FIFA World Cup

FT Tuesday, July 3, 2018
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Sweden DDWLW 1
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Gazprom Arena · 64,042 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
64
Possession
36
18
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
483
Accurate Passes
188
556
Passes
274
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
3
39
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
48
33
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
10
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
7
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
10
Interceptions
12
17
Effective Clearances
33
17
Clearances
33

Head to Head

Lineups

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 4Andreas GranqvistCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 2Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Albin EkdalCM-L
  7. 13Gustav SvenssonCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 17Viktor ClaessonRM
  10. 20Ola ToivonenCF-L
  11. 9Marcus BergCF-R

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 20Johan DjourouCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 6Michael LangRB
  6. 15Blerim DžemailiAM
  7. 10Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Valon BehramiRM
  9. 19Josip DrmicF
  10. 14Steven ZuberAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Mikael Lustig (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Valon Behrami (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 66' Goal! Sweden 1, Switzerland 0. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ola Toivonen.
  4. 68' Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 73' Substitution, Switzerland. Breel Embolo replaces Steven Zuber.
  6. 73' Substitution, Switzerland. Haris Seferovic replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  7. 82' Substitution, Sweden. Martin Olsson replaces Emil Forsberg because of an injury.
  8. 82' Substitution, Sweden. Emil Krafth replaces Mikael Lustig.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Sweden. Isaac Kiese Thelin replaces Marcus Berg.
  10. 90'+4' Michael Lang (Switzerland) is shown the red card.
  11. 90'+4' VAR Decision: No Penalty Sweden.

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