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Euro 2016 Play-Offs: Saturday's 1st Leg Scores and Updated Schedule

Ukraine have one foot in the UEFA Euro 2016 finals after defeating Slovenia 2-0 at home on Saturday to claim a firm advantage in their two-legged play-off clash.

Saturday's hosts saw their forwards execute a game plan to perfection as Andriy Yarmolenko and Evgen Seleznyov provided the goals that make Slovenia's task of turning the tide in Tuesday's return leg very difficult.

Later this evening, Sweden play host to Denmark at Solna's Friends Arena in a Scandinavian struggle pitting two Nordic titans against one another, both seeking an advantage before next week's return leg.

Read on for recap of Saturday's results as we take one step closer to completing the Euro 2016 lineup.