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FT Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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Mexico DLWLW 1
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Municipal de Montilivi · 5,395 att.

Match Report

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Mexico head to World Cup on sour note after 2-1 loss to Sweden

A goal and an assist from Mattias Svanberg led Sweden to a 2-1 win over Mexico who failed to secure a confidence-boosting victory on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
5
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
2
6
Saves
0
35.3
Possession
64.7
7
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
294
Accurate Passes
616
362
Passes
678
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
26
0.4
Cross %
0.2
25
Long Balls
55
11
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
17
1.0
Tackle %
0.5
15
Interceptions
7
26
Effective Clearances
15
26
Clearances
15

Head to Head

SWE leads series 3-0

Lineups

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 15Héctor MorenoCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  5. 19Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 16Héctor HerreraCM
  7. 30Luis ChávezLM
  8. 8Carlos RodríguezRM
  9. 20Henry MartínF
  10. 10Alexis VegaLF
  11. 26Uriel AntunaRF

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 23Kristoffer NordfeldtG
  2. 3Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 4Isak HienCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 24Emil HolmRB
  6. 17Jesper KarlströmCM-L
  7. 21Samuel GustafssonCM-R
  8. 19Mattias SvanbergLM
  9. 8Marcus RohdénRM
  10. 16Viktor GyökeresCF-L
  11. 11Anthony ElangaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Andrés Guardado replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
  2. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Hirving Lozano replaces Uriel Antuna.
  3. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Raúl Jiménez replaces Henry Martín.
  4. 54' Goal! Mexico 0, Sweden 1. Marcus Rohdén (Sweden) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattias Svanberg.
  5. 60' Goal! Mexico 1, Sweden 1. Alexis Vega (Mexico) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera following a fast break.
  6. 62' Substitution, Mexico. Johan Vásquez replaces Héctor Moreno.
  7. 62' Substitution, Mexico. Néstor Araújo replaces César Montes.
  8. 62' Substitution, Mexico. Luis Romo replaces Héctor Herrera.
  9. 69' Substitution, Sweden. Mikael Ishak replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  10. 69' Substitution, Sweden. Robin Quaison replaces Anthony Elanga.
  11. 69' Substitution, Sweden. Emil Forsberg replaces Jesper Karlström.
  12. 82' Alexis Vega (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 82' Substitution, Sweden. Ken Sema replaces Ludwig Augustinsson.
  14. 83' Substitution, Sweden. Magnus Eriksson replaces Marcus Rohdén.
  15. 84' Goal! Mexico 1, Sweden 2. Mattias Svanberg (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

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