UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Monday, March 27, 2023
Azerbaijan WWWWL 0
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Sweden WWWWL 5
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Strawberry Arena · 23,674 att.

Match Report

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Five-star Sweden score big win over Azerbaijan

Substitute Jesper Karlsson scored a brilliant late free kick and Anthony Elanga added a superb solo goal as Sweden hammered Azerbaijan 5-0.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
58.1
Possession
41.9
4
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
383
Accurate Passes
253
469
Passes
324
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
51
35
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
7
14
Clearances
7

Lineups

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 5Hjalmar EkdalCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 6Gabriel GudmundssonLB
  5. 2Linus WahlqvistRB
  6. 19Mattias SvanbergCM-L
  7. 18Samuel GustafssonCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 21Dejan KulusevskiRM
  10. 9Alexander IsakCF-L
  11. 17Viktor GyökeresCF-R

AZE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Emil BalayevG
  2. 18Anton KrivotsyukCD-L
  3. 4Bahlul MustafazadaCD-R
  4. 3Elvin CafarquliyevLB
  5. 6Hojjat HaghverdiRB
  6. 20Richard AlmeidaCM
  7. 10Aleksey IsayevLM
  8. 8Emin MakhmudovRM
  9. 9Renat DadachovF
  10. 11Ramil SheydaevLF
  11. 17Toral BayramovRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Elvin Jafarguliyev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Sweden 1, Azerbaijan 0. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres with a headed pass.
  4. 45' Aleksey Isayev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Sweden. Isak Hien replaces Hjalmar Ekdal.
  6. 65' Own Goal by Bahlul Mustafazada, Azerbaijan. Sweden 2, Azerbaijan 0.
  7. 71' Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Claesson replaces Alexander Isak.
  8. 71' Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlström replaces Emil Forsberg.
  9. 73' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Jalal Hüseynov replaces Hojjat Hagverdi.
  10. 73' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Namiq Alasgarov replaces Elvin Jafarguliyev.
  11. 79' Goal! Sweden 3, Azerbaijan 0. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Karlström.
  12. 82' Substitution, Sweden. Jesper Karlsson replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
  13. 82' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Musa Qurbanli replaces Aleksey Isayev.
  14. 87' Substitution, Sweden. Anthony Elanga replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  15. 88' Goal! Sweden 4, Azerbaijan 0. Jesper Karlsson (Sweden) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  16. 89' Goal! Sweden 5, Azerbaijan 0. Anthony Elanga (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.

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