SOLNA. Sweden defeats Greece with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Isak (69′) and a penalty scored byE. Forsberg (59′). Greece lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Friends Arena stadium in Solna on Tuesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the assistance of Christian Gittelmann and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Greece was in firm control of the ball 58% while Sweden was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Greece was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Sweden was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sweden shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Greece shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sweden received 2 yellow cards (A. Ekdal and M. Svanberg). On the opposite side, Greece received 3 yellow cards (P. Chatzidiakos, A. Bakasetas and K. Mavropanos).
Also, Greece didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after P. Chatzidiakos (Greece) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (86′).
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 encounter, Sweden will have 15 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Greece will stay with 9 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Sweden will play away with Georgia on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Sweden (0 draws).
Greece will host Spain on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Spain (1 draw).
Sweden – Formation
Sweden
81'
61'
59'
Sweden started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Jan Olof Andersson decided to play with the following team: Robin Olsen , Emil Krafth , Victor Lindelöf , Marcus Danielson , Ludwig Augustinsson , Viktor Claesson , Kristoffer Olsson , Albin Ekdal , Emil Forsberg , Robin Quaison and Alexander Isak .
The home team had on the bench: Joakim Nilsson, Jens Cajuste , Viktor Gyökeres, Jesper Karlsson, Magnus Eriksson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Daniel Sundgren, Alexander Milošević, Mattias Svanberg , Pontus Dahlberg, Ken Sema and Martin Olsson.
Substitutions
Sweden made 4 changes: V. Claesson for M. Svanberg (81′), A. Ekdal for J. Cajuste (81′), R. Quaison for V. Gyokeres (87′) and E. Forsberg for M. Olsson (87′).
Best player: Alexander Isak
The player that probably impressed the most for Sweden was Alexander Isak.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 19.
Greece – Formation
Greece
86'
Greece started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the opposite side, John van \’t Schip played with: Odysseas Vlachodimos , Pantelis Chatzidiakos , Konstantinos Mavropanos , Konstantinos Tsimikas , Athanasios Androutsos , Anastasios Bakasetas , Manolis Siopis , Andreas Bouchalakis , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Giorgos Masouras and Vangelis Pavlidis .
They had on the bench: Christos Tzolis , Anastasios Douvikas , Leonardo Koutris, Giorgos Athanasiadis, Dimitris Limnios , Marios Vrousai, Alexandros Paschalakis, Petros Mantalos, Achilleas Poungouras, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Dimitrios Pelkas and Manolis Saliakas.
Substitutions
Greece made 4 changes: M. Siopis for D. Pelkas (71′), G. Masouras for C. Tzolis (71′), V. Pavlidis for A. Douvikas (75′) and D. Giannoulis for D. Limnios (84′).
Best player: Anastasios Bakasetas
The player that probably impressed the most for Greece was Anastasios Bakasetas.
His rating is with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Kazakhstan – Finland – 0-2
- Portugal – Luxembourg – 5-0
- Serbia – Azerbaijan – 3-1
- Bulgaria – Northern Ireland – 2-1
- Lithuania – Switzerland – 0-4
- Kosovo – Georgia – 1-2
- Sweden – Greece – 2-0
- Denmark – Austria – 1-0
- Faroe Islands – Scotland – 0-1
- Israel – Moldova – 2-1
- Albania – Poland – 0-1
- England – Hungary – 1-1
