Ukraine v Sweden

World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Thu 26 Mar

1:3

Full time

Ukraine v Sweden in World Cup Qualifiers – Europe ended 1:3. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: Ukraine v Sweden

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Home win · Ukraine at 52.8% - the match finished 1:3, so the prediction was wrong.

Model	1 · Ukraine	X	2 · Sweden	Prediction	Result
Pro AI (XGBoost)	52.8%	20.9%	26.3%	Home win · Ukraine	✘ Missed
Final score	1:3			Away win · Sweden

Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Match events: Ukraine v Sweden

6′Viktor Gyökeres · Goal (assist: Benjamin Nygren)
37′Carl Starfelt · Substitution (off: Isak Hien)
51′Viktor Gyökeres · Goal (assist: Kristoffer Nordfeldt)
56′Oleksandr Tymchyk · Yellow card
60′Oleksiy Gutsulyak · Substitution (off: Ivan Kalyuzhnyi)
60′Oleg Ocheretko · Substitution (off: Oleksandr Zubkov)
60′Roman Yaremchuk · Substitution (off: Vladyslav Vanat)
71′Anatoliy Trubin · Yellow card
73′Viktor Gyökeres · Penalty
75′Kristoffer Nordfeldt · Yellow card
77′Lucas Bergvall · Substitution (off: Yasin Ayari)
77′Matviy Ponomarenko · Substitution (off: Georgiy Sudakov)
77′Daniel Svensson · Substitution (off: Gabriel Gudmundsson)
85′Mykola Shaparenko · Substitution (off: Yegor Yarmolyuk)
90′Matviy Ponomarenko · Goal
90+4′Mattias Svanberg · Substitution (off: Anthony Elanga)

Match statistics: Ukraine v Sweden

Statistic	Ukraine	Sweden
Possession	68%	32%
Shots on target	4	4
Total shots	10	10
Shots off target	5	4
Blocked shots	1	3
Corners	1	3
Fouls	12	10
Offsides	5	0
Yellow cards	7	7
Red cards	5	6
Saves	0	2
Passes	562	268
Pass accuracy	84%	75%

Line-ups: Ukraine v Sweden

Ukraine 4-1-4-1

Starting XI

5 Valeriy Bondar 6.4
12 Anatoliy Trubin 5.6
13 Ilya Zabarnyi 6.5
15 Viktor Tsygankov 6.9
16 Vitaliy Mykolenko 6.6
17 Georgiy Sudakov 6.4
18 Yegor Yarmolyuk 6.9
19 Vladyslav Vanat 6.3
20 Oleksandr Zubkov 6.5
21 Ivan Kalyuzhnyi 6.6
22 Oleksandr Tymchyk 6.2

Substitutes (12)

1 Ruslan Neshcheret
2 Eduard Sarapiy
3 Bogdan Mykhaylichenko
4 Oleksandr Svatok
6 Nazar Voloshyn
7 Oleksiy Gutsulyak 6.8
8 Oleksandr Pikhalyonok
9 Roman Yaremchuk 6.5
10 Mykola Shaparenko 6.5
11 Matviy Ponomarenko 7.2
14 Oleg Ocheretko 6.6
23 Dmytro Riznyk

Sweden 3-4-2-1

Starting XI

2 Gustaf Lagerbielke 6.4
3 Victor Lindelöf 6.5
4 Isak Hien 7.2
5 Gabriel Gudmundsson 6.8
6 Herman Johansson 6.5
10 Benjamin Nygren 7.0
11 Anthony Elanga 6.4
16 Jesper Karlström 6.4
17 Viktor Gyökeres 9.2
18 Yasin Ayari 6.5
23 Kristoffer Nordfeldt 6.9

Substitutes (12)

1 Noel Törnqvist
7 Lucas Bergvall 6.4
8 Daniel Svensson 6.4
9 Gustaf Nilsson
12 Melker Ellborg
13 Eric Smith
14 Roony Bardghji
15 Carl Starfelt 7.2
19 Mattias Svanberg
20 Hugo Larsson
21 Taha Ali
22 Besfort Zeneli

Form and head-to-head: Ukraine v Sweden

Ukraine

LWWL

7 Jun 2026ADenmark1–2L
31 May 2026APoland2–0W
16 Nov 2025HIceland2–0W
13 Nov 2025AFrance0–4L

Sweden

LDLWD

30 June 2026AFrance0–3L
26 Jun 2026AJapan1–1D
20 Jun 2026ANetherlands1–5L
15 Jun 2026HTunisia5–1W
4 Jun 2026HGreece2–2D

WC Qualification Europe standings

Current competition standings
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
1	Switzerland	6	4	2	0	+12	14	DWWWDW
1	France	6	5	1	0	+12	16	WWWDWW
2	Ukraine	6	3	1	2	-1	10	WWLLDW
2	Kosovo	6	3	2	1	+1	11	WDLWDW
3	Slovenia	6	0	4	2	-5	4	DDLDLD
3	Iceland	6	2	1	3	+2	7	DWWLLL
4	Sweden	6	0	2	4	-8	2	LLLDDL
4	Azerbaijan	6	0	1	5	-13	1	LLDLLL

Managers: Ukraine v Sweden

UkraineManagerS. Rebrov

SwedenManagerG. Potter

Match information: Ukraine v Sweden

Kick-off: Thu 26 Mar · 19:45
Competition: World Cup Qualifiers – Europe
Round: 28
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
City: Valencia
Surface: grass
Capacity: 26,354

Live commentary: Ukraine v Sweden

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