Action from Euro 2012 concludes this Friday night from the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv featuring Sweden v England.
The whole game can be seen Live on BBC One High Definition with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Euro 2012 Sweden v England Betting Tips Preview and Team News.
Sweden are in the precarious position of knowing that failure to win this game would see them eliminated from the tournament after they were beaten 2-1 last monday night against the Ukraine as France up next in the final game a draw would not be good enough.
England can take a positive step towards the quarter finals with victory over Sweden but Roy Hodgson and his side will be fully aware that the Swedes have been a bogey team for England over recent years and a the whole nation is crying out for a more aggressive formation.
Sweden v England Team News
Sweden Team News :- Coach Erik Hamren has announced that striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start the game up front despite the AC Milan player having missed most of training on wednesday.
Johan Elmander and Anders Svensson also look likely to be restored to the starting lineup having both been dropped to the bench in the opening game against the Ukraine.
Probable Lineup : Isaksson, Lustig, Mellberg, Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Svensson, Kallstrom, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Toivonen, Elmander.
England Team News :- Coach Roy Hodgson does have a huge decision to make in this game in terms of formation, but at this stage it does look unlikely that he will make any changes to the side that took to field in monday’s 1-1 draw with France much to the nation’s disappointment.
Probable Lineup : Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Steven Gerrard, Scott Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young, Welbeck.
Sweden v England Head to Head Statistics
Friday night’s game will become the 23rd meeting between the two nations over the years and all the results of those previous matches can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- Sweden Victories : 6
- Draws : 9
- England Victories : 7
The two sides last met each other back in the middle of November 2011 at Wembley Stadium, where England won the game 1-0 courtesy of Garry Barry.
