England have won three of their four previous games against Ukraine and will look to continue that dominance as the teams meet at Donetsk's Donbass Arena in their final Group D fixture.

Head-to-head record
• Opponents in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, each side won their home game but England came out on top overall, finishing six points clear of second-placed Ukraine who lost to Greece in the play-offs.

• England won the nations' two friendly meetings, starting with a 2-0 Wembley success in May 2000. Robbie Fowler and Tony Adams scored the goals. Steven Gerrard and Gareth Barry made their debuts, Rio Ferdinand sat on the bench and Andriy Shevchenko and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk featured for Ukraine.

• England prevailed 3-0 in Newcastle in August 2004, David Beckham, Michael Owen and debutant Shaun Wright-Phillips the scorers.

• The teams will meet again in qualifying Group H for the 2014 World Cup, England hosting Ukraine on 11 September with the reverse fixture on 10 September 2013.

• Ukraine beat England 2-0 in the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final at Donetsk's RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium. Kyle Walker and Danny Welbeck lined up against Serhiy Kryvtsov and Denys Garmash, who struck Ukraine's second goal.

Selected previous meetings
10 October 2009: Ukraine 1-0 England (Nazarenko 18) – Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, FIFA World Cup qualifier
Ukraine: Pyatov, Kucher, Kobin, Rakitskiy, Khacheridi, Gai, Tymoshchuk, Nazarenko (Yarmolenko 67), Rotan, Milevskiy, Shevchenko (Gusev 90+2).
England: Green, G Johnson, Ferdinand, Terry, A Cole, Lennon (James 12), Carrick, Lampard, Gerrard (Milner 46), Heskey (C Cole 72), Rooney.

• Robert Green's dismissal helped Ukraine inflict Fabio Capello's only defeat in 18 qualifying games. The victory helped Ukraine gain a play-off berth but mattered little to already qualified England.

1 April 2009: England 2-1 Ukraine (Crouch 29, Terry 85; Shevchenko 74) – Wembley, London, FIFA World Cup qualifier
England: James, G Johnson, Ferdinand (Jagielka 88), Terry, A Cole, Lennon (Beckham 57), Lampard, Barry, Gerrrard, Crouch (Wright-Phillips 79), Rooney.
Ukraine: Pyatov, Yarmash, Mikhalik, Chygrynskiy, Shevchuk, Aliyev, Sliusar (Kalinichenko 88), Tymoshchuk, Valyayev (Nazarenko 62), Milevskiy, Voronin (Shevchenko 56).

• Capello's side got the better of Olexiy Mykhailychenko's men in the sides' first competitive meeting thanks to John Terry's late winner.

Form guide
• Ukraine's only previous final tournament appearance came at the 2006 World Cup when they overcame a 4-0 opening loss to Spain thanks to victories over Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. They then beat Switzerland on penalties, before defeat by Italy in the quarter-finals.

• England came through qualifying undefeated – five wins and three draws – and entered these finals without a competitive loss since succumbing 4-1 to Germany at the 2010 World Cup, their heaviest tournament defeat.

• England have not beaten the hosts at a major tournament in five attempts since beating Switzerland 2-0 at the 1954 World Cup. They lost 1-0 to Italy (1980 UEFA European Championship); drew 0-0 with Spain (1982 World Cup); lost 2-1 to Italy (1990 World Cup third-place play-off); went down 2-1 against Sweden to seal their first round elimination (EURO '92); and lost to Portugal on penalties in the quarter-finals (UEFA EURO 2004).

Team ties
• Shevchenko was at Chelsea FC from 2006 to 2009, scoring nine goals in 48 Premier League appearances. His team-mates included Terry, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard.

• Andriy Voronin scored five times in 27 league outings for Liverpool FC between 2007 and 2010, playing alongside Gerrard and Peter Crouch.

• Shevchenko and Oleh Gusev hit FC Dynamo Kyiv's goals as they eliminated Manchester City FC 2-1 on aggregate in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League round of 16; Joe Hart, Barry and James Milner appeared for City.

• Dmytro Chygrynskiy cancelled out Theo Walcott's opener as FC Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Arsenal FC 2-1 at the Donbass Arena in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage.

• Yevhen Seleznyov scored in Shakhtar's 2-0 home defeat of Tottenham Hotspur FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 32; Darren Bent was a substitute for Spurs, who eventually lost 3-1 on aggregate.

• Joleon Lescott and Edmar scored for their respective teams  in both legs of Everton FC's 4-3 aggregate win against FC Metalist Kharkiv in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup first round.