Antonio Conte’s men produced an excellent display in the 2-0 win against the FIFA ranked 1 Belgium in the group opener on Monday. Italy were well organized and disciplined throughout the full 90 minutes and then win suddenly made them favourites to emerge as group winners.
Sweden were lucky to come out with a point from their opening group game against Ireland. This was a match they were expected to win and have every reason to be disappointed. The Swedes were probably the better team on the field, but they were fairly ineffective and their defense was ripped open many times. Ibrahimovic and co. were helped by an own goal from Ciaran Clark in the 70th minute to cancel out Wes Hoolahan’s opener to share the spoils on the night.
Italy vs Sweden: Predicted Line-ups
Italy (3-5-2): Buffon – Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli – Candreva, Parolo, Motta, Giaccherini, Darmian – Zaza, Immobile.
Sweden (4-4-2): Isaksson – Olsson, Lindelof, Granqvist, Johansson – Forsberg, Lewicki, Kallstrom, Durmaz – Guidetti, Ibrahimovic.
Italy vs Sweden: Head-to-Head Stats
The teams had met on 22 occasions and Italy lead the head-to-head record with 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Italy faced Sweden twice at the Euros, in 2000 and 2004 and are unbeaten with a draw and win respectively.
They had on two occasions at the World Cups and share a win each – Sweden winning 3-2 in 1950 and Italy won 1-0 in 1970.
Italy are on a 4 match unbeaten run against Sweden across all formats, with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Sweden were lucky to come out with a point from their opening group game against Ireland. This was a match they were expected to win and have every reason to be disappointed. The Swedes were probably the better team on the field, but they were fairly ineffective and their defense was ripped open many times. Ibrahimovic and co. were helped by an own goal from Ciaran Clark in the 70th minute to cancel out Wes Hoolahan’s opener to share the spoils on the night.
Italy vs Sweden: Predicted Line-ups
Italy (3-5-2): Buffon – Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli – Candreva, Parolo, Motta, Giaccherini, Darmian – Zaza, Immobile.
Sweden (4-4-2): Isaksson – Olsson, Lindelof, Granqvist, Johansson – Forsberg, Lewicki, Kallstrom, Durmaz – Guidetti, Ibrahimovic.
Italy vs Sweden: Head-to-Head Stats
The teams had met on 22 occasions and Italy lead the head-to-head record with 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Italy faced Sweden twice at the Euros, in 2000 and 2004 and are unbeaten with a draw and win respectively.
They had on two occasions at the World Cups and share a win each – Sweden winning 3-2 in 1950 and Italy won 1-0 in 1970.
Italy are on a 4 match unbeaten run against Sweden across all formats, with 3 wins and 1 draw.
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