Sweden takes on the visitors England at “Cosmos Arena” in the quarter-final fight of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Samara on Saturday, July 7th.
After Zlatan Ibrahimovi’s retirement, Sweden’s chances for promotion to the final stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia looked quite miserable as the side which occupied the second place in the qualification group sent it to the Play Offs tackles while “Tre Kronor” had to compete with France and Netherlands in Group A. However, the Scandinavians broke the Dutch, giving settles on the second position and then knocked out Italy in the Play Offs. Moreover, “Blagult” managed to join the last 16 teams of the final stage, having promoted from the group where they stayed with Germany. Although there are more talented sides at the quarter-stage, Sweden is an example of ethics and discipline. “Tre Kronor” stick very strictly to 4-4-2 tactics while footballers are firmly following the head-coach’s directions. It should be noted that at the group stage of the current Mundial Sweden had less corners than all its opponents: 6-5 in the fight against South Korea, 8-3 in the clash against Germany and 7-3 in the battle against Mexico. “Blagult” continued this tradition in the Play Offs stage, having had three corners against 11 ones of the Swiss.
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Meanwhile, I expected the English to show impressive football and it’s a pity that such a solid team as Colombia wad knocked out by “The Three Lions” in the Play Offs. The upcoming visitors are also a very well-organized side which, however, follows not so conservative philosophy, as a result, the players are more flexible and mobile although stick to the plan. The side performed in one qualification group with Slovakia, Slovenia, Scotland, Lithuania and Malta. The English had a better record of the corners than their rivals: 7.4 against 2.6 on average. Moreover, the team also had impressive statistics concerning the corners on the road: 8.0 against 3.0. One might object that the total corners outcome of the tackle between England and Panama was only 3:2. However, that game was more an exception as “The Three Lions” scored six goals. In the rest of the encounters played the team broke by the corners Tunisia 7:2, Belgium 7:2 and Colombia 6:1 in the regular time.
Irrespective of the clash scenario England knows how to switch from 3-5-2 model to 5-3-2 perfectly well. The upcoming visitors play wide and attack a lot. “The Three Lions” usually beat in a very confident fashion the rivals which also like to posses ball, not speaking about the defending ones. I believe the English will easily break the Swedish in terms of corners.
Prediction for the match: England to take over -2.5 corners.
