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Italy vs Sweden Prediction & Betting tips
Will Sweden be a big trauma for Italy? After the 0-1 defeat in the playoff first leg, the four-time world champion is close to missing a World Cup finals since 1958. This took place – of course – in Sweden! The Netherlands have been out long ago. Is Italy now another of Europe’s big footballing nations? Certainly, some other countries would be happy about that.
Italy :
This will be a tough job for the Squadra Azzurra. The first leg on Friday in Stockholm, Sweden has earned Italy a 1-0 loss. It was not a good game on both sides, but the Italians did not do enough to get a better starting position. Italy was able to post a pole after ninety minutes, but almost all of Italy’s offensive efforts can be limited to these goals. Now it’s clear: In the second leg not only a win, but also a two-goal lead, if you do not want to shake with a 1-0 after 120 minutes in the penalty shootout.
But now it comes: Italy has never met more than once in its last five internationals! The last higher victory was in the group stage of qualifying at 5: 0 against Liechtenstein. It was followed by a 0-3 in Spain, 1-0 against Israel, 1-1 at home against Macedonia and a 1-0 win in Albania, before the bankruptcy in Sweden. While Italy scored only 21 goals in ten games in the group stage despite not too heavy opponents, Spain scored 36 times in the same group for comparison. After all, Italy remained unbeaten in his five home games and brought three wins and a draw. The last home defeat in a competitive match was won by Italy on 08.09.1999! At that time the Italians lost in the context of the European Championship qualification with 2: 3 against Denmark. The last home defeat there was on 01.09.2016, when Italy lost a friendly match against France with 1: 3.
Sweden :
It is an excellent starting position, which Sweden has earned on Friday. In the eyes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there was no conceding, which is certainly the most important thing in this victory. Because now Sweden can only fail if the country loses at least two goals difference. But only once in his last 29 internationals lost Sweden with two goals difference. That, in turn, is not that long ago. In the last matchday of the group stage of qualifying, Sweden lost 2-0 in the Netherlands, which was of no importance in the end, as the Swedes would have had to lose by seven goals to be knocked out of second place by the Netherlands.
For a long time, thanks to a 2-1 home victory against France, it looked as if Sweden could qualify directly for the 2018 World Cup, but in the end it should be a 3-2 defeat on Matchday 7 in Bulgaria, after the First place was no longer in the hands. In general, Sweden had its problems abroad. While the Scandinavians scored a 4-1-0 record in their own country in the group stage, away from home there were only two wins in Luxembourg and Belarus and three defeats in just France, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Seven of the last ten international matches could win Sweden. There was also a draw and two defeats.
Italy vs Sweden head to head matches
10.11.17 WC Sweden Italy 1 : 0
17.06.16 EUR Italy Sweden 1 : 0
18.11.09 FI Italy Sweden 1 : 0
18.06.04 EUR Italy Sweden 1 : 1
19.06.00 EUR Italy Sweden 2 : 1