FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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Match Report

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Victor Gyökeres strikes late to punch Sweden's World Cup ticket

Sweden beat Poland 3-2 thanks to a late Viktor Gyökeres goal to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
67.1
Possession
32.9
15
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
432
Accurate Passes
184
507
Passes
251
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
5
26
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.6
59
Long Balls
42
32
Accurate Long Balls
10
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
8
7
Tackles
10
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
38
23
Clearances
38

Head to Head

SWE leads series 4-1

Lineups

SWE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Kristoffer NordfeldtG
  2. 15Carl StarfeltCD
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-L
  4. 2Gustaf LagerbielkeCD-R
  5. 16Jesper KarlströmCM-L
  6. 18Yasin AyariCM-R
  7. 5Gabriel GudmundssonLM
  8. 8Daniel SvenssonRM
  9. 17Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 10Benjamin NygrenCF-L
  11. 11Anthony ElangaCF-R

POL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kamil GrabaraG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD
  3. 14Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  4. 3Przemyslaw WisniewskiCD-R
  5. 10Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  6. 20Sebastian SzymanskiCM-R
  7. 21Nicola ZalewskiLM
  8. 2Matty CashRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 13Jakub KaminskiCF-L
  11. 7Karol SwiderskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Sweden 1, Poland 0. Anthony Elanga (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yasin Ayari.
  2. 33' Goal! Sweden 1, Poland 1. Nicola Zalewski (Poland) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  3. 43' Jakub Kiwior (Poland) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 44' Goal! Sweden 2, Poland 1. Gustaf Lagerbielke (Sweden) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Nygren with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 55' Goal! Sweden 2, Poland 2. Karol Swiderski (Poland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski.
  6. 62' Jesper Karlström (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, Poland. Oskar Pietuszewski replaces Karol Swiderski.
  8. 65' Oskar Pietuszewski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Sweden. Lucas Bergvall replaces Anthony Elanga.
  10. 69' Substitution, Sweden. Besfort Zeneli replaces Jesper Karlström.
  11. 76' Lucas Bergvall (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, Sweden. Gustav Lundgren replaces Benjamin Nygren.
  13. 88' Goal! Sweden 3, Poland 2. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Matty Cash.
  15. 90'+2' Substitution, Sweden. Mattias Svanberg replaces Yasin Ayari.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Piatek replaces Nicola Zalewski.
  17. 90'+4' Krzysztof Piatek (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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