Tuesday , 14 July 2026

Sweden vs South Africa, Women World Cup 2023 GROUP STAGE

FIFA Women's World Cup · 2023
Sweden
2 – 1
Full Time
South Africa
Sun 23 Jul 2023 · 05:00 UTC Wellington Regional Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 74' Kholosa Biyana
Y 89' Refiloe Jane

Overview

Match Preview

Sweden vs South Africa — Women World Cup at Wellington Regional Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Katja Koroleva (USA)
  • Referee Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)
3 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 5.7 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
Sweden 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals South Africa
Last 5 meetings
2023-07-23 Sweden 2–1 South Africa

Recent Form

Sweden
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jul South Africa H 2–1 W
South Africa
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jul Sweden A 1–2 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
Sweden this season
0% Clean Sheets
South Africa this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sweden
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
4/–
46-60
2/1
61-75
3/–
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
South Africa
0-15
–/2
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
2/4
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sweden
Amanda Ilestedt 4 G
Rebecka Blomqvist 3 G 1 A
Fridolina Rolfo 3 G
South Africa
Thembi Kgatlana 2 G 3 A
Hildah Magaia 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sweden and South Africa has kicked off!
  • 5' South Africa is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sweden winning 100% of all matches.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' Magdalena Eriksson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 25' It looks like no one’s ball. South Africa is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 30' South Africa started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' The travelling South Africa supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 48' What a strike from Hildah Magaia! The score is 0-1.
  • 53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' The supporters are chanting for Gabriela Salgado. He replaces Hildah Magaia on 56 minute.
  • 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
  • 65' Goal! Fridolina Rolfo scores his 4 goal in 11 matches.
  • 67' The Sweden manager makes a substitution. Fridolina Rolfo departs to be replaced by Olivia Schough.
  • 72' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 74' Kholosa Biyana was booked on 74.
  • 79' 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 Elin Rubensson suffering a number of foals already.
  • 81' The whistle greets Elin Rubensson as he departs to be replaced by Caroline Seger.
  • 86' It looks surprising South Africa does not make any changes. Gabriela Salgado has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 88' Another substitution for Sweden to replace Johanna Rytting Kaneryd by Lina Hurtig on 88 minute.
  • 89' South Africa player sees a card in front of him.
  • 90' Sweden is taking the lead after the goal scored by Amanda Ilestedt on 90.
  • Full Time. Sweden beats South Africa

Lineups

Sweden Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

South Africa Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.69 Sweden xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 South Africa xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sweden52% Draw25% South Africa23%
Actual: Sweden win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.74
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Sweden or Draw
78%
Draw or South Africa
48%
Sweden or South Africa
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sweden36% Draw46% South Africa18%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.3%
1 – 0
10.1%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
9%
0 – 0
8.4%
0 – 1
5.8%
1 – 2
5.8%
3 – 1
5.3%
3 – 0
5%
2 – 2
4.9%
0 – 2
3.5%
3 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sweden

Handicap Sweden covers Push South Africa covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 16% 72%
-1.5 28% — 72%
-1 28% 23% 49%
-0.5 51% — 49%
+0.5 78% — 22%
+1 78% 14% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Sweden keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
South Africa keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.