"Czech Republic v Portugal"

Czech Republic striker Milan Baros, leading scorer in Euro 2004, is set to replace midfielder Jaroslav Plasil and Jan Koller partner in advance.

Right of return Zdenek Pospech is in a position again after the flu and Marek Matejovsky could replace David Jarolim in the center of the field.

Portugal is expected to name the same team which beat Turkey 2-0.

Goalkeeper Nuno Espirito Santo with trained staff on Monday after being called up to replace Quim, who fractured his wrist on Friday.

Matejovsky, who has been suffering from an abdominal muscle injury, said he was ready to return.

"I'm 100% fit and ready," said playmaker reading. "The problem has ido.

"I will be happy to play but it is up to the coach to select the line-up. This is not a fight between David and me - the whole world would like to play.

"We are here as a team and we are to succeed."

BIG MATCH STATS

From head to head

Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia) and Portugal have met 11 times, with the Czechs winning four matches and Portugal won three times. However, their first meeting in January 1926 (1-1) is not recognised as an international civil servant of the Czech Federation.

Their last meeting was in the quarterfinals of Euro 1996 when the Czechs won 1-0 courtesy of a goal Karel Poborsky.

Team facts - Czech Republic

Deploy its oldest starting line-in this competition in its opening match against Switzerland. At 29 years and 298 days, his line-up late the previous oldest since 1980 more than eleven per year.

The victory against Switzerland Karel Bruckner was the 50 th victory in his 74-match reign as head of the Czech national team.

He won his last six competitive matches and are unbeaten in their last eight.

Team facts - Portugal

By beating Turkey in their opening match, Portugal extended its unbeaten streak in competitions to 12, its second best set of all time.

Between September 2004 and July 2006, Portugal was unbroken in 17 competitions. His last defeat in a competitive game was in a Euro 2008 in Poland (2-1) on October 11, 2006.

Never having been awarded a penalty in tournaments in Europe. This operation streak of 20 matches is a tournament record.

Player facts - Czech Republic

Goalkeeper Petr Cech will meet his team Chelsea Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho.

Player facts - Portugal

Against Turkey, Nuno Gomes equaled a record of Portuguese appearing in his third European Championship, a total also achieved by Fernando Couto, Luis Figo and Rui Costa.

If Nuno Gomes results, which will become the third player to score in three different championships in Europe, joining Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) and Vladimir SMIC (Czech Republic). Thierry Henry (France), Henrik Larsson (Sweden) can also achieve this feat in the Euro 2008.

Miscellaneous Info

The Czechs have a good record in matches led by referee Kyros Vassar.

In 2000, won a World Cup 2002 qualification against Iceland (4-0) and in September 2007, a Euro 2008 Qualifier against the Republic of Ireland (1-0).

Portugal also has good memories of Vassar arbitrator. They beat Sweden (2-3) in a friendly match in 2002, crushed Russia (7-1) in a World Cup qualification in 2004 and registered a 4-0 victory against Belgium in a Euro 2008 in March 2007.