Mexico vs Sweden, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Hernan Maidana
- Referee Juan Pablo Belatti
- Referee Mauro Vigliano
- Referee Nestor Pitana
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Referee Carlos Astroza
- Referee Andres Cunha
- Referee Mauricio Espinosa
- Referee Gery Vargas
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Jun Sweden H 0–3 L 23 Jun South Korea A 2–1 W 17 Jun Germany A 1–0 W 21 Aug RB Leipzig H 0–7 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Mexico and Sweden.
- 1' Jesus Gallardo was booked on 1.
- 6' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Mexico needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 11' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sweden that had 104 games and scored 10 goals.
- 16' It’s high time Juan Carlos Osorio made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 21' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 26' Sebastian Larsson was booked on 26.
- 31' Ola Toivonen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 36' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 41' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for suffering a number of foals already.
- 46' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 50' Goal! Ludwig Augustinsson scores his 8 goal in 104 matches.
- 55' It looks surprising Sweden does not make any changes. Viktor Claesson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 57' The supporters are chanting for Gustav Svensson. He replaces Sebastian Larsson on 57 minute.
- 61' Mexico receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 61.
- 62' What a strike from Andreas Granqvist! The score is 0-2.
- 65' Another substitution for Mexico to replace Jesus Gallardo by Marco Fabian on 65 minute.
- 68' Another change for Sweden made on 68 minute. Markus Berg leaves to be changed by Isaac Thelin.
- 73' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 74' GOAL! Edson Alvarez scores on 74.
- 75' Jesus Manuel Corona is replacing Andres Guardado for the Mexico side.
- 80' Another change for Sweden made on 80 minute. Albin Ekdal leaves to be changed by Oscar Hiljemark.
- 85' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 86' Mexico player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 88' Sweden player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 89' Oribe Peralta has so much to prove this time. He replaces Miguel Layun on 89 minute.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Mexico and Sweden (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Mexico Lineups
Starting XI
- 13
- 18
- 15
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7
Miguel Layun ↓ Oribe Peralta 89'
- 3
- 2
- 16
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23
Jesus Gallardo ↓ Marco Fabian 65'
- 11
- 14
- 22
Bench
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 4
- 12
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8
Marco Fabian ↑ 65'
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19
Oribe Peralta ↑ 89'
- 9
- 20
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17
Jesus Manuel Corona ↑ 75'
- 5
- 21
Coach Juan Carlos OsorioSweden Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 10
- 1
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8
Albin Ekdal ↓ Oscar Hiljemark 80'
- 20
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 17
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9
Markus Berg ↓ Isaac Thelin 68'
Bench
- 23
- 5
- 18
- 21
- 16
- 12
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22
Isaac Thelin ↑ 68'
- 11
- 19
- 14
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15
Oscar Hiljemark ↑ 80'
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13
Gustav Svensson ↑ 57'
Coach Janne Andersson -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Edson Alvarez 1 Ludwig Augustinsson 1 Andreas Granqvist 1 Edson Alvarez 1 Ludwig Augustinsson 1 Andreas Granqvist 1 Head to Head
Mexico Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.87 Mexico xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.15 Sweden xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Sweden to win 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sweden winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.02Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Mexico or Draw 44%Draw or Sweden 80%Mexico or Sweden 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 11.1%0 – 1 10%1 – 1 9.9%1 – 2 9.5%0 – 3 Actual1 – 3 6.8%0 – 0 6.5%0 – 4 4.2%2 – 2 4.1%2 – 1 3.8%1 – 4 3.7%1 – 0 3.6%Asian Handicap — Mexico
Handicap Mexico covers Push Sweden covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 3% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 9% 87% -0.5 13% — 87% +0.5 35% — 65% +1 35% 23% 42% +1.5 58% — 42% +2 58% 20% 22% +2.5 78% — 22% Clean Sheet
Mexico keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Sweden keeps clean sheet 42% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.