Portugal and Iceland are the final two sides to get their Euro 2016 campaigns under way, while Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy Guichard will be the last of the 10 venues to host its first game. It should be worth waiting for - Portugal's encouraging form under coach Fernando Santos means they begin as Group F favourites, but tournament debutants Iceland proved they are no respecters of reputation by beating the Netherlands twice in qualifying.
All seven of Portugal's qualifying wins came via single-goal margins and they struggled to find fluency in attack. But they arrive in France buoyed by a 7-0 win against Estonia last week in which key man Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice before being substituted at half-time. Ronaldo will win his 127th cap on Tuesday - equalling the Portuguese record set by Luis Figo.
Iceland's preparations also ended with a morale-boosting win against minnows - they beat Liechtenstein 4-0 - but there are question marks over their defensive strength. They have conceded 17 times in their last eight matches, losing 4-2 to Poland, 3-1 to Slovakia and 3-2 to Norway.
TEAM NEWS
Portugal forward Ricardo Quaresma is doubtful for Tuesday's game because of a minor muscle problem.
If the Portuguese are reluctant to risk Quaresma then Nani will support Cristiano Ronaldo up front.
Gylfi Sigurdsson, Aron Gunnarsson and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson were carrying injuries when named in Iceland's squad but have since proven their fitness.
Sigthorsson will be partnered by either Alfred Finnbogason or Jon Dadi Bodvarsson in attack.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The only previous meetings between these sides came in qualifying for Euro 2012, when Portugal won both matches.
Portugal won 3-1 in Reykjavik in October 2010 - with Ronaldo opening the scoring inside three minutes.
Nani scored twice as the Portuguese won the reverse fixture 5-3 a year later.
Portugal
- Fernando Santos is the first Portugal manager to win his first seven competitive games.
- They scored 11 times in qualifying - Albania are the only Euro 2016 finalist to score fewer goals (albeit both Portugal and Albania were in a five-team group, and played fewer games than most).
- They have only won two of their six opening games at the European Championship - against England in 2000 and Turkey in 2008.
- The only time Portugal lost their first game - in 2004 - they went on to reach the final.
- Portugal have made it to the semi-finals of the European Championship the most times without ever lifting the trophy. They have reached at least the semi-finals in four of their six appearances at the tournament (including their run to the final as hosts in 2004).
- Since making his European Championship finals debut in 2004, Ronaldo has scored or assisted nine of Portugal's 21 goals at the tournament.
Iceland
- Iceland used only 20 players during their qualifying campaign, the joint-lowest tally with Austria.
- Nine of 17 Iceland's qualifying goals were from set-pieces - only Switzerland (10) scored more.
- Gylfi Sigurdsson scored or assisted more than half of Iceland's goals in qualifying and led them in passes (447), tackles (13), assists (three) and goals.
- Sigurdsson scored six times from 11 efforts on target in qualifying.
Possible line-ups
Portugal: Rui Patrício; Vieirinha, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Raphäel Guerreiro; João Mário, Danilo, João Moutinho, Adrien Silva; Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Iceland: Halldorsson; Sævarsson, R Sigurdsson, Árnason, Skúlason; Gudmundsson, G Sigurdsson, Gunnarsson, Bjarnason; Sigthórsson, Finnbogason.
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