This is the first meeting between the Netherlands and Ukraine at a major tournament (World Cup or European Championship). The Dutch are unbeaten in their two previous encounters – both friendlies, winning 3-0 in Rotterdam in May 2008 and drawing 1-1 in Donetsk in August 2010.
Ukraine have made four changes to their side from their win over Cyprus last time out. Bushchan returns between the posts to replace Pyatov, who drops to the bench. Karavaev and Mykolenko start in the full-back positions, while Sydorchuk slots into the middle of the park.
De Boer has made one change to his side from their victory over Georgia in their final warm-up match. Van Aanholt comes into the side at left wing-back in place of Wijndal, who drops to the bench. The Oranje are still without Matthijs de Ligt due to a groin injury, which sees Timber start alongside Blind and De Vrij in the backline. Depay and Weghorst lead the line for Netherlands.
UKRAINE SUBS: Eduard Sobol, Sergey Krivtsov, Taras Stepanenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Marlos Bonfim, Andriy Pyatov, Evgeniy Makarenko, Artem Besedin, Anatolii Trubin, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Denys Popov, Artem Dovbyk.
UKRAINE (4-3-3): Georgi Bushchan; Oleksandr Karavaev,Illia Zabarnyi, Mykola Matvyenko, Vitalii Mykolenko; Ruslan Malinovskiy, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk, Olekasandr Zubkov.
NETHERLANDS SUBS: Joel Veltman, Nathan Ake, Owen Wijndal, Steven Berghuis, Luuk de Jong, Tim Krul, Davy Klaassen, Ryan Gravenberch, Donyell Malen, Marco Bizot, Teun Koopmeiners, Cody Gakpo.
NETHERLANDS (3-5-2): Maarten Stekelenburg; Jurrien Timber, Stefan de Vrij, Daley Blind; Denzel Dumfries, Maarten de Roon, Georginio Wijnaldum, Frenkie de Jong, Patrick van Aanholt; Wout Weghorst, Memphis Depay.
Ukraine endured a disappointing campaign in Euro 2016, losing all three of their group stage matches. Andriy Shevchenko has a good opportunity to improve on their last outing in an attempt to reach the knockout phase for the first time as an independent nation. Ukraine were excellent in qualifying, topping their group ahead of Portugal, notching a 2-1 win over the Selecao in the process. They will need that reach that standard and a lot more to break out of the group stage.
Netherlands embark on their first European Championship campaign in nine years after failing to qualify for Euro 2016. The Oranje have rebuilt their side after failing to reach the last two major competitions, and now have a exciting core of players that could challenge for honours for years to come. All eyes will be on Frank de Boer to conjure performances out of a talented team that could make a deep surge in this tournament.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the Euro 2020 Group C clash between Netherlands and Ukraine at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
