UEFA EURO 2008 GROUP ADate: Wed 11 June Kick-off: 1700 BST Venue: Stade de Geneve, Geneva
Group A favourites Portugal or Czech Republic could on Wednesday become the first team to book a place in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals. Portugal, who impressively beat Turkey 2-0 in their opening match, and the Czechs, less than convincing 1-0 winners of the tournament opener against co-hosts Switzerland on Saturday, meet at the Stade de Geneve in Geneva (1600 GMT).Team facts - Czech Republic
Deployed their oldest starting line-up in this competition in their opening match against Switzerland. At 29 years and 298 days, their line-up beats the previous oldest starting eleven from 1980 by more than a year.
The win against Switzerland was Karel Bruckner's 50th victory in his 74-match reign as Czech national team boss. Won their last six competitive matches and are unbeaten in their last eight.
Team facts - Portugal
By beating Turkey in their opening match, Portugal extended their unbeaten streak in competitive matches to 12, their joint second best ever.
Between September 2004 and July 2006, Portugal were unbeaten in 17 competitive matches. Their last defeat in a competitive match was in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Poland (2-1) on 11 October 2006.
Never been awarded a penalty at European Championships. This running streak of 20 matches is a tournament record.
Player facts - Czech Republic
Goalkeeper Petr Cech will meet his Chelsea team mates Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho.
Player facts - Portugal
Against Turkey, Nuno Gomes equalled a Portuguese record by appearing in his third European Championship, a total also achieved by Fernando Couto, Luís Figo and Rui Costa.
If Nuno Gomes scores, he will become the third player to score in three different European Championships, joining Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) and Vladimir Smicer (Czech Republic). Thierry Henry (France) and Henrik Larsson (Sweden) can also achieve this feat at Euro 2008.
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