
- Andriy Shevchenko, currently part of the coaching staff, is the only player to have scored for Ukraine at a Euros (two goals in 2012).
- If Ukraine fail to score they will become the first country to go five matches without a goal at European Championship finals.
Poland
- Poland are aiming to reach the knockout stages of the Euros for the first time in their history, after failing in 2008 and 2012.
- Their win over Northern Ireland is their only victory in eight previous matches at European Championship finals. They have drawn four and lost three.
- Poland have never scored more than one goal in a European Championship finals game.
- Jakub Blaszczykowski has been directly involved in Poland's last three goals at European Championships final (one goal, two assists).
- Robert Lewandowski scored in the 17th minute of his first game at a European Championship finals against Greece in 2012. However, since then, he's failed to find the net or deliver an assist in the competition in 433 minutes.
- Poland have played in Marseille once before, defeating the United Arab Emirates 4-0 in a friendly in May 1990.
Poland have not beaten Ukraine in their last five meetings, including two defeats in 2014 World Cup qualifying, and they may be without first-choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny again due to a thigh injury.
Ukraine lost their first two games - 2-0 to both Germany and Northern Ireland and cannot progress but Poland, second in the standings after beating Northern Ireland 1-0 in their opening match, will reach the last 16 if they overcome their co-hosts Poland of Euro 2012.
Group C Poland beat Ukraine 1-0
Poland reached the knockout stages of a European Championship for the first time as they finished second in Group C after a 1-0 win over Ukraine
Jakub Blaszczykowski curled in a left-foot shot for the winner after 54 minutes and Poland will now play Switzerland in the last 16 on Saturday June 25,2016
- Robert Lewandowski has yet to direct a single shot on target in his 270 minutes of action so far at the Euro 2016 finals.
- Blaszczykowsk is also the first Polish player to score at two Euro finals tournaments.
- In only one of Poland's nine EURO finals games has either team scored more than one goal (0-2 v Germany in 2008).
- At 37 years and 83 days, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk became the oldest Ukrainian player ever to appear at a Euro finals competition.
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