Sweden - Slovakia

In the second match of the Euro2020 group stage, Sweden played with Slovakia. Despite the fact that the Slovaks were able to beat Poland in the first match, Sweden is the favorite of the match.

Bookmaker quotes

P1: 1.96

W2: 4.7

TM2.5: 1.57

TB2.5: 2.56

Match preview of the 2nd round of the Euro2020 group stage: Sweden - Slovakia

In the first round, the Swedes made a mistake. They could not beat Spain. You need to win this match. Moreover, Slovakia has never in history been able to outplay today's rival. If Slovakia wins, they will advance to the playoffs ahead of schedule.

Review of the first half of the match of the 2nd round of the group stage of Euro2020: Sweden - Slovakia

From the first minutes the Swedes began to show that they would only play to win. Already at 3 minutes Sebastian Larsson shoots on target. But the Slovaks answered in 5 minutes. Kutska missed the target. On the 14th minute already Lustig tried to hit his head. But the ball goes by.

It can be noted that both teams, during the first 30 minutes of the meeting, played almost exactly. Yes, there was a slight territorial advantage for Sweden, but it is not critical. Slovakia played confidently in the selection. The pressure caused a lot of problems for the Swedes. But it almost never came to shots on goal. It was not clear how the teams could score!

Yes, until 43 minutes there was only a fight. But at the end of the first half, Gamshik managed to break through. The ball flew much higher than the Swedish goal. Ultimately, the first half ended. He turned out to be very sad.

Review of the second half of the match of the 2nd round of the group stage of Euro2020: Sweden - Slovakia

AT 47 minutes Forsberg shoots and misses again. In the 50th minute, Slovakia responds with an imprecise shot. Yes, the second half turned out to be somewhat more aggressive. On 58 minutes Kutska shoots on target. Sweden responded at 59 and 60 minutes. Augustinsson and Danielsson were on target. The goalkeeper coped with the shots. Isak heads through on 67 minutes. And then the ball flies over the goal.

On 71 minutes, the same Isak shoots on target. But even here it did not work to score. All the same, the defense of Slovakia wavered. At the 77th minute, the referee pointed to the 11-meter mark. Forsberg approached the ball. He scores confidently. Thanks to a penalty kick, Sweden took the lead: 1 - 0. From about 76 minutes on, Slovakia was only yellow. In 10 minutes they received three pieces. The arbiter added 5 minutes.

Slovakia tried to stage the final assault. It worked wonderfully well. On 90 + 3 minutes, Kutska breaks above the gate. At one point, the ball hits the Swede's hand, in his own penalty area. The referee and his assistants watched TV and made a decision: there is no 11-meter, and will not be. Match result: minimum victory for Sweden, with a score of 1 - 0.

Thus, Sweden is gaining 4 points in the group. The fate of reaching the playoffs will be decided in the next match.