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With the aim of achieving a victory that allows him to take hold in the first place of Group 2 of the League B of the UEFA Nations League, on Thursday the Russian team jumps to the gramado of the Stadion Kaliningrad to receive the visit of Sweden.
Russia:
Those led by Stanislav Cherchesov are going through an excellent time, remember that Russia hosted the last World Cup and made an excellent presentation, leaving Spain aside and thus was eliminated in the quarterfinals by way of penalties against a Croatia that at the end he would reach the final.
These results have raised the confidence and level of Russian players and if you do not have to see what happened in the UEFA Champions League where CSKA Moscow beat the European champion Real Madrid.
Russia has started with all their participation in the UEFA League of Nations beat as a visit to Turkey by 1-2, but that’s not all, since then came a friendly against the Czech Republic and also came out victorious but this time the scoreboard It was bulging after winning 5-1, and now knowing that they debut at home in this competition, are ready to add three points that will be important to win the group and get promotion to League A.
Sweden:
Meanwhile, those led by Janne Andersson made a good presentation at the 2018 World Cup in Russia where they reached the last 16 by being eliminated by England.
But after that they have fallen into a hole, since they come from losing in a friendly against Austria 2-0 and then they debuted with a defeat in the UEFA Nations League playing at home, where Turkey beat them by 2-3 and with the Swedish team has a three-game losing streak, and what is most worrying is their poor performance in defense, as they have received between two and three goals in each of their last three games.
The truth is that Sweden is obliged to win this game, since a new defeat would leave them practically in the last place and with it the descent to League C, so on their return to Russia, they hope to reconnect with the good ones results
The last time these teams met was for the qualifiers of the European Championship France 2016, at that time the game in Sweden ended with a draw at one goal, while the game on Russian soil was a 1-0 home win and with those results Russia maintains an undefeated in the last four direct confrontations against Sweden, in all competitions, where two were victories.
Russia vs Sweden head to head matches
05.09.15 EUR Russia Sweden 1 : 0
09.10.14 EUR Sweden Russia 1 : 1
18.06.08 EUR Russia Sweden 2 : 0
21.08.02 FI Russia Sweden 1 : 1
25.06.94 WC Sweden Russia 3 : 1