UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, June 2, 2022
Sweden WLLWL 2
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Slovenia LDWDD 0
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Stadion Stozice · 5,123 att.

Match Report

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Sweden beat Slovenia in Nations League with superb Kulusevski strike

Emil Forsberg's penalty and a superb solo goal by Dejan Kulusevski gave Sweden a winning start in their Nations League campaign against Slovenia.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
10
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
346
Accurate Passes
424
436
Passes
507
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
54
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
13
10
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
14
11
Effective Clearances
13
11
Clearances
13

Head to Head

SWE leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SVN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Jan OblakG
  2. 6Jaka BijolCD
  3. 17Miha MevljaCD-L
  4. 4Miha BlazicCD-R
  5. 14Jasmin KurticCM-L
  6. 22Adam Gnezda CerinCM-R
  7. 10Miha ZajcAM
  8. 3Gregor SikosekLM
  9. 20Petar StojanovicRM
  10. 9Andraz SporarCF-L
  11. 18Zan CelarCF-R

SWE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 4Joakim NilssonCD-L
  3. 15Carl StarfeltCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 5Joel AnderssonRB
  6. 13Jesper KarlströmCM
  7. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  8. 20Kristoffer OlssonRM
  9. 9Alexander IsakF
  10. 7Viktor ClaessonLF
  11. 21Dejan KulusevskiRF

Timeline

  1. 37' Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 39' Goal! Slovenia 0, Sweden 1. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 40' Miha Zajc (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 43' Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Substitution, Sweden. Alexander Milosevic replaces Carl Starfelt because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Slovenia. Benjamin Sesko replaces Andraz Sporar.
  7. 65' Substitution, Slovenia. Zan Karnicnik replaces Gregor Sikosek.
  8. 65' Substitution, Slovenia. Sandi Lovric replaces Miha Zajc.
  9. 65' Substitution, Sweden. Mattias Svanberg replaces Kristoffer Olsson.
  10. 66' Substitution, Sweden. Emil Krafth replaces Joel Andersson.
  11. 76' Substitution, Slovenia. Benjamin Verbic replaces Miha Mevlja.
  12. 79' Substitution, Sweden. Jens Cajuste replaces Jesper Karlström.
  13. 80' Substitution, Sweden. Robin Quaison replaces Alexander Isak.
  14. 82' Substitution, Slovenia. Luka Zahovic replaces Zan Celar.
  15. 82' Emil Krafth (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 85' Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Goal! Slovenia 0, Sweden 2. Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattias Svanberg following a fast break.

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