Sweden vs Belarus: result 4-0 and analysis
World Cup - Qualification Europe1st Round - 5Kick-off on March 25, 2017 at 05:00 PM (UTC)Friends Arena, Solna
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What was the result of Sweden vs Belarus?
Sweden won 4-0 on March 25, 2017.
Goalscorers
- 19′E. ForsbergSweden (pen.)
- 49′E. ForsbergSweden
- 57′M. BergSweden
- 77′I. Kiese ThelinSweden
Official lineup for Sweden vs Belarus
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Sweden
4-2-2-2- 20O. Toivonen
- 9M. Berg
- 15Oscar Hiljemark
- 10E. Forsberg
- 21J. Durmaz
- 8A. Ekdal
- 5L. Augustinsson
- 18P. Jansson
- 2M. Lustig
- 4A. Granqvist
- 1R. Olsen
Belarus
5-4-1- 13N. Signevich
- 11M. Gordeychuk
- 18I. Maevskiy
- 10R. Bressan
- 16Aleksey Rios
- 3A. Martynovich
- 4Igor Shitov
- 19M. Bordachev
- 6S. Politevich
- 21E. Filipenko
- 22Andrey Gorbunov
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Sweden have 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats; Belarus have 0, 2 and 2.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2017 | Slovakia(home) | 6-0 | Friendlies |
| Jan 8, 2017 | Ivory Coast(home) | 1-2 | Friendlies |
| Nov 11, 2016 | France(away) | 1-2 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Bulgaria(home) | 3-0 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Luxembourg(away) | 1-0 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2016 | Bulgaria(away) | 0-1 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Luxembourg(home) | 1-1 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Netherlands(away) | 1-4 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
| Sep 6, 2016 | France(home) | 0-0 | World Cup - Qualification Europe |
How many goals should we expect?
Sweden score 1.5 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Belarus score 0.5 and concede 1.5.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1.5 | 1.1 | 5 | 7/15 | 7/15 |
| Belarus | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 2/4 | 1/4 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Sweden sit 4th in World Cup - Qualification Europe (2 points from 6 matches) and Belarus sit 4th (2 points from 6 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SwedenGroup B | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | BelarusGroup C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy