Sweden take on Italy in round two of the World Cup group stage. The upcoming game will take place at Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday.
Sweden rank number one with three points after their opening match in Group G, while Italy have three points as number two.
Sweden managed to squeeze out a tight 2-1 win in the first round. Getting away with three points from the first away group game in the World Cup will have them wanting for more in this their next group match. Italy managed to squeeze out a tight 1-0 win against Argentina, thus giving themselves a great start to the World Cup. Keeping a clean sheet on top of a win is always an excellent result.
Form: Sweden vs Italy
Sweden Form
Sweden have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. First, they went down 0-1 against Denmark, before picking up a 3-3 draw against Norway. Their latest match brought a 2-1 win in their encounter with South Africa. Sweden achieved success in four of their last 10 internationals in all competitions, while three ended in a draw and three in defeat.
Italy Form
In their last three matches, Italy first drew 0-0 with Morocco, before besting New Zealand in a 0-2 contest. They beat Argentina by 1-0 last time out. Italy won four out of their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, drew one, and suffered five defeats in the same span.
Sweden vs Italy Stats
- Sweden have not lost 7 of the last 9 matches
- In 5 of the last 7 Sweden matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Sweden have conceded in 5 of the last 6 matches
- In 3 of the last 4 Sweden matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sweden have not won 3 of the last 4 matches
- In the last 10 Italy matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Italy have not lost the last 4 matches in a row
- Italy have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- Italy have conceded in 7 of the last 9 matches
- Italy have scored in 5 of the last 6 matches
Position in the World Cup standings: Sweden vs Italy
Sweden vs Italy H2H
When these two nations last faced off against each other in a competitive game, Italy ended up taking the glory in a 3-2 win on 25 July 2017.
Sweden have a 67% win rate against Italy, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 2-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Both teams found the back of the net two times in the last three matches between Sweden and Italy.
Topscorer
As the World Cup campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Sweden and Italy in this tournament. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
WIN – DRAW – WIN
Italy remained unbeaten in their last five games on the bounce, winning four times and drawing once.
OVER – UNDER
Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Sweden’s last ten matches across all tournaments, while Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Italy. Italy’s last 3 matches had less than three goals.
In the last three encounters between Sweden and Italy over 2.5 goals came out two times, as Sweden averaged 2.34 goals a game. Italy scored an average of 1.33 goals in these, while both teams scored two times.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
Sweden scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Italy scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games.
Italy have not conceded a goal in 3 consecutive games. Of the previous 10 outings, Sweden scored the opening goal six times, whereas their opponents were first on target in three of their last 10 games.
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