Greece are short of defenders, with Sokratis Papastathopoulos serving a ban and Avraam Papadopoulos ruled out after tearing his cruciate ligament.
Euro 2012: Greece v Czech Republic
* Venue: Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw
* Date: Monday, 12 June
* Kick-off: 17:00 BST
Kyriakos Papadopoulos will be promoted to the starting line-up, and is set to partner Kostas Katsouranis at the back.
The Czech Republic may make changes following their 4-1 defeat to Russia.
Michal Kadlec could revert to centre-back with David Limbersky coming in at left-back, while Tomas Hubschman and Tomas Pekhart could also feature.
Match Facts: Greece v Czech Republic
Head-to-head
* Since the "velvet divorce" with Slovakia the Czech Republic have not beaten Greece, failing to score in four meetings (L2, D2). The most recent encounter was a 1-0 win for the Greeks in a friendly match played in Cyprus in February 2008.
* Greece's last defeat to Czechoslovakia was a 2-1 friendly loss in 1982.
Greece
* Greece have lost only once in 22 matches under coach Fernando Santos (W11, D10, L1). Their only defeat came against Romania in a friendly last November.
* Dimitris Salpingidis scored the only goal when these teams last met, in a friendly in 2008. Greece are unbeaten when Salpingidis has scored - recording six wins and two draws.
* Giorgos Karagounis's missed penalty against Poland was the third spot-kick in a row they have spurned. Kostas Katsouranis and Giorgos Samaras both failed to convert from 12 yards in Greece's final warm-up game, a 1-0 win against Armenia.
Czech Republic
* The Czech Republic can become the first country to concede three goals or more in four successive European Championship matches.
* Milan Baros was top scorer at Euro 2004 with five goals. Only six players have scored six or more goals at European Championships: Michel Platini (9), Alan Shearer (7), plus Ruud van Nistelrooy, Patrick Kluivert, Thierry Henry and Nuno Gomes (all with 6).
* Vaclav Pilar, the Czechs' goalscorer against Russia, completed all 11 of his passes in the final third and each of his four shots were on target.
Watch Live Euro 2012: Greece v Czech Republic
Euro 2012: Greece v Czech Republic* Venue: Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw
* Date: Monday, 12 June
* Kick-off: 17:00 BST
Kyriakos Papadopoulos will be promoted to the starting line-up, and is set to partner Kostas Katsouranis at the back.
The Czech Republic may make changes following their 4-1 defeat to Russia.
Michal Kadlec could revert to centre-back with David Limbersky coming in at left-back, while Tomas Hubschman and Tomas Pekhart could also feature.
Match Facts: Greece v Czech Republic
Head-to-head
* Since the "velvet divorce" with Slovakia the Czech Republic have not beaten Greece, failing to score in four meetings (L2, D2). The most recent encounter was a 1-0 win for the Greeks in a friendly match played in Cyprus in February 2008.
* Greece's last defeat to Czechoslovakia was a 2-1 friendly loss in 1982.
Greece
* Greece have lost only once in 22 matches under coach Fernando Santos (W11, D10, L1). Their only defeat came against Romania in a friendly last November.
* Dimitris Salpingidis scored the only goal when these teams last met, in a friendly in 2008. Greece are unbeaten when Salpingidis has scored - recording six wins and two draws.
* Giorgos Karagounis's missed penalty against Poland was the third spot-kick in a row they have spurned. Kostas Katsouranis and Giorgos Samaras both failed to convert from 12 yards in Greece's final warm-up game, a 1-0 win against Armenia.
Czech Republic
* The Czech Republic can become the first country to concede three goals or more in four successive European Championship matches.
* Milan Baros was top scorer at Euro 2004 with five goals. Only six players have scored six or more goals at European Championships: Michel Platini (9), Alan Shearer (7), plus Ruud van Nistelrooy, Patrick Kluivert, Thierry Henry and Nuno Gomes (all with 6).
* Vaclav Pilar, the Czechs' goalscorer against Russia, completed all 11 of his passes in the final third and each of his four shots were on target.
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