Mexico - Sweden Football prediction

Mexico and Sweden face each other in a game for this phase of the World Cup. There is no record of direct clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was played on 29-01-2009 and ended with the result: Mexico (0-1) Sweden.

Analysis of Mexico

The team arrives at this 3rd round of Group F in 1st place, with 6 points won, after 2 wins. In their first game of this group stage won against Germany by (0-1). On Matchday 2, he won against South Korea by (1-2). In the last 10 games, Mexico has 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. His attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games. In their games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 16 of their last 39 games finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In the 15 games he played, he only managed 1 turnaround in the five games in which he suffered the first goal.

Mexico start for this motivated game after having beaten South Korea by 1-2, adding their second win in the 2018 World Cup: the goals were signed by Vela and Javier Hernández. It should be noted that Mexicans need only a draw to secure the top spot in Group F. Without surprises, coach Juan Carlos Osorio is expected to lead the field an eleven very similar to the last game, aligned in 4-2-3-1, being Javier Hernández the most offensive team reference. Nevertheless, the great unbalance of the Mexican equipment is the young prodigy Lozano, very fast and exímio in the 1x1. It seems that all players are available for this third game.

Analysis of Sweden

After 1 victory and 1 defeat, the team arrives at this 3rd round in the 3rd position of Group F, with 3 points won. On the previous day, they lost to Germany 2-1, after their first group game won 1-0 against South Korea. In the last 10 matches for all competitions, Sweden won 3, tied 3 and lost 4. In 15 games, only managed 2 rounds in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Sweden start this game with a 2-1 loss to Germany, adding to their first defeat in this competition: Ola Toivonen scored the only goal of the Swedish team. We remember that the Swedes had beaten South Korea in the opening day of the group stage, 0-1, and still be able to advance to the next phase of the competition. In this game against Mexico, the leader of the group, coach Janne Andersson should play in 4-4-2, but with a more cautious strategy, since the opponent holds great individual values. Still, Sweden must dominate possession of the ball at some point in the match: Forsberg is largely responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. For this game the coach can count on all his players.