Outright Odds: fifty/one
Group B Winners: nine/4
Sweden battled their way as a result of a clumsy qualifying group which included Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Iceland and qualified as among the list of two very best put runners-up. The Swedes misplaced narrowly 1-0 to Croatia the two house and away but 8 wins outside of 8 in opposition to the rest of their opponents saw them amount on points.
The Swedes boast excellent organisation within the back again as well as their defence transported just 4 goals in ten qualifying matches. Goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson was a revelation in qualifying, arguably making a single miscalculation from Iceland within a match Sweden won easily. The Rennes stopper can be a deserving substitution for your veteran Thomas Ravelli who won over 100 caps for his state.
Sweden even have excellent attacking possibilities to compliment a resolute back again line. The existing darling of Swedish football, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, blasted in 8 plans in ten qualifying video games though his creative imagination authorized the marauding Fredrik Ljungberg to score seven goals from midfield.
Ibrahimovic came of age at Euro 2004 with a surprising back-flick goal from Italy which cause Juventus shopping for him for roughly eleven million the following August. He proved his mettle for scoring when it issues probably the most having an injuries-time winner absent at Hungary in a very cruch-qualifier.
Veteran striker Henrik Larsson, a member of your Sweden squad who concluded third inside the 1994 finals, also adds an additional possibility in assault as he seeks one particular closing hurrah in advance of retiring from the game.
Despite thrashing their opponents in qualifying, rattling in 27 plans, thirteen of which came versus poor Malta, the defeats towards Croatia raise question marks around whether or not they can repeat their superb appearances with the previous.
This can be Swedens eleventh visual appeal at the globe Cup finals. They hosted the Match in 1958 and scored just after four minutes towards Brazil in the final. Having said that, a 17-calendar year-outdated Pele scuppered their options and also the Brazilians ran out five-2 winners. They've got also arrived at the semi-finals in 1950 and 1994 so You will find a ton to Stay nearly.
The enthusiasts will assume them to enhance with a irritating overall look while in the 2002 finals when they topped the 1st round team in advance of each England and Argentina but misplaced in the second round just after added-time from surprise package Senegal.
Advisable Wager:
It will likely be a good struggle in between Sweden and England to earn Group B, with either side likely to make your mind up who tops the team whenever they meet in the final sport. Past meetings are already near plus they drew 1-1 when they performed in 온라인바카라 Group Fs opening fixture 4 many years in the past. A repeat performance may be the proposed wager.
Sweden vs England attract @ eleven/5
Sweden vs England 1-1 appropriate rating @ five/one