Italy ready to test England's mettle

• Roy Hodgson remains unbeaten in his five games as England manager but will face his biggest test yet against Italy in the last UEFA EURO 2012 quarter-final tie in Kyiv.

• England finished top of Group D after following a 1-1 opening-day draw against France with narrow victories over Sweden and Ukraine.

• The Azzurri, who will be without Giorgio Chiellini because of a thigh injury, also came through a tough opening fixture in Group C, holding Spain to a draw, picking up another point against Croatia before edging through with a 2-0 triumph over the Republic of Ireland.

• It is the teams' first meeting for ten years and only once before have they met at a UEFA European Championship final tournament, Italy winning 1-0 in 1980 to eliminate England.

• The winners will play Germany in the semi-finals in Warsaw on 28 June.