Sweden vs Finland, 2023 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Sweden

38': Christoffer Nyman
90'+3': Joel Asoro

FT
2 - 0

Finland

About

Sweden are hosting Finland at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Foul by Agon Sadiku (Finland).
3': Hjalmar Ekdal (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Offside, Sweden. Noah Persson tries a through ball, but Yasin Ayari is caught offside.
6': Attempt missed. Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
7': Foul by Noah Persson (Sweden).
7': Pyry Soiri (Finland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Foul by Christoffer Nyman (Sweden).
10': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Santeri Väänänen (Finland).
13': Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Attempt blocked. Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Moustafa Zeidan.
13': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Robert Ivanov.
15': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Noah Persson.
16': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Leopold Wahlstedt.
19': Attempt saved. Kai Meriluoto (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Lingman.
19': André Boman (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Agon Sadiku (Finland).
21': Alexander Bernhardsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Foul by Richard Jensen (Finland).
21': Attempt saved. Moustafa Zeidan (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
23': Foul by Kai Meriluoto (Finland).
23': Victor Eriksson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Hand ball by Yasin Ayari (Sweden).
25': André Boman (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Tomas Galvez (Finland).
25': Foul by Santeri Väänänen (Finland).
25': Yasin Ayari (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Hugo Larsson (Sweden).
29': Christoffer Nyman (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.
29': Foul by Robert Ivanov (Finland).
29': Robert Ivanov (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
30': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Pyry Soiri.
34': Foul by Christoffer Nyman (Sweden).
34': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Lucas Lingman (Finland).
35': Yasin Ayari (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Yasin Ayari (Sweden).
37': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Santeri Väänänen.
38': Goal! Sweden 1, Finland 0. Christoffer Nyman (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
40': Foul by Santeri Väänänen (Finland).
40': Moustafa Zeidan (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Foul by Hjalmar Ekdal (Sweden).
40': Richard Jensen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Agon Sadiku (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Samuel Gustafson (Sweden).
42': Offside, Finland. Arttu Hoskonen tries a through ball, but Agon Sadiku is caught offside.
45': First Half ends, Sweden 1, Finland 0.
45': Second Half begins Sweden 1, Finland 0.
46': Offside, Finland. Santeri Väänänen tries a through ball, but Agon Sadiku is caught offside.
47': Attempt blocked. Christoffer Nyman (Sweden) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moustafa Zeidan.
48': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
52': Attempt blocked. Alexander Bernhardsson (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
54': Foul by Alexander Bernhardsson (Sweden).
54': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Christoffer Nyman (Sweden).
58': Richard Jensen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Attempt missed. Agon Sadiku (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Lingman with a cross following a set piece situation.
59': Foul by Yasin Ayari (Sweden).
59': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Attempt missed. Kai Meriluoto (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Lingman.
62': Attempt blocked. Yasin Ayari (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
63': Attempt missed. Moustafa Zeidan (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Gustafson.
65': Foul by Arttu Hoskonen (Finland).
65': Moustafa Zeidan (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Substitution, Finland. Rasmus Schüller replaces Niilo Maenpaa.
65': Substitution, Finland. Santeri Hostikka replaces Lucas Lingman.
65': Substitution, Finland. Felipe Aspegren replaces Pyry Soiri.
67': Foul by Arttu Hoskonen (Finland).
67': Yasin Ayari (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Substitution, Sweden. Bilal Hussein replaces Hugo Larsson.
68': Substitution, Sweden. Omar Faraj replaces Moustafa Zeidan.
69': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Victor Eriksson.
69': Attempt blocked. Felipe Aspegren (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
69': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Omar Faraj.
70': Delay in match because of an injury Robert Ivanov (Finland).
70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Attempt blocked. Tomas Galvez (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
71': Foul by Alexander Bernhardsson (Sweden).
71': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72': Foul by Tomas Galvez (Finland).
72': Omar Faraj (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Attempt blocked. Omar Faraj (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
76': Attempt saved. Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
77': Substitution, Finland. Anthony Olusanya replaces Kai Meriluoto.
77': Foul by Christoffer Nyman (Sweden).
77': Santeri Väänänen (Finland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Foul by Anthony Olusanya (Finland).
82': Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Substitution, Sweden. Joel Asoro replaces Christoffer Nyman.
82': Substitution, Sweden. Sebastian Nanasi replaces Yasin Ayari.
82': Substitution, Sweden. Carl Gustafsson replaces Samuel Gustafson.
86': Attempt blocked. Bilal Hussein (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Faraj.
88': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Nanasi (Sweden) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Bernhardsson.
89': Attempt blocked. Omar Faraj (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Carl Gustafsson.
90': Offside, Sweden. Bilal Hussein tries a through ball, but Joel Asoro is caught offside.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Sebastian Nanasi (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carl Gustafsson.
90'+1': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Lucas Bergström.
90'+3': Goal! Sweden 2, Finland 0. Joel Asoro (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Sweden 2, Finland 0.
0': Match ends, Sweden 2, Finland 0.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 300

Line-Ups

Sweden (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Leopold Wahlstedt (GK)
3	Hjalmar Ekdal
21	Victor Eriksson
5	Noah Persson
22	André Boman
11	Samuel Gustafsson
16	Hugo Larsson
26	Yasin Ayari
25	Alexander Bernhardsson
9	Christoffer Nyman
20	Moustafa Zeidan

Sweden Substitutes:

Bilal Hussein, Armin Gigovic, Jacob Widell Zetterström, Joel Asoro, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Oliver Dovin, Omar Faraj, Carl Gustafsson, Sebastian Nanasi, Edvin Kurtulus, Victor Edvardsen, Jacob Ondrejka, Elias Andersson, Josafat Mendes.

Finland (5-3-2)

No.	Name
12	Lucas Bergstrom (GK)
5	Arttu Hoskonen
3	Richard Jensen
4	Robert Ivanov
24	Tomas Galvez
13	Pyry Soiri
6	Santeri Vaananen
8	Niilo Mäenpää
14	Lucas Lingman
20	Kai Meriluoto
10	Agon Sadiku

Finland Substitutes:

Robin Tihi, Felipe Aspegren, Rasmus Schüller, Matti Peltola, Anthony Olusanya, Diogo Tomas, Santeri Hostikka, Saku Ylätupa, Elmo Henriksson, Jaakko Oksanen, Noah Pallas, Ville Koski, Viljami Sinisalo.

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