Euro 2016 continue on day two which sees Albania take on Switzerland in Group A, while Wales play Slovakia and England take on Russia in Group B on Saturday.
England and Russia are the two big name teams in Group B and both team head into the clash on Saturday , hoping to draw first blood in their opening match at the Stade Velodrome, with kick-off at 21:00.
The closest England ever came to winning the European tournament was placing third in 1968 and in 1996, making the semi-finals but ultimately tasting defeat against Germany losing 6-5 on penalties.
England are on the back of winning all 10 of their qualifying matches, not to forget their notable victory over Germany in a friendly.
However, despite that great run of form, the Three Lions are anything but a settled side as Roy Hodgson struggles with getting his in-form players into an established system.
Russia’s preparations have been hampered by a number of injury problems, with midfielder Igor Denisov one of five absentees from the squad, joining Alan Dzagoev, Denis Cheryshev, Yuri Zhirkov and Oleg Kuzmin on the sidelines.
Switzerland may get a taste of their own medicine on Saturday when they play an Albania side featuring several players who benefited from the Swiss youth set-up.
Loyalties will be divided in their Group A clash when for the first time in the European Championship, will see brothers Granit and Taulant Xhaka on opposing sides at the Stade Felix-Bollaert, with kick-off at 15:00.
Nine members of the Albania squad had the right to play for Switzerland, and six members of the Swiss squad could have opted for Albania.
For the first time in 20 years two Euro finals debutants meet in an opening match, with Slovakia ready to go head-to-head with Wales at the Matmut Atlantique at 18:00.
In the only two previous meetings between the two side’s, during the Euro 2008 qualifying, Slovakia defeated Wales 5-1 in Cardiff, before the Welsh took their revenge with a 5-2 victory in Trnava.
Wales managed by Chris Coleman was the surprise package in the Euro qualifiers when they finished second in their group below leaders Belgium. They lost once during the campaign and secure six victories. Since then they failed to win in four consecutive friendlies, with two defeats.
Just like Wales, Slovakia qualified for the Euros by finishing second in their group, below Spain with seven wins, one draw and two defeats. They are unbeaten in the seven friendlies played since then by winning four and three draws.
Their 3-1 victory against Germany on May 29 is an evidence of what they are capable of. Slovakia are in a good scoring form after netting 14 goals in their last seven 7 matches.
Possible England line-ups:
Joe Hart, Kyle Walker, Gary Cahill, Chris Smalling, Danny Rose; Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Adam Lallana, Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane.
Possible Russia line-up:
Igor Akinfeev, Igor Smolnikov, Vasili Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgi Shchennikov, Aleksandr Golovin, Roman Neustädter, Fyodor Smolov, Oleg Shatov, Aleksandr Kokorin, Artyom Dzyuba.
