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Good afternoon, and welcome to the Euro 2016 Group B clash between Wales and Slovakia. A colossal day for the Welsh, this being their first game at a major championships since 1958, 58 years and several lifetimes ago. We'll have some team news for you shortly.

Euro 2024 / Group Stage
Matmut Atlantique / 11.06.2016
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Updated 11/06/2016 at 17:53 GMT


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Want some pre-match info? Here's the head-to-head:
Wales and Slovakia's only previous meetings came in EURO 2008 qualifying. Slovakia won 5-1 in Cardiff on 7 October 2006, Wales' biggest home defeat in qualifying for either the European Championships or World Cup. In the reverse fixture, Wales won 5-2 in Trnava.
So I think from this we can definitely expect at least six goals. At least.
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Word is that Hennessey had a back spasm in the warm-up. How do you feel, 22-year-old Danny Ward?
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So the big news is that Wayne Hennessey misses out after seemingly injuring his back in the warm-up - Liverpool's Danny Ward takes his place in nets. The other notable news is that Hal Robson Kanu isn't fit enough to start, so they have what amounts to two midfielders up front. Although when one of those is Gareth Bale, they're not too hard up.
WALES: Ward, Gunter, Chester, A Williams, Davies, Taylor, Allen, Edwards, Ramsey, J Williams, Bale./// SLOVAKIA: Kozacik, Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Svento, Mak, Kucka, Hrosovsky, Hamsik, Weiss, Duris.