Spain vs Sweden Prediction: Don't Underrate Sweden

It's the semi final stage and every team here has a strong claim and belief that they can go on and win the tournament. Spain and Sweden will face each other for the 2nd time in their histories to seal a place in the final stage of the tournament. Spain saw off the challenge from Netherlands in the Quarter Final by winning 2-1 in full time, while Sweden beat Japan by 2-1 to progress to this stage. Now, which team will be able to make it to the final stage from the two? Let’s find out.

Spain will be buzzing with confidence to have made it this far in the competition. The team had a brilliant run earlier in the tournament until they were hammered 4-0 in the final group game by Japan. Besides the defeat, the Spanish team had 2 big wins in the opening game, beating Costa Rica 3-0 and then Zambia 5-0. And in the Knockout stages, they were excellent. They started off the stage with a 5-1 win over Switzerland and then went on to beat last year’s finalist Netherlands 2-1.

So far in the tournament, the team have scored a total of 15 goals and conceded just 6 goals in 5 matches. They averaged 3.0 goals per game and had a conversion rate of 11%. Spanish midfielder Teresa Abelleira has been the star player in the team and she is currently top joint scorer with 3 goals. Alongside Jennifer Hermoso and Aitana Bonmati.

Jennifer Hermoso and Alba Redondo both take an average of 1.4 shots on target per game. But unfortunately, Alba Redondo has the most missed chances (5) in the team. Teresa Abelleira, Mariona Caldentey and Eva Maria Navarro have all created 3 big chances in the tournament so far. And defensively Oihane Hernandez leads the average tackles per game as they defender averages 2.8 tackles per game. But she has picked up the most yellow cards (2) in the team.

Team streak: without a clean sheet (3), more than 2.5 goals (5/6), first to score (9/10), first half winner (8/10), less than 4.5 cards (10/10).

Sweden has been a fanatic team in the tournament so far and they have exceeded expectations in the tournament. They have maintained an excellent run throughout the tournament without conceding a single defeat. They started off with 3 wins in the group stages, against South Africa (2-1), Italy (5-0) and Argentina (2-0). And then in the knockout stages they faced reigning champions USA and held them to a draw before winning on penalties and finally they defeated Japan (2-1) in the last round.

Analysis of the Swedish team shows they have scored 11 goals and conceded 2 goals so far in all 5 games played so far in the tournament. They averaged 2.2 goals per game and had a 16% conversion rate. The team also averaged 4.6 shots on target per game and 6.0 corners per game. The star player in the team has been Swedish defender Amanda Ilestedt and she leads the goal charts with 4 goals. Jonna Andersson and Sofia Jakobsson both have recorded the highest assists (2) in the team. Amanda Ilestedt also has an average of 1.2 shots on target per game while forward Stina Blackstenius has wasted the most chances (3) so far. Defender Nathalie Bjorn leads the accurate passes per game (55.5 - 78%) in the team. Also, midfielder Flippa Angeldahl has the most tackles per game (2.5).

Team streak: wins (5), no losses (6), less than 4.5 cards (10/10), less than 10.5 corners (5/6).

Sweden and Spain have played only 1 game against each other according to the head-to-head records and the game ended in a 1-1 in a friendly back in October 2022.

Both teams have been excellent up to this stage and either side deserves to make it to the final. Spain has benefited hugely from its attacking talents in the likes of Teresa Abelleira and Jennifer Hermoso. They will be the big factors in how this game goes and they are the players Sweden will have to worry about. And for Sweden we have seen how much they rely on the brilliance of Amanda Ilestedt, she has been remarkable throughout the competition and she will need to step up once more for the team. Either way, both sides will go out to grab at least one goal in order to avoid dragging this to penalties. So the goal market is profitable in this game.

• Over 2 Goals at 1.71 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.94 Odds
• Game Decided After Penalties at 5.50 Odds