On Friday, starting at 19:45, the Swedish-Malta match will be played in the Euro 2020 preliminaries, group F, third round. Sweden won all 11 previous matches, but the two nations have not met since 2009. Both teams have won a match in group F with the same score of 2-1, but the Nordic players also scored by electrifying draw in Norway’s score, 3-3.
The Swedes ranked second in Group F, following the Spanish leader, with 4 points. Selected by Janne Andersson will look for victory without emotion in front of Malta, but the Nordic is not a team that scores many goals. The last victory to more than 2 goals in the home game was recorded in October 2017, an 8-0 with Luxembourg, the national team that has advanced tremendously. The Swedish defender Victor Lindelof is missing from the bout but he will be given the chance to Alexander Isak, Borussia Dortmund’s 19-year-old striker who impressed Willem II.
Malta won the duel with the Faroe Islands, scoring 2-1, then lost just 2-0 to the national of Spain, which scored through the double of Alvaro Morata. The Maltese team trained by Ray Farrugia are now at a draw with Romania, ranked third in the F group. Malta is a compact group that lost one match in the last 10 games, with a difference of more than 2 goals. Swedes are likely to win the match on Friday, but not to a huge score.
THE PROBABLE TEAM SWEDEN
Olsen – Lustig, Granqvist, Helander, Augustinsson – Larsson, Forsberg, Ekdal – Berg, Isak, Quaison
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,30
