UEFA Nations League

FT Saturday, November 14, 2020
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Sweden LWLLL 2
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Strawberry Arena · ESPN3

Match Report

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Sweden beat Croatia 2-1 to stave off Nations League relegation

Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Marcus Danielsson snapped Sweden's four-game losing streak in the Nations League as they beat Croatia 2-1.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
55.7
Possession
44.3
7
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
435
Accurate Passes
345
554
Passes
447
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.4
82
Long Balls
71
43
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
23
16
Effective Clearances
24
16
Clearances
24

Head to Head

CRO leads series 4-1

Lineups

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 4Marcus DanielsonCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 5Pierre BengtssonLB
  5. 2Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Albin EkdalCM-L
  7. 20Kristoffer OlssonCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  10. 15Dejan KulusevskiCF-L
  11. 9Marcus BergCF-R

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 6Marin PongracicCD-R
  4. 3Borna BarisicLB
  5. 2Filip UremovicRB
  6. 13Nikola VlasicAM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 14Ante BudimirF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicAM-L
  11. 7Josip BrekaloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 36' Goal! Sweden 1, Croatia 0. Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carl Mikael Lustig.
  3. 41' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Juranovic replaces Filip Uremovic because of an injury.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Sweden 2, Croatia 0. Marcus Danielson (Sweden) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a cross following a corner.
  5. 63' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Ante Budimir.
  6. 68' Josip Brekalo (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 74' Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Claesson replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
  8. 77' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Josip Brekalo.
  9. 77' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Rog replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  10. 77' Substitution, Croatia. Dario Melnjak replaces Marin Pongracic.
  11. 81' Own Goal by Marcus Danielson, Sweden. Sweden 2, Croatia 1.
  12. 86' Albin Ekdal (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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