Russia hosts Sweden in a friendly international match. The match will be played on Thursday, October 8th at Arena CSKA (Moscow)
The Russians looked quite confident last month. Cherchesov's men beat Serbia (3-1) and Hungary (3-2), but they were considerably lucky that the teams were not ready. After all, the top championships were just beginning, while the Russians played six rounds in three weeks. Now the Russian national team won’t have the advantage in form of readiness, so the match with the Swedes will be very difficult.
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The Swedes were supposed to hold this friendly match at home, but the situation with the coronavirus in their country forced the game to be moved to Moscow. A month ago, the Yellow-Blues played two matches in the top division of the Nations League and lost both of them. The world champions (0-1) and the European champions (0-2) beat the Swedes on their pitch. Sweden attacked weakly but showed a quite reliable game in defense. It is worth noting that the team is used to playing defensive football, so matches involving the Swedes rarely end in goal extravaganza.
The teams met in the last draw of the Nations League. Russia tied with the Swedes at home (0:0) and lost in Stockholm (0-2). There was a lot of tough struggle in those two matches, but not only the statistics of the last games speak in favor of low scoring. Teams have perfect defensive skills, and, as a rule, they prefer to close in head-to-head matches. Considering the game styles of the teams, there is no reason to wait for an abundance of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
