Sweden vs Slovakia: UEFA EURO 2020 match background, facts and stats Thursday 4 February 2021
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Slovakia return to Dublin for their second Group E game to take on Sweden, a team they have never previously beaten.
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Slovakia return to Dublin for their second Group E game to take on Sweden, a team they have never previously beaten.
• However, while Slovakia reached the round of 16 at UEFA EURO 2016, their debut in the tournament, Sweden – who have appeared in every EURO finals since 2000 – last featured in the knockout stage in 2004.
Previous meetings
• Sweden and Slovakia have met on five previous occasions, Sweden winning two with the other three matches – including the last two – ending in draws.
Juve roll Parma to keep the pressure up
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Since the last international break in November, there have been some promising signs about Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus. A couple of performances that make you look up and say yeah, this time is headed to the right place. Sometimes the results, like Wednesday’s draw against Atalanta, don’t completely show it, but there has been steady improvement over the last month.
But Saturday night’s game against Parma was the clearest sign yet that Pirlo’s Juve is trending in the right direction.
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Juventus will be looking to keep up the pace with Serie A leaders AC Milan when they lock horns with Parma away from home this weekend.
Reigning champions Juventus will travel to Stadio Ennio Tardini as they gear up to take on Parma on Saturday night in matchweek 13 of the 2020/21 Serie A.
Parma head into the game on the back of a five-game unbeaten run in all competitions, drawing their last three in a row, which included a 2-2 stalemate against leaders AC Milan, while their most recent game was a goalless affair against Cagliari. Fabio Liverani’s men find themselves in the 14th place in the table, five points clear of the relegation zone.