Sweden won 2-1 over the World Cup participating team, Mexico in a friendly match in the middle of last week. Even though they didn’t come down with the best line-up, Janne Andersson’s troops did enough to damage Mexico’s motivation ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Two goals scored by Marcus Rohden and Mattias Svanberg ended Sweden’s five match winless run. Previously, the Scandinavian country was relegated to League C in the UEFA Nations League.
Not only Sweden, other Nordic countries that can only watch the World Cup from home this year are Finland and Norway. Meanwhile, Denmark managed to continue the tradition of playing the World Cup after failing in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
Sweden’s focus is currently shifting to preparing for Euro 2024 qualifiers. Later the Blue and Yellow squad will face Belgium, Austria, Estonia and Azerbaijan.
Meanwhile, the visiting team, Algeria, came with a 1-1 draw against Mali. Whereas before, the strength of the African team had beaten Iran, Guinea and Nigeria in exhibition matches since June.
In the last match, Algeria actually took the lead thanks to Riyad Mahrez’s goal via a penalty. Unfortunately the goal was equalized by Haidara in the 58th minute. This result ended Algeria’s streak of five consecutive wins in all tournaments.
Match | Sweden vs. Algeria |
Competition | Friendlies |
Matchday | Friendly Match |
Venue | Eleda Stadion (Malmö) Stadium |
Sweden – Algeria Head-to-Head Record
- 04/11/1990 Algeria vs Sweden 1 – 1
Last 5 Match Performance
Sweden
- 06/10/2022 Sweden vs Serbia 0 – 1
- 06/12/2022 Norway vs Sweden 3 – 2
- 09/25/2022 Serbia vs Sweden 4 – 1
- 09/28/2022 Sweden vs Slovenia 1 – 1
- 11/17/2022 Mexico vs Sweden 1 – 2
Algeria
- 06/08/2022 Tanzania vs Algeria 0 – 2
- 06/13/2022 Iran vs Algeria 1 – 2
- 09/24/2022 Algeria vs Guinea 1 – 0
- 09/28/2022 Algeria vs Nigeria 2 – 1
- 11/17/2022 Algeria vs Mali 1 – 1
Sweden vs. Algeria Squad Predictions
Sweden (4-4-2): Olsen; Holm, Lindelof, Hien, Augustinsson, Elanga, Svanberg, Olsson, Forsberg, Quaison, Gyokeres.
Algeria (4-3-3): M’Bolhi; Benayada, Mandi, Tougai, Bensebaini, Bennacer, Boudaoui, Bentaleb, Mahrez, Slimani, Benrahma.
Kick-off time, & Live Streaming Links
So, what is the final score for this match? Just watch! Sweden vs. Algeria will air on Saturday, November 19, 2022.
Official TV | Soccer TV |
Date | Saturday, November 19, 2022 |
Kickoff | 14:30 EDT |
Live TV | Soccer TV, TV-Bola |