The Nations League action scheduled for Sunday sees Nordic neighbors Sweden and Norway now continue a long-standing rivalry in Stockholm at Friends Arena. Showdown scheduled for June 5, 2022 21:45 EAT.
The hosts currently sit first in the League B Group 4 standing with three points from opening round. They’re lacking a quality solution in the attacking part. They’ve been conceding negative displays at a frequent rate of late. Sweden games are seeing a zero in the score line.
Sweden will be hoping for similar results following a 0-2 Nations League victory vs Slovenia. In that game, Sweden managed 46% possession, 10 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by Emil Forsberg (39′) and Dejan Kulusevski (88′). Slovenia had 12 shots on goal with 3 on target.
The visitors are in a tie with the home side in the league standings. They have been displaying winless results in many of their recent competitive outings. In 5 of the prior six games involving Norway, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell comes to a meagre 2.83, with the average goals for Løvene being 2.33.
Norway will hope for a similar result following a 0-1 Nations League win with the eclipse of Serbia in their last match. In that game, Norway had 33% possession, 4 shots 2 of them on target and a goal scored by Erling Haaland (26′). Serbia got 13 shots with 5 of them on target.
Sweden vs Norway head-to-head
These two teams have had 12 encounters since 1962; Sweden has 5 wins while Norway has 2 wins and 5 games ended all square.
- Sweden 1-1 Norway 08/09/19
- Norway 3-3 Sweden 26/03/19
- Norway 1-1 Sweden 13/06/17
- Norway 0-0 Sweden 08/06/15
- Sweden 4-2 Norway 14/08/13
Home
- Slovenia 0-2 Sweden
- Poland 2-0 Sweden
- Sweden 1-0 Czech Republic
- Spain 1-0 Sweden
- Georgia 2-0 Sweden
Away
- Serbia 0-1 Norway
- Norway 9-0 Armenia
- Norway 2-0 Slovakia
- Netherlands 2-0 Norway
- Norway 0-0 Latvia
Sweden team news
Janne Andersson will have a fully fit squad to choose from.
Norway team news
Ståle Solbakken will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
The home form of Sweden has been excellent of late. They have recorded enough of positive displays here recently. We can also see their offensive line-up scoring two or more goals in four of the past 5 home outings. Norway is currently having a winless streak on road at present. They are winless in each of their past two on road competitive outings.
- Sweden win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
