FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Saturday, July 6, 2019
Sweden WLWWL 2
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England WWWWL 1
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SWE202
ENG101
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Match Report

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Sweden beat England to seal World Cup bronze

Sweden ended their World Cup campaign on a high with a 2-1 win over England in the bronze medal match on Saturday afternoon.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
46
Possession
54
9
SHOTS
13
8
ON GOAL
4
0.9
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
209
Accurate Passes
418
321
Passes
515
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
43
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
6
23
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
14
20
Clearances
14

Head to Head

SWE leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ENG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Carly TelfordG
  2. 15Abbie McManusCD-L
  3. 5Steph HoughtonCD-R
  4. 16Jade MooreDM
  5. 3Alex GreenwoodLB
  6. 2Lucy BronzeRB
  7. 10Fran KirbyCM-L
  8. 8Jill ScottCM-R
  9. 22Beth MeadLM
  10. 7Nikita ParrisRM
  11. 18Ellen WhiteF

SWE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hedvig LindahlG
  2. 3Linda SembrantCD-L
  3. 5Nilla FischerCD-R
  4. 6Magdalena ErikssonLB
  5. 4Hanna GlasRB
  6. 9Kosovare AsllaniAM
  7. 17Caroline SegerLM
  8. 15Nathalie BjörnRM
  9. 11Stina BlacksteniusF
  10. 18Fridolina RolföAM-L
  11. 10Sofia JakobssonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! England 0, Sweden 1. Kosovare Asllani (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 22' Goal! England 0, Sweden 2. Sofia Jakobsson (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stina Blackstenius.
  3. 27' Substitution, Sweden. Lina Hurtig replaces Fridolina Rolfö because of an injury.
  4. 31' Goal! England 1, Sweden 2. Francesca Kirby (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jill Scott.
  5. 34' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  6. 45' Substitution, Sweden. Julia Zigiotti Olme replaces Kosovare Asllani.
  7. 50' Substitution, England. Jodie Taylor replaces Beth Mead.
  8. 72' Substitution, Sweden. Amanda Ilestedt replaces Nathalie Bjorn because of an injury.
  9. 74' Substitution, England. Karen Carney replaces Nikita Parris.
  10. 83' Substitution, England. Rachel Daly replaces Abbie McManus.
  11. 85' Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+4' Jade Moore (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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