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Romania failed to win their opening group game in any of their previous five appearances at the European Championships (W0 D3 L2).

Anghel Iordanescu and Edi Iordanescu will become the first father and son pair to both coach a team at the European Championships.

Iordanescu senior was Romania’s head coach at Euro 1996 (W0-D0-L3) and Euro 2016 (W0-D1-L2). He also was their manager at two World Cups (1994, 1998).

This is the first time Romania and Ukraine will meet in a major tournament having faced each other six times in friendlies. Romania have the edge over Ukraine in those encounters (W3, D1, L2).

Ukraine will be a story off the pitch as well as on during the Euros, but expect Serhiy Rebrov’s side to be more than that. Many are tipping Ukraine to be dark horses in Germany and they have firepower to trouble a limited Romania team. If Ukraine can get ahead early, they could be off to a flyer.

Romania 0-3 Ukraine

The Group E fixture will kick off at 2pm BST on Monday 17 June at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

It will be shown live on BBC 1 and on BBC iPlayer in the UK, with coverage starting from 1:30pm. You can find a full list of which channel is showing each match here.

Romania XI: Nita; Rativ, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; M. Marin; Man, R. Marin, Stanciu, Coman; Dragus

Ukraine XI: Lunin; Konoplia, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Stepaneko, Shaparenko; Tsygankov, Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk

Team news

Romania and Tottenham Hotspur defender Radu Dragusin will start in defence, with the talisman and captain Nicolae Stanciu ahead of him in midfield. Romania coach Edward Iordanescu will likely rely on on both and with few goals in the team, there is a decision to be made on who starts up front: Denis Dragus may get the nod.

The fitness of Everton left back Vitaliy Mykolenko following injury has been a concern for Ukraine, with captain Oleksandr Zinchenk, who can play in midfield for his country, set to step in. Goalkeeper Andriy Lunin impressed this season after taking a more prominent role with Real Madrid and will start, with Viktor Tsygankov set to be preferred to the experience Andriy Yarmolenko on the opposite wing to Mudryk.

We’ve got team news coming up shortly and the full build-up to the opening game of the day in Germany right here - but if for now you want to read more on the reaction to England’s win over Serbia and the fan trouble which preceded it, you can tune in to our analysis and news blog here:

Ukraine reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2020 - their best result at a European Championship - and will hope to advance from Group E, which also includes Belgium and Slovakia.

Full list of results and reports at Euro 2024 so far:

Friday, June 14

Group A, Munich: Germany 5-1 Scotland

June 15

Group A, Cologne: Hungary 1-3 Switzerland

Group B, Berlin: Spain 3-0 Croatia

Group B, Dortmund: Italy 2-1 Albania

June 16

Group D, Hamburg: Poland 1-2 Netherlands

Group C, Stuttgart: Slovenia 1-1 Denmark

Group C, Gelsenkirchen: Serbia 0-1 England