Match: Spain v Sweden
Competition: Euro 2021
Date: 14/6/21
Kick-off time: 8pm
Recent form
- Last 5
- Last 5
Head to head record
Last 5 matches –
15/10/19 Sweden 1 – 1 Spain
10/06/19 Spain 3 – 0 Sweden
14/06/08 Sweden 1 – 2 Spain
17/11/07 Spain 3 – 0 Sweden
07/10/06 Sweden 2 – 0 Spain
Goal stats
- Total match goals
Spain team goals
Sweden team goals
Corner betting stats
Spain corner stats
Average corners for: 10.00
Average corners against: 1.70
Over/ under corner % charts
Sweden corner stats
Average corners for: 5.70
Average corners against: 10.00
Over/ under corner % charts
Card betting stats
Spain Card stats
Averages
Yellow for: 1.70
Yellows against: 1.50
Top cards:
S Ramos – 3
D Ceballos – 2
S Busquets – 2
Fabian – 2
Sweden Card stats
Averages
Yellow for: 1.50
Yellows against: 1.70
Top cards:
S Larsson – 2
K Olsson – 2
M Svansberg – 1
G Svensson – 1
Injuries
Spain injuries & suspensions
Out: None
Doubtful: D Olmo
Suspended: None
Sweden injuries & suspensions
Out: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Spain v Sweden Match Preview & Trends
Familiar Foes Collide In Bilbao
These two sides met in qualifying, where they drew one with Spain winning the other match convincingly. They have obviously been drawn together in the European Championships and are set to face one another again later this year in two World Cup Qualifiers. S if they don’t know each other inside out by now, they certainly will by Christmas.
The ever-young Zlatan Ibrahimovic fresh out of international retirement after a 5-year gap will be hoping to be the inspiration for Sweden who never really replaced him (an unenviable task). The 1992 semi-finalists and 2004 quarter-finalists will be hoping to escape the group stages, an accolade that has eluded them in the last 3 European Championships. Losing to Spain was their only qualifying defeat and coach Janne Andersson will be quietly confident of progression.
Three-time winners Spain will feel the expectation on them as they play all the group games at home in the San Mames Stadium. The depth of talent in the squad and the knowledge and experience of coach Luis Enrique seem a perfect combination for success. The Spaniards went undefeated in qualifying and are a threat from the many corners they force teams to concede. They will try to manipulate the ball and dominate possession rather than counter-attack but are not as solid as they were once were at the back.
Key trends
Spain were the 6th best defensive side in the qualifiers
Sweden have the best shots on target average in Group E with 42.83%
During the qualifiers, Spain averaged an impressive 10 corners per match.
Referee data
Ref: TBC
Felix Brych (Germany)
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Carlos Del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)
Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)
Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Michael Oliver (England)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (Portugal)
Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Anthony Taylor (England)
Clément Turpin (France)
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Average yellow cards: X
Average red cards: X
Average booking points: X
