SOLNA. Sweden was in the end too good for Kosovo. E. Forsberg (29′ pen), A. Isak (62′) and R. Quaison (79′).
The match was played at the Friends Arena stadium in Solna on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello who was helped by Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni. The 4th official was Rosario Abisso. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6 degrees Celsius or 42.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Sweden was in firm control of the ball 55% while Kosovo was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Sweden was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sweden won the match.
Sweden shot 25 times, 13 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Kosovo shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sweden received 3 yellow cards (D. Kulusevski, A. Ekdal and M. Danielson). On the opposite side, Kosovo received 4 yellow cards (I. Dresevic, F. Loshaj, F. Hadergjonaj and F. Aliti).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Sweden will have 12 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Kosovo will stay with 4 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Sweden will host Greece on the 12th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Greece (0 draws).
Kosovo will host Georgia on the 12th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Kosovo (0 draws).
Sweden – Formation
Sweden
37'
84'
29'
Sweden adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Jan Olof Andersson decided to play with the following team: Robin Olsen , Emil Krafth , Marcus Danielson , Joakim Nilsson , Ludwig Augustinsson , Viktor Claesson , Kristoffer Olsson , Albin Ekdal , Emil Forsberg , Dejan Kulusevski and Alexander Isak .
The home team had on the bench: Magnus Eriksson, Jens Cajuste, Jesper Karlsson, Pontus Dahlberg, Daniel Sundgren, Ken Sema, Alexander Milošević, Martin Olsson, Mattias Svanberg , Viktor Gyökeres, Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Robin Quaison .
Substitutions
Sweden made 5 changes: A. Isak for R. Quaison (75′), A. Ekdal for J. Cajuste (84′), E. Forsberg for P. Dahlberg (85′), K. Olsson for M. Eriksson (90′) and D. Kulusevski for V. Gyokeres (90′).
Best player: Alexander Isak
The player that probably impressed the most for Sweden was Alexander Isak.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.
Kosovo – Formation
Kosovo
Also Kosovo adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Bernard Challandes played with: Arijanet Murić , Florent Hadergjonaj , Amir Rrahmani , Fidan Aliti , Mergim Vojvoda , Elbasan Rashani , Florian Loshaj , Ibrahim Drešević , Zymer Bytyqi , Vedat Muriqi and Milot Rashica .
They had on the bench: Betim Fazliji, David Domgjoni , Samir Ujkani, Mirlind Kryeziu, Herolind Shala, Florent Muslija, Visar Bekaj, Besar Halimi, Lirim Kastrati, Toni Domgjoni and Astrit Selmani .
Substitutions
Kosovo made 4 changes: Z. Bytyqi for A. Selmani (70′), M. Vojvoda for D. Domgjoni (73′), F. Loshaj for B. Fazliji (87′) and E. Rashani for F. Muslija (87′).
Best player: Arijanet Murić
The player that probably impressed the most for Kosovo was the goalkeeper: Arijanet Murić. His rating is 7.63. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Poland – San Marino – 5-0
- Hungary – Albania – 0-1
- Andorra – England – 0-5
- Moldova – Denmark – 0-4
- Faroe Islands – Austria – 0-2
- Scotland – Israel – 3-2
- Sweden – Kosovo – 3-0
- Georgia – Greece – 0-2
- Finland – Ukraine – 1-2
- Kazakhstan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0-2
- Switzerland – Northern Ireland – 2-0
- Lithuania – Bulgaria – 3-1
- Luxembourg – Serbia – 0-1
- Azerbaijan – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
