UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, November 14, 2015
Denmark WDDLL 1
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Sweden WLLWW 2
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1st Leg · Nya Ullevi Stadion

Match Report

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Sweden grab advantage in Euro 2016 playoff with home win over Denmark

Sweden took a step towards securing a spot at Euro 2016 after winning the home leg of their playoff with Denmark 2-1 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
4
6
Saves
5
57
Possession
43
10
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
10

Head to Head

DEN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SWE

  1. 1Andreas IsakssonG
  2. 2Mikael LustigD
  3. 3Mikael AntonssonD
  4. 4Andreas GranqvistD
  5. 5Martin OlssonD
  6. 21Jimmy DurmazM
  7. 8Oscar LewickiM
  8. 9Kim KällströmM
  9. 6Emil ForsbergM
  10. 19Marcus BergF
  11. 10Zlatan IbrahimovicF

DEN

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Lars JacobsenD
  3. 3Simon KjaerD
  4. 4Daniel AggerD
  5. 5Riza DurmisiD
  6. 7William KvistM
  7. 8Martin BraithwaiteM
  8. 15Thomas KahlenbergM
  9. 10Christian EriksenM
  10. 21Viktor FischerM
  11. 11Nicklas BendtnerF

Timeline

  1. 29' Sweden makes a sub: Erik Johansson enters for Mikael Antonsson. Reason: Injury
  2. 45' Goal!! Emil Forsberg hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Sweden now leads 1 - 0
  3. 45'+2' Daniel Agger is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 47' Emil Forsberg is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 50' Zlatan Ibrahimovic powers the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower left corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  6. 54' Denmark makes a sub: Nicolai Jorgensen enters for Thomas Kahlenberg. Reason: Tactical
  7. 54' Denmark makes a sub: Pierre Hojbjerg enters for Viktor Fischer. Reason: Tactical
  8. 68' Sweden makes a sub: Sebastian Larsson enters for Jimmy Durmaz. Reason: Tactical
  9. 71' Denmark makes a sub: Yussuf Poulsen enters for Martin Braithwaite. Reason: Tactical
  10. 80' Goal!! Nicolai Jorgensen hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Denmark now trails 1 - 2
  11. 82' Sweden makes a sub: John Guidetti enters for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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