Sweden vs. England vs. Sweden. In Sweden, Jonsson replaced Williamson in the first place. Arbak replaced Ibrahimovic and Larson. For England, Hargreaves and Rooney replaced Steven Gerrard and crouch respectively.
History of both sides participating in the world cup
Sweden team
Number of World Cup entries: 11
World Cup best results: runner up of 1958 World Cup, third place of 1950 World Cup, third place of 1994 World Cup
World Cup Time: 1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006fifa ranking: 18
On November 13, 2017, the Swedish National Men's football team was promoted through the European additional match, and won the qualification for the 2018 Russia world cup, which is the 12th time.
England
Number of World Cup entries: 14
World Cup best: 1996 World Cup champion
World Cup Time: 1930-1938, 1950-2014
FIFA ranking: 15
By the end of the 2014 World Cup, England had 61 games in the world, 26 wins, 19 draws and 16 losses, scoring 79 goals and losing 55 goals. On October 5, 2017, England won 8 wins and 2 draws in group F of the European zone qualifier, and qualified for the 2018 Russia world cup with the group's first qualification.
The two teams have fought 20 times in history, Sweden 6-8, 6-6 and the opponent, 24 goals and 30 goals; in the competition, Sweden 2-4 and 3 goals, 5 goals and 3 goals (since May 22, 68, Sweden has been unbeaten to England in 11 games in 38 years). In the 2002 World Cup, the two sides drew 1-1. In Sweden, Jonsson replaced Williamson in the starting line-up, and arbak replaced Ibrahimovic, who was injured, to partner Larson in the front line. For England, Hargreaves and Rooney replaced Steven Gerrard and crouch respectively.
England's 34 - year - old fate of winning 10 games against Sweden will come true in 2018.
Score prediction
Xiaobian thinks that the strength of both sides is equal. Expected score: 1:2 or 2:3
Sweden
Swedish coach Andriy Andersson combined the lack of superstar in the team into a whole, and smoothed the rough side of the Swedish team. Although he did not have a great experience and great achievements in coaching, Anderson was able to bring Sweden back to the top 16 of the world cup, which fully shows that he still has a great ability. Anderson in the team formation and tactics basically no big changes.
In the absence of such a big center as Ibrahimovic, Anderson mainly defends and counterattacks with stronger propulsion and faster speed, and at the same time finishes killing the opponent with the breakthrough ability of Fosbury and others. It's not easy for Sweden to reach the top 8 in the current strength, but for this youth army, it's not a small progress to be able to create a miracle again, and the team's vision is still in the future.
England
After the arrival of young manager Southgate, England led the team to a 7-2 unbeaten record in the World Cup qualification, scoring 17 goals and only losing 3 goals. In fact, Southgate began to recruit a number of young players after taking office, such as Harry McGuire, Ruben Loftus cheek and Joe Gomez. They all got the chance to play for the country under Southgate, which made the age structure of the England team more balanced. In the Premier League, many teams began to use the formation of "three centre backs" since 2016 / 17 season, which also inspired Southgate, and changed the regular "four guards" used by England for many years into the formation of "3-4-2-1", so that the team can guarantee the advantage of the number of players in the forbidden area under the protection of one more centre back, and give more space to the players on both wings To participate in the attack, although this formation has not been used in the competition, but I believe that such reform will bring a new look to England.
Swedish coach Andriy Andersson combined the lack of superstar in the team into a whole, and smoothed the rough side of the Swedish team. Although he did not have a great experience and great achievements in coaching, Anderson was able to bring Sweden back to the top 16 of the world cup, which fully shows that he still has a great ability. Anderson in the team formation and tactics basically no big changes.