Slovakia v Ukraine: Euro 2024 – live | Euro 2024

56 mins: Ukraine have upped everything in the last few minutes and the fans are getting behind them. Slovakia need to calm things down.

GOAL! Slovakia give the ball away in the Ukraine half, allowing Mudryk to break. The ball makes its way out to Zinchenko on the left, allowing him to pick out Shaparenko who steers into the corner from 12 yards.

Almost from nothing, Ukraine are level.

52 mins: Mudryk gets down the left and chips a cross towards the six-yard box but it is a touch behind Dovbyk whose header basically goes backwards.

50 mins: It is all Slovakia in this half. I suspect a second goal would kill this off.

48 mins: The two men are back up and running without lasting damage. Slovakia are starting brightly once again.

46 mins: The ball is sent upfield from kick off and there is a clash of heads between Zinchenko and Pekarik. The medics are on.

Here we go again!

Half-time reading.

Schranz has scored the only goal of the match to give Slovakia a much-deserved lead. Saying that, Ukraine are certainly not out of this.

45 mins: One minute added on.

44 mins: Zinchenko stands over the free-kick. He aims for the near post but Dubravka does well to fist it away.

Down the other end … Haraslin cuts in from the right and takes aim; the shot takes a deflection and Trubin does well to palm wide.

42 mins: Yarmolenko takes a tumble on the right wing but it looks like a bit of a dive for me. Oliver still gives him a free-kick in a dangerous position.

40 mins: I saw Mudryk for Chelsea at Forest a month of so ago and he looked decent but still has problems with his decision-making when in dangerous positions. He scored a fine goal that day from a similar position to where he decided to cross rather than shoot moments ago.

“I watched a well-drilled, energetic Ukraine beat Iceland in a Euro playoff final,” says Kari Tulinius. “What happened to that team? The Ukrainians are playing like a bunch of players who went on a bender last night and woke up to a reminder on their phone telling them they were playing today.”

I was on holiday for the Romania game, so missed that but it sound bad. They are slowing getting into this match, at least.

38 mins: The pace of Mudryk against the high line of Slovakia could be crucial here. He will get a few more openings if his teammates play the right passes.

36 mins: Maybe Ukraine are in this match now. They are looking a little more confident in possession. Mudryk latches onto a long pass over the top and gets in behind the defence. He decides to cross rather than shoot and Slovakia clear the danger.

34 mins: Yarmolenko darts into the box and plays a one-two with Dobvyk, allowing the former West Ham man a chance but he cannot make contact. The ball eventually comes out to Tymchyk who shoots across Dubravka, who tips the ball onto the post.

32 mins: Can Ukraine build on their couple of good moments? They have weathered a relative storm and are still in this match.

Slovakia get a corner on the right despite the ball coming off Kucka. Duda whips it into the box but Oliver sees a foul and blows up.

30 mins: Ukraine have a couple of corners. The second almost comes to something when Mudryk’s shot is deflected towards Yarmolenko but his outstretched leg can only send the ball wide.

28 mins: Supposedly Slovakia have enjoyed 60% possession thus far but it feels like a lot more. I would not describe it as a contest at the moment.

I say that and then Mudryk slides the ball between two defence to Dobvyk, who twists and turns inside the box only to see his shot blocked by a last-ditch slide.

26 mins: Ukraine are struggling to beat the press and might need some sort of plan B to so.

24 mins: Mudryk gets a cracking chance to run at the Slovakia defence but the finish is beyond woeful, whacking his shot roughly 70 yards over the bar when under no pressure. How odd.

22 mins: The Slovakia fans are loving life in Dusseldorf. They will be confident of topping the group going into the knockout stages at this rate and they are doing it on merit.

20 mins: Ukraine are on the attack but then pass the ball straight out for a throw-in. They really are struggling.

19 mins: Ukraine need to step things up here, that’s for sure.

GOAL! Schranz runs off Zinchenko at the back post and heads a cross back across Trubin into the goal. Poor defending from Ukraine but it did seem inevitable.

It had be coming.

17 mins: Hanko lines up the free-kick and forces the goalkeeper into a decent save to his right. Seems like a case of when Slovakia will score rather than if …

16 mins: Slovakia are knocking the ball about well. Lobotka is at the centre of most it. He eventually earns a free-kick on the edge of the box after being pulled back.

14 mins: Tymchyk gets down the right and looks to find Dobvyk in the box but his cross is just behind him. In the end Brazhko does get a chance for Ukraine but his shot from 25 yards is straight at Dubravka.

12 mins: Basically, Slovakia look like quite a decent team and Ukraine do not. Maybe they will grow into the match …

Duda is the latest to take aim but he drags his shot wide from the edge of the box.

10 mins: We are back to Slovakia keeping the ball and they are happy to knock it about without Ukraine knowing how to stop them. Haraslin has the first real chance of the match as he bundles his way through the defence before striking at goal. Trubin blocks the shot and then is forced to produce a brilliant save to prevent Schranz from close range.

8 mins: “In Dusseldorf where there is a Jozef Venglos flag being waved and lots of Scotsmen. A minute’s silence for Gerhard Aigner but not Donald Sutherland.”

6 mins: Ukraine are getting on the ball a bit now. Tymchyk sends a cross into the box but Slovakia just about deal with it. The attack ends with an offside flag.

4 mins: It is all Slovakia in the early stages. Ukraine, understandably, looking a touch nervous after their opening game defeat. Slovakia might sense a chance to take advantage of those nerves.

2 mins: Slovakia got direct early on to see if they can shake up the Ukrainians in the early stages.

Peep! Peep! Peep! Here we go!

The players are out. Ukraine’s players each have a national flag tied around their shoulders.

Slovakia head coach Francesco Calzona spent 15 years as a coffee salesman. This is the sort of backstory we need in this competition.

Busy day for me.

There is some rain around in Dusseldorf. Hopefully the pitch is better than in Frankfurt last night.

The big team news is that Ukraine have made a number of changes, most notably swapping out goalkeeper Andriy Lunin for Benfica’s Anatoliy Trubin. The Real Madrid man had a poor game against Romania and Rebrov felt the need to act.

Slovakia (4-3-3): Dúbravka; Pekarík, Vavro, Škriniar, Hancko; Kucka, Lobotka, Duda; Schranz, Boženík, Haraslin.

Ukraine (4-3-3): Trubin; Tymchyk, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Brazhko, Sudakov; Yarmolenko, Mudryk, Dovbyk.

The exciting news is that Michael Oliver is in charge of proceedings in Dusseldorf. He will be assisted by Stuart Burt and Dan Cook.

Hello! Few would have anticipated Slovakia beating Belgium nor Ukraine being brushed aside by Romania. The opening round results make this an extremely important fixture for both. Slovakia could seal progress to the knockout stages with a win, whereas Ukraine need a victory, especially with the Belgians to come, to give them a chance of getting out of the group.

Slovakia have strong foundations with David Hancko and Milan Škriniar at the back, leaving them confident of keeping a clean sheet against most and nicking a goal, as Belgium found out to their cost. If they can match their performance from the start of the week, then they will be optimistic of repeating the result.

Ukraine will be hurting after the humbling but there is plenty of quality available to Serhiy Rebrov. If he manages to get the best out of Georgiy Sudakov and Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukraine will look a very different prospect. The Shakhtar Donetsk man is tipped for a big-money move sooner rather than later, while the Chelsea winger already secured his, showing flashes of what he can do in the Premier League.

It should be an intriguing watch.

Kick-off: 2pm BST