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Sweden Betting Odds

Sweden road to Russia 2018 World Cup

Ranking 18 in the FIFA positions layout, the Swedish team qualified for 11 appearances at the FIFA World Cup, getting only up to first stage only, plus 4 more appearances that made it to semifinals, and only 1 instance where they crashed through to the finals, only to turn out their best achievement by finishing as runners-up in 1958. Their first FWC appearance was in 1934, and their last qualification was for 2006, on German soil. Check Sweden Betting Odds here.

In a fantasy football move in June by Ola Toivonen, an open goal from the halfway line with 10 seconds to go and tied 1-1 with France, turned into gold and sealed their ticket to Russia. Later, in November, they overcame the Italian Azzurri in an ever-so-memorable playoff with which they penciled in and underlined their slot at Russia 2018 and scheduled their return to the global FWC finals after a long 12 years since Germany 2006, barging in at group F, along with Germany, Mexico and South Korea.

Sweden Key Players

Key player Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s retirement withdrew an impressive level of talent from the ranks of the Swedish lineup, and spread a lot of pressure on the remaining leading players, especially on Coach Janne Andersson’s shoulders. Coach Janne Andersson, age 55, was brought in in June 2016 to replace Eric Hamren. With a vast coaching career where Norrkoping obtained the 2015 Swedish title under his scrutiny, he gave the team a rejuvenating face-lift and led it straight to its famous World Cup playoff win over Italy. The leading players, made up by Marcus Berg, who duly stepped in to provide goal-power after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s retirement (scoring 8 times throughout the Russia 2018 qualifiers) and acting as spearhead to the team, constituted by a creative attacking midfielder in the person of Emil Forsberg, plus decade-long warrior captain Andreas Granqvist, and also Emil Forsberg, Victor Lindelof, Jakob Johansson, Viktor Claesson, and the grandiose mastery provided by Ola Toivonen for sudden game transmutations. Jakob Johansson, the scorer of that famous goal in the win against Italy, damaged his ligaments and is a doubtful addition for the finals.

Although the team is not currently considered to be at the level that saw them through to the finals of a World Cup and finish as runners-up, they have painstakingly evolved from an aged, sluggish team to a younger more versatile lineup equipped with avid players who might very well give the other teams a run for their money. And they’ll certainly make for entertaining game-playing with their participation in this football tournament as well. You can also rest assured that the 4-4-2 system is well-engrained in their hardwiring, and that’s what they’ll bring to this global face-off. Which can tell you a little bit about how the Sweden betting odds are going to be.

Placing 17th in the favorites ranking among the countries up for the World Cup betting odds, the outright winning odds for the Swedish troupe range from 80/150 to 1.

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