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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
NETHERLANDS
5 1
SWEDEN
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▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 5' Brian Brobbey Brobbey turned in Gakpo's cross to open the scoring inside five minutes
  • 17' Brian Brobbey Brobbey doubled up from Dumfries' delivery for an early brace
  • 46'
  • 47' Cody Gakpo Gakpo struck within a minute of the restart, again teed up by Dumfries
  • 54' Cody Gakpo Gakpo's second, set up by the substitute Summerville, made it four
  • 55'
  • 55'
  • 55'
  • 59' Anthony Elanga Elanga pulled one back for Sweden moments after coming on, fed by Isak
  • 59'
  • 59'
  • 72'
  • 80'
  • 89' Crysencio Summerville Summerville capped the rout late on from Depay's pass
  • 90'
  • 90'
▶ MATCH STATS
NED 51% POSSESSION 49% SWE
NED 17 SHOTS 10 SWE
NED 7 SHOTS ON TARGET 8 SWE
NED 9 FOULS 12 SWE
NED 7 SAVES 2 SWE
NED 0 RED CARDS 0 SWE
▶ LINE-UPS
NETHERLANDS
STARTING XI
  1. GKBart Verbruggen
  2. RBDenzel Dumfries
  3. CBJan Paul van Hecke
  4. CBVirgil van Dijk
  5. LBMicky van de Ven
  6. CMRyan Gravenberch
  7. CMFrenkie de Jong▼ 59'
  8. CMTijjani Reijnders▼ 59'
  9. RWDonyell Malen▼ 46'
  10. STBrian Brobbey▼ 72'⚽⚽
  11. LWCody Gakpo▼ 90'⚽⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Crysencio Summerville▲ 46'
  • Teun Koopmeiners▲ 59'
  • Guus Til▲ 59'
  • Memphis Depay▲ 72'
  • Noa Lang▲ 90'
SWEDEN
STARTING XI
  1. GKKristoffer Nordfeldt
  2. CBGustaf Lagerbielke
  3. CBIsak Hien
  4. CBVictor Nilsson Lindelöf
  5. RWBAlexander Bernhardsson▼ 55'
  6. CMBenjamin Nygren▼ 55'
  7. CMJesper Karlström▼ 55'
  8. CMYasin Ayari▼ 80'
  9. LWBGabriel Gudmundsson▼ 90'
  10. STViktor Gyökeres
  11. STAlexander Isak
SUBSTITUTES
  • Besfort Zeneli▲ 55'
  • Lucas Bergvall▲ 55'
  • Anthony Elanga▲ 55'
  • Taha Abdi Ali▲ 80'
  • Elliot Stroud▲ 90'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

NETHERLANDS
Oranje (The Flying Dutchmen)
EST. 1889
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12—8
NED LEADS · 12–8
DRAWS
6
MEETINGS
26
SWEDEN
The Blue and Yellow (Blågult)
EST. 1904
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