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29.03. (Tue) 17:30 Czech - Liechtenstein

DID YOU KNOW?

* The Czech Republic are second in Group I with six points from four matches, six points behind group leaders Spain and just two ahead of both Scotland and Lithuania.

* They were finalists at Euro ‘96, their first major finals as a separate country. They reached the semi-finals at Euro 2004.

* Michal Bilek’s side have scored four goals and conceded three so far in the qualifying campaign.

* Liechtenstein are at the bottom of the group, having lost all of their three games so far.

* They have not won a competitive match in 14 attempts, their last victory coming on October 17, 2007 against Iceland (3-0) in a Euro 2008 qualifier.

* They have not won in 15 away games in competitive football, having last registered a victory on the road against Luxembourg (4-0) on October 13, 2004 in a 2006 World Cup qualifier.

LAST MEETING

October 12, 2010: Liechtenstein 0-2 Czech Republic

The Czech Republic won 2-0 against Liechtenstein in the reverse fixture at the Rheinpark Stadion. Tomas Necid put the visitors into the lead after just 12 minutes and then a minute before the half-hour mark Vaclav Kadlec found the target to wrap up the points.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Czech Republic: Cech, Pospech, Hubnik, Sivok, M. Kadlec; Hubschman, Rosicky; Plasil, Rezek, Pudil; Baros

Liechtenstein: Jehle; Martin Stocklasa, Michael Stocklasa, Rechsteiner, Vogt; Burgmeier, Buchel, Erne, N. Hasler; Beck, Frick

Prediction
A victory for the Czech Republic looks to be the most likely outcome.

Czech Rep. 4-0 Liechtenstein