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Outright Odds: 50/1

Party T Winners: 9/4

Sweden battled their way through an awkward qualifying group which included Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Iceland and qualified together of the 2 best put runners-up. The Swedes lost narrowly 1-0 to Croatia both home and away but eight wins out of eight against the rest of the opponents saw them level on points.

The Swedes provide excellent business at the back and their defence delivered only four goals in 10 qualifying matches. Goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson was the truth in qualifying, likely generating one mistake against Iceland in a match Sweden won comfortably. The Rennes stopper is a suitable substitute for the veteran Thomas Ravelli who won more than 100 caps for his country.

Sweden also provide great fighting options to supplement a resolute straight back line. The favorite of Swedish soccer, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, blasted in eight goals in 10 qualifying games while his imagination helped the marauding Fredrik Ljungberg to report eight goals from midfield.

Ibrahimovic came of age at Euro 2004 with a sensational back-flick target against Italy which cause Juventus buying him for approximately 11 million these August. When it matters the most having an injury-time champion away at Hungary in a cruch-qualifier his mettle was proven by him for rating.

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As he seeks one final hurrah before retiring from the game veteran striker Henrik Larsson, a part of the Sweden group who finished third in the 1994 finals, also gives a supplementary choice in attack.

Despite thrashing their competitors in qualifying, rattling in 27 objectives, 13 of which came against bad Malta, the defeats against Croatia boost question marks over if they may repeat their glorious performances of the past.

This is Swedens eleventh look at the Entire World Cup finals. They hosted the tournament in 1958 and won after four minutes against Brazil in the ultimate. However, a Pele scuppered their programs and the Brazilians ran out 5-2 winners. They have also reached the semi-finals in 1950 and 1994 so there is a whole lot to live up to.

The fans may expect them to improve on a frustrating look in the 2002 finals if they topped the very first round party ahead of both Argentina and England but lost in the next round after extra-time against surprise offer Senegal.

Encouraged Bet:

It will be a struggle between Sweden and England to get Group B, with both sides likely to determine who covers the team when they meet in the final game. Previous meetings have already been close and they drew 1-1 when they performed in Group Fs starting installation four years back. A repeat performance is the choice.

Sweden vs England attract @ 11/5

Sweden vs England 1-1 right rating @ 5/1