On Tuesday, starting with 19:45, the match Sweden – Portugal will be played, within the 2nd round of the League of Nations, Liga A. Portugal is undefeated in 8 of the last 9 direct matches, but Sweden won in the most recent, score 3 -2 in March 2017, international friendly match, played in Funchal. In Sweden, the Portuguese won 4 of the previous 5 trips with the selected host.
Sweden lost at home, score 0-1 to France, the first match in the current edition of the League of Nations. Mbappe scored the only goal of the game in the first half, and Griezmann wasted a shot from 11 meters in extra time. The Swedes defended excellently, but the French did not manage the best match either. At the previous edition of the League of Nations, Sweden, coached by Janne Andersson, won a group with Russia and Turkey, thus ticking the promotion from League B to League A.
Portugal started “en-fanfare” the defense of the League of Nations trophy, won in 2019, with a victory over the world vice-champion Croatia, score 4-1. Cristiano Ronaldo did not play in this match, but the latest news announces that the Portuguese star is recovered and will be used in Stockholm. Fernando Santos’ Portugal finished undefeated in the previous edition of the League of Nations, winning the trophy after a final with the Netherlands, score 1-0, goal scored by Guedes in the second half.
Cristiano Ronaldo has 99 goals scored for Portugal, and if he will be used against Sweden, his motivation to score is huge.
-Sweden finished the first edition of the League of Nations on the 16th place;
-The Swedes are ranked 17th in the FIFA rankings;
-Portugal won the first edition of the League of Nations;
-The Portuguese rank 7th in the FIFA rankings;
Sweden: Olsen; Lustig, Jansson, Lindelof, Bengtsson; Kulusevski, Olsson, Ekdal, Forsberg; Quaison, Berg
Portugal: Lopes; Cancelo, Pepe, Dias, Guerrero; Fernandes, Danilo, Moutinho; Ronaldo, Felix, Bernardo
PREDICTION: Portugal to win @ 1,87
