UEFA Nations League will see Slovenia take on Sweden at Stadion Stožice this week in Group 4 League B. Match day schedules for Thursday June 2, 2022 at 21:45 EAT.
Slovenia has been going through an inconsistent run in their few recent fixtures. The team is unbeaten in their last four matches but have one win in that run and they’ve only kept one clean sheet in the last five matches. They haven’t actually had a great run in their last 10 matches; in that run they’ve only won four games and these were against weak teams.
Slovenia prepare for this fixture off the back of 0-0 International Friendlies stalemate with Qatar in their most recent outing. In that match, Slovenia had 56% possession and six shots with two of them on target while Qatar got 10 shots with five of them on targets.
Sweden on the other hand had a rough campaign in the World Cup Qualifiers where they recorded a number of defeats. The side gets into this game having lost three times in their last four matches, and keeping just one clean sheet in that period. They’ve also failed to score in three of their last four matches, while their only win in this period came in extra time, against Czech Republic in the World Cup qualification playoffs.
Sweden will be hoping for better results here coming off 2-0 WC Qualifiers – Europe action, In that match, Sweden had 61% possession and 12 shots with sis of them on target while Poland got 10 shots with eight of them on target and goals by Robert Lewandowski (50′) and Piotr Zieliński (72′).
Slovenia vs Sweden head to head
Since 2008, Thursday’s fixture will be the third direct encounter between these two teams. Sweden won in one of the preceding fixtures while the other one ended in a draw.
- Sweden 0-0 Slovenia 30/05/16
- Sweden 1-0 Slovenia 26/05/08
Home
- Qatar 0-0 Slovenia
- Croatia 1-1 Slovenia
- Slovenia 2-1 Cyprus
- Slovakia 2-2 Slovenia
- Slovenia 1-2 Russia
Away
- Poland 2-0 Sweden
- Sweden 1-0 Czech Republic
- Spain 1-0 Sweden
- Georgia 2-0 Sweden
- Sweden 2-0 Greece
Slovenia team news
Coach Matjaž Kek will be grateful to have no fitness concerns ahead of this fixture.
Sweden team news
Owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Sweden manager Janne Andersson does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game.
Prediction and odds
Slovenia is unbeaten in nine of the past 10 home fixtures across all competition and they won seven of those 10 home fixtures while Sweden follows a set of defeats on road, but those defeats were against European top outfits.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
