International Friendly

FT Thursday, October 8, 2020
Sweden WWWLL 2
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Russia WLWWW 1
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VEB Arena · ESPN3

Match Report

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Isak, Johansson score as Sweden beat Russia in Moscow friendly

A headed goal by Alexander Isak and a first international strike by Mattias Johansson earned Sweden a comfortable 2-1 win over Russia.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
7
3
Corner Kicks
11
2
Saves
1
42.8
Possession
57.2
6
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
402
397
Passes
510
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
11
9
Crosses
32
0.1
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
69
26
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
3
8
Tackles
6
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
8
22
Clearances
8

Head to Head

RUS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Soslan DzhanaevG
  2. 13Fedor KudryashovCD-L
  3. 4Ilya KutepovCD-R
  4. 15Vyacheslav KaravaevLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 21Anton MiranchukAM
  7. 8Iury GazinskyLM
  8. 7Magomed OzdoevRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 18Yuri ZhirkovAM-L
  11. 25Andrei MostovoyAM-R

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 12Karl-Johan JohnssonG
  2. 18Carl StarfeltCD-L
  3. 4Sebastian HolménCD-R
  4. 5Pierre BengtssonLB
  5. 16Emil KrafthRB
  6. 14Mattias SvanbergCM-L
  7. 13Gustav SvenssonCM-R
  8. 21Ken SemaLM
  9. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  10. 9Jordan LarssonCF-L
  11. 11Alexander IsakCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Russia 0, Sweden 1. Alexander Isak (Sweden) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson following a set piece situation.
  2. 45' Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden) Substitution at 45'
  3. 45' Mattias Johansson (Sweden) Substitution at 45'
  4. 45' Alexander Sobolev (Russia) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Roman Zobnin (Russia) Substitution at 45'
  6. 61' Denis Cheryshev (Russia) Substitution at 61'
  7. 61' Alexey Ionov (Russia) Substitution at 61'
  8. 64' Robin Quaison (Sweden) Substitution at 64'
  9. 72' Martin Olsson (Sweden) Substitution at 72'
  10. 72' Mattias Johansson (Sweden) Goal at 72'
  11. 74' Zelimkhan Bakaev (Russia) Substitution at 74'
  12. 74' Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Yuri Gazinskiy.
  13. 77' Viktor Claesson (Sweden) Substitution at 77'
  14. 85' Daler Kuziaev (Russia) Yellow Card at 85'
  15. 90'+1' Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden) Yellow Card at 91'
  16. 90'+1' Alexander Sobolev (Russia) Goal - Header at 91'

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