International Friendly

Sweden vs Albania, 2024 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Sweden
  • 62': Gustaf Nilsson
FT
1 - 0
Albania

    About

    Sweden are hosting Albania at Strawberry Arena, Stockholm, Sweden, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Alexander Isak (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 1': Foul by Enea Mihaj (Albania).
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 2': Delay in match because of an injury Ylber Ramadani (Albania).
    • 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 8': Foul by Armando Broja (Albania).
    • 8': Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Lindelöf.
    • 10': Foul by Qazim Laçi (Albania).
    • 10': Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Berat Djimsiti (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Gustaf Nilsson (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
    • 17': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Carl Starfelt (Sweden) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Emil Forsberg with a cross following a corner.
    • 19': Emil Forsberg (Sweden) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
    • 20': Armando Broja (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 20': Foul by Simon Olsson (Sweden).
    • 21': Attempt saved. Nedim Bajrami (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 21': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Mario Mitaj (Albania) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
    • 23': Offside, Albania. Armando Broja is caught offside.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Qazim Laçi (Albania) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 25': Foul by Emil Krafth (Sweden).
    • 25': Nedim Bajrami (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Armando Broja (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden).
    • 32': Foul by Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden).
    • 32': Jasir Asani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Samuel Gustafson (Sweden).
    • 34': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Foul by Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden).
    • 40': Jasir Asani (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Simon Olsson (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski.
    • 41': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Thomas Strakosha.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sweden 0, Albania 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sweden 0, Albania 0.
    • 47': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 47': Thomas Strakosha (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Armando Broja (Albania).
    • 48': Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Gustafson.
    • 49': Armando Broja (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Foul by Carl Starfelt (Sweden).
    • 50': Foul by Gustaf Nilsson (Sweden).
    • 50': Ylber Ramadani (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Mario Mitaj (Albania).
    • 51': Mario Mitaj (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 51': Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
    • 52': Armando Broja (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Foul by Simon Olsson (Sweden).
    • 54': Carl Starfelt (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Armando Broja (Albania).
    • 55': Attempt missed. Jasir Asani (Albania) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Sweden) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
    • 59': Foul by Emil Forsberg (Sweden).
    • 59': Jasir Asani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Goal! Sweden 1, Albania 0. Gustaf Nilsson (Sweden) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
    • 63': Substitution, Sweden. Mattias Svanberg replaces Emil Forsberg.
    • 63': Substitution, Sweden. Gabriel Gudmundsson replaces Samuel Gustafson.
    • 64': Substitution, Sweden. Anton Salétros replaces Ludwig Augustinsson.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Jasir Asani (Albania) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
    • 65': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Victor Lindelöf.
    • 65': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.
    • 67': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Emil Krafth.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Qazim Laçi (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.
    • 68': Offside, Sweden. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
    • 69': Armando Broja (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 69': Foul by Carl Starfelt (Sweden).
    • 71': Attempt saved. Mattias Svanberg (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Anton Salétros.
    • 71': Foul by Emil Krafth (Sweden).
    • 71': Nedim Bajrami (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Foul by Anton Salétros (Sweden).
    • 72': Jasir Asani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Substitution, Albania. Keidi Bare replaces Qazim Laçi.
    • 75': Substitution, Albania. Elseid Hysaj replaces Iván Balliu.
    • 77': Anton Salétros (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Foul by Kristjan Asllani (Albania).
    • 77': Substitution, Albania. Arbër Hoxha replaces Nedim Bajrami.
    • 77': Substitution, Albania. Sokol Çikalleshi replaces Armando Broja.
    • 78': Substitution, Sweden. Anthony Elanga replaces Gustaf Nilsson.
    • 82': Hand ball by Alexander Isak (Sweden).
    • 82': Substitution, Albania. Arbnor Muçolli replaces Jasir Asani.
    • 83': Substitution, Albania. Ernest Muçi replaces Ylber Ramadani.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Berat Djimsiti (Albania) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 83': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 83': Keidi Bare (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Carl Starfelt (Sweden).
    • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Substitution, Sweden. Linus Wahlqvist replaces Emil Krafth.
    • 86': Substitution, Sweden. Isak Hien replaces Carl Starfelt because of an injury.
    • 86': Berat Djimsiti (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
    • 89': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 89': Mario Mitaj (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (Sweden).
    • 89': Keidi Bare (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Arbnor Muçolli (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden).
    • 90': Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Foul by Arbër Hoxha (Albania).
    • 90'+2': Berat Djimsiti (Albania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Simon Olsson (Sweden).
    • 90'+3': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden).
    • 90'+3': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Offside, Albania. Ernest Muçi is caught offside.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sweden 1, Albania 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Sweden 1, Albania 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 22
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 2
    5 Saves 1
    49.5 Possession 50.5
    8 SHOTS 11
    1 ON GOAL 6
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    424 Accurate Passes 440
    489 Passes 501
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 4
    15 Crosses 11
    0.1 Cross % 0.4
    56 Long Balls 26
    29 Accurate Long Balls 11
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    7 Effective Tackles 8
    13 Tackles 17
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    12 Interceptions 7
    16 Effective Clearances 12
    16 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Strawberry Arena
    Location: Stockholm, Sweden
    Attendance: 17,892

    Line-Ups

    SWE Sweden (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Robin Olsen (GK)
    3 Victor Lindelöf
    15 Carl Starfelt
    6 Ludwig Augustinsson
    2 Emil Krafth
    10 Emil Forsberg
    18 Samuel Gustafsson
    26 Simon Olsson
    24 Gustaf Nilsson
    9 Alexander Isak
    21 Dejan Kulusevski Yellow Card
    Sweden Substitutes:
    Jens Cajuste, Linus Wahlqvist, Hjalmar Ekdal, Anton Saletros, Anthony Elanga, Emil Holm, Mattias Svanberg, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Isak Hien, Viktor Gyökeres, Jacob Ondrejka, Viktor Johansson, Gabriel Gudmundsson.

    ALB Albania (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    23 Thomas Strakosha (GK)
    6 Berat Djimsiti Yellow Card
    13 Enea Mihaj
    3 Mario Mitaj Yellow Card
    2 Iván Balliu
    20 Ylber Ramadani
    21 Kristjan Asllani
    14 Qazim Laçi
    22 Armando Broja
    10 Nedim Bajrami
    9 Jasir Asani
    Albania Substitutes:
    Frederic Veseli, Arbër Hoxha, Taulant Seferi, Arbnor Mucolli, Keidi Bare, Sokol Cikalleshi, Ernest Muçi, Marash Kumbulla, Elseid Hysaj, Elhan Kastrati, Naser Aliji, Alen Sherri, Jon Mersinaj, Rey Manaj.

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