Spain vs Sweden, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Spain vs Sweden — European Championship at Estadio de La Cartuja.
Match Details
- Referee Chris Kavanagh
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Slavko Vincic
- Referee Tomaz Klancnik
- Referee Andraz Kovacic
- Referee Davide Massa
5 games this season
🟨 3.2/game
⚽ 12.6 goals/game
🟥 1 total
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
0%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
0%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
43%
Clean Sheets
Spain this season
Spain this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Spain
0-15
1/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Spain
| Dani Olmo | 3 G | 2 A |
| Fabian Ruiz | 2 G | 2 A |
| Nico Williams | 2 G | 1 A |
| Alvaro Morata | 1 G | |
| Dani Carvajal | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Spain gets underway.
- 5' Sweden have won 17 goals from 108 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
- 10' It is a cagey affair so far. Spain in their trying to find a way past Sweden's compact .
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' Spain currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
- 25' Ludwig Augustinsson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Spain so far.
- 30' Sweden is showing some good football. However, Sweden are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' With 0 assists to his name this season, Pierre Bengtsson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sweden.
- 40' Spain are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sweden backline.
- 45' Viktor Claesson has been relatively quiet despite scoring 32 goals in his last 108 appearances.
- 50' Sweden come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
- 55' Mikael Lustig picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
- 60' Spain are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
- 65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 66' Another substitution for Spain to replace Rodri by Thiago Alcantara on 66 minute.
- 68' Another substitution for Sweden to replace Markus Berg by Robin Quaison on 68 minute.
- 69' Another substitution for Sweden to replace Alexander Isak by Viktor Claesson on 69 minute.
- 74' Spain manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gerard Moreno is hanging Dani Olmo on the field on 74 minute.
- 75' Emil Krafth gets the nod from Sweden. He replaces Mikael Lustig and will look to change the dynamic.
- 80' Unai Simon, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
- 84' Jens Cajuste gets the nod from Sweden. He replaces Kristoffer Olsson and will look to change the dynamic.
- 87' Fresh legs for Spain! Fabian Ruiz comes on to replace Koke.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
Lineups
Spain Lineups
Starting XI
-
7
Alvaro Morata ↓ Pablo Sarabia 66'
- 24
-
11
Ferran Torres ↓ Mikel Oiarzabal 74'
-
8
Koke ↓ Fabian Ruiz 87'
-
16
Rodri ↓ Thiago Alcantara 66'
- 23
- 18
- 6
- 4
-
19
Dani Olmo ↓ Gerard Moreno 74'
- 26
Bench
- 2
- 1
- 20
-
10
Thiago Alcantara ↑ 66'
- 14
- 3
-
21
Mikel Oiarzabal ↑ 74'
-
22
Pablo Sarabia ↑ 66'
-
9
Gerard Moreno ↑ 74'
-
17
Fabian Ruiz ↑ 87'
- 12
- 13
Coach
Luis Enrique
Sweden Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
- 11
- 10
- 1
- 8
-
2
Mikael Lustig ↓ Emil Krafth 75'
- 7
-
9
Markus Berg ↓ Robin Quaison 68'
- 20
- 24
Bench
- 15
- 23
- 18
-
16
Emil Krafth ↑ 75'
- 12
-
22
Robin Quaison ↑ 68'
- 14
- 13
-
17
Viktor Claesson ↑ 69'
-
5
Pierre Bengtsson ↑ 84'
-
26
Jens Cajuste ↑ 84'
- 25
Coach
Janne Andersson
H2H
Spain Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.01
Spain xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.99
Sweden xG
I would bet for:
Spain or Draw 69% + Under 2.5 goals 68%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 2
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 84% |
|
16% |
| ± 1.5 | 60% |
|
40% |
| ± 2.5 | 32% |
|
68% |
| ± 3.5 | 15% |
|
85% |
| ± 4.5 | 6% |
|
94% |
Double Chance
Spain or Draw
69%
Draw or Sweden
63%
Spain or Sweden
68%
Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
14.5%
1 – 0
12.3%
0 – 1
12.1%
2 – 1
6.6%
2 – 0
6.6%
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
6.3%
2 – 2
3.4%
3 – 1
2.3%
1 – 3
2.2%
3 – 0
2.2%
Asian Handicap — Spain
| Handicap | Spain covers | Push | Sweden covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 4% | — | 96% |
| -2 | 4% | 9% | 87% |
| -1.5 | 13% | — | 87% |
| -1 | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| -0.5 | 33% | — | 67% |
| +0.5 | 68% | — | 32% |
| +1 | 68% | 20% | 12% |
| +1.5 | 88% | — | 12% |
| +2 | 88% | 9% | 4% |
| +2.5 | 96% | — | 4% |
Clean Sheet
Spain keeps clean sheet
38%
✗
Sweden keeps clean sheet
37%
✗
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.