Sweden vs Portugal: Sweden look to secure qualification into the knockouts when they face Portugal on Sunday in Group C of the UEFA Euro 2022.
Match Details
Teams: Sweden vs Portugal
Venue: Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Leigh, Greater Manchester
Date: Sunday 17th July, 2022
Time: 09:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Sweden took one step closer to qualification as they beat Switzerland 2-1 on MD 2 of the Euro 2022 in Group C.
Rolfö broke the deadlock for Sweden before Bachmann equalized 2 minutes later. However, Bennison scored the winner for the Swedish side to register their first win of the group stage.
They will be targeting another win as it will confirm their place in the next round of the Euro 2022.
On the other hand, Portugal’s qualification hopes took a massive dent after their 3-2 loss to Netherlands on Thursday.
Costa and Silva found the net for Portugal but wasn’t enough to ensure victory as Egurrola, van der Gragt and de Donk scored for the hosts.
With a point from 2 matches, Portugal has to win this clash and by a good margin due to negative goal difference if they are to pip Sweden to 2nd spot.
Hence, we are in for a humdinger with both teams eyeing a place in the knockouts.
Both teams last met in the Algarve Cup in February, where Sweden won 4-0. Glas, Ilestedt, Asllani and Blackstenius found the net in that encounter.
Form Guide
Sweden: WDWDW
Portugal: LDWLL
Last Matches of both teams:
Sweden 2-1 Switzerland
Netherlands 3-2 Portugal
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Team News
Sweden possible 11:
Lindahl, Glas, Ilestedt, Björn, Eriksson, Angeldal, Asllani, Seger, Rolfö, Blackstenius and Kaneryd
Portugal possible 11:
Pereira, Marchao, Costa, Gomes, Amado, Norton, Silva, Pinto, D Silva, J Silva and Borges
Prediction: Sweden 2-1 Portugal
This is expected to be an intense affair but recent matches have shown Sweden inch the H2H.
Hence, we expect Sweden to win this one as they are the side with momentum while Portugal could struggle due to the lack of clean-sheets.