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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Ukraine vs Sweden Preview : EURO 2012 Qualifying - Group D

Pre Match
June 11, 2012 7:45 PM BST
NSK Olimpijs'kyj — Kyiv (Kiev)
Referee:‬ C. Çakιr‎

Team News

Ukraine 
 
Ukraine must choose between Artem Milvskiy, Andrey Voronin, Marko Devic and veteran Andrey Shevchenko to start up front, with their main threat coming from wide areas.
 
Youngsters Konoplyanka and, in particular, Yarmolenko will have a heavy creative burden on their shoulders in front of the home crowd, with a lot of pressure on them to produce at the age of 22.
 
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk will hope to protect a fragile backline, with right-back Gusev given a licence to support attacks occasionally.
Sweden 
 
Early indications suggest that Ola Toivonen will get the nod over Johan Elmander up front, with key man Zlatan Ibrahimovic playing in a slightly withdrawn creative role for his country.
 
Toivonen's potential move up front could leave space for Rasmus Elm to play in a wider role than usual, on the opposite flank to Sunderland winger Seb Larsson.
 
Sweden could name the same side that won their most recent friendly against Serbia, with Jonas Olsson missing out to Granqvist at the back.
 
Probable Lineups 
 
Ukraine (4-1-3-2) : Pyatov, Selin, Rakitskiy, Kucher, Gusev, Tymoshchuk, Konoplyanka, Nazarenko, Yarmalenko, Voronin, Milevskiy.

Swedia (4-2-3-1) : Isaksson, Lustig, Granqvist, Mellberg, Olsson, Kallstrom, Svensson, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Elm, Toivonen.


Match Facts
There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Sweden's last 9 games in EURO Cup.
Sweden have won 6 of their last 7 matches in EURO Cup.
Sweden have scored at least 2 goals in 6 of their last 7 matches in EURO Cup.
Ukraine have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 matches against Sweden in all competitions.
 
 
Head to Head
International Friendlies ‎(FR)‎   Aug 10, 2011  Ukraine 0 - Sweden 1
International Friendlies ‎(FR)‎   Jun 1, 2008  Sweden 0 - Ukraine 0
International Friendlies ‎(FR)‎   Jun 1, 2008  Sweden 0 - Ukraine 1
 
 
Prediction
Both sides know that a win here may well be crucial to progressing to the quarter-finals with the co-hosts looking to get off to a winning start to give their fans something to cheer having gone into Group D as underdogs.
 
Sweden's full-backs will need to be on the top of their game against Ukraine's pacey wingers but the away side have more quality in other areas of the pitch and the most intriguing battle will perhaps be between Ibrahimovic, dropping deep, and Tymoshchuk.
 
If the Sweden captain can win that battle than they should win the game, and defeat here for either side could potentially end their tournament before it has even truly begun.
Ukraine  0 - 1  Sweden  

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