Sweden vs Poland, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Sweden vs Poland — European Championship at Saint Petersburg Stadium.
Match Details
- Referee Chris Kavanagh
- Referee Stuart Burt
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Referee Michael Oliver
- Referee Simon Bennett
- Referee Christian Dingert
9 games this season
🟨 5.6/game
⚽ 16.0 goals/game
🟥 4 total
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
33%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
67%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
0%
Clean Sheets
Poland this season
Poland this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Poland
0-15
–/1
16-30
2/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/1
61-75
–/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Poland
| Krzysztof Piatek | 1 G |
| Adam Buksa | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' Three points are at stake. Sweden host Poland — let the battle begin!
- 2' Emil Forsberg doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
- 7' Robin Quaison needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Sweden receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 10.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Sweden have won 17 goals from 108 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
- 25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Marcus Danielsson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Poland.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
- 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
- 45' Tymoteusz Puchacz has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 27 appearances.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Przemyslaw Frankowski. He replaces Tymoteusz Puchacz on 46 minute.
- 51' Sweden seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 55' Dejan Kulusevski is replacing Robin Quaison for the Sweden side.
- 59' Goal! Emil Forsberg scores his 83 goal in 108 matches.
- 61' The Poland forward Robert Lewandowski breaks the deadlock on 61 minutes. 2-1!
- 61' The crowd applauds Kamil Jozwiak as he leaves the pitch. Jakub Swierczok steps in for Poland.
- 66' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
- 68' The whistle greets Alexander Isak as he departs to be replaced by Markus Berg.
- 73' Poland ring the changes. Mateusz Klich has done his job and it is now time for Kacper Kozlowski to step up.
- 74' Grzegorz Krychowiak catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 74.
- 77' Sweden manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Viktor Claesson is hanging Emil Forsberg on the field on 77 minute.
- 78' A change in the Sweden ranks — Emil Forsberg exits the field as Viktor Claesson enters on 78.
- 83' Controversy at the stadium! Kamil Glik argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
- 84' What a strike from Robert Lewandowski! The score is 2-2.
- 89' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
- What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sweden 3-2 Poland.
Lineups
Sweden Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 3
-
11
Alexander Isak ↓ Markus Berg 68'
- 22
-
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Viktor Claesson 78'
- 1
- 8
-
2
Mikael Lustig ↓ Emil Krafth 68'
- 7
- 20
- 24
Bench
- 15
- 23
- 18
-
16
Emil Krafth ↑ 68'
- 12
-
21
Dejan Kulusevski ↑ 55'
- 14
- 13
-
17
Viktor Claesson ↑ 78'
-
9
Markus Berg ↑ 68'
- 5
- 26
Coach
Janne Andersson
Poland Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 14
- 15
- 9
- 1
- 20
- 18
- 10
- 11
-
21
Kamil Jozwiak ↓ Jakub Swierczok 61'
- 26
Bench
- 22
- 3
- 12
- 8
- 23
- 4
- 13
-
24
Jakub Swierczok ↑ 61'
- 25
-
17
Przemyslaw Placheta ↑ 78'
-
19
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↑ 46'
-
6
Kacper Kozlowski ↑ 73'
Coach
Paulo Sousa
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Emil Forsberg | 2 |
| Robert Lewandowski | 2 |
| Viktor Claesson | 1 |
Sweden Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.33
Sweden xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.32
Poland xG
I would bet for:
Sweden or Poland 73%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sweden win
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 2.65
Actual: Yes — both scored
Over / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 91% |
|
9% |
| ± 1.5 | 74% |
|
26% |
| ± 2.5 | 49% |
|
51% |
| ± 3.5 | 28% |
|
72% |
| ± 4.5 | 14% |
|
86% |
Double Chance
Sweden or Draw
69%
Draw or Poland
58%
Sweden or Poland
73%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Sweden win at HT
Correct Score
✗ 3–2 not predicted3 – 2Actual
1 – 1
13.3%
0 – 0
9.1%
1 – 0
8.3%
0 – 1
8.3%
2 – 1
7.9%
1 – 2
7.9%
2 – 0
6.1%
0 – 2
6%
2 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
3.5%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 0
2.6%
Asian Handicap — Sweden
| Handicap | Sweden covers | Push | Poland covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 6% | — | 94% |
| -2 | 6% | 11% | 84% |
| -1.5 | 16% | — | 84% |
| -1 | 16% | 19% | 64% |
| -0.5 | 36% | — | 64% |
| +0.5 | 65% | — | 35% |
| +1 | 65% | 19% | 16% |
| +1.5 | 84% | — | 16% |
| +2 | 84% | 11% | 6% |
| +2.5 | 94% | — | 6% |
Clean Sheet
Sweden keeps clean sheet
27%
✓
Poland keeps clean sheet
27%
✓
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.