Sweden vs Slovenia prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-11-17 19:45.
[p]With their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (WCQ) fate sealed, already-eliminated Sweden and Slovenia meet on the final matchday of Group B looking for their first win of the campaign.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Sweden lost 4-1 to Switzerland on Saturday in Graham Potter’s first game in charge, condemning them to a fourth consecutive defeat. The Scandinavians do still have another potential route into the summer’s finals, as they have already qualified for the play-offs via their Nations League performance. Those play-off games will be their next fixtures after this clash, but knowing a failure to win here would see them post a first-ever winless WCQ campaign, they could be heading into those crucial games in horrific form. Home could be the best place to turn around their fortunes as, before two losses to nil in this WCQ campaign, Sweden had won five home matches in a row.[/p]
[p]Slovenia were beaten 2-0 by Kosovo on Saturday to extinguish any hopes of advancing to the play-offs and consign them to a fourth successive failure to reach the World Cup finals. There’s still pride to play for, as avoiding defeat here would ensure that they don’t finish last in Group B, but that would be of scant consolation to the Slovenians, who could end their qualification campaign winless (D3, L2) for only the second time as an independent nation. It’s difficult to make too many meaningful arguments for Slovenia avoiding that feat here, but some respectable form across their last six away games (W2, D3, L1) at least means they should put up a fight.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]The 2-2 draw in September’s reverse fixture was the third stalemate across the last four H2Hs, with Sweden winning the remaining match.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Only four of Sweden’s last ten matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Sweden haven’t seen a draw in their last 16 matches played at home (W11, L5).[/p]
[p]Seven of Slovenia’s last ten matches returned under 2.5 goals inside 90 minutes.[/p]
[p]Only one of Slovenia’s last nine matches on foreign soil saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Alexander Isak has seen his last three strikes for Sweden come in home wins and after the half-hour mark. A goal from AndraĹľ Ĺ porar could be a positive omen for Slovenia, who have never lost in the ten games he scored (W6, D4), including three draws across his last four scoring matches.[/p]
[p]Sweden’s Emil Holm was withdrawn with an injury against Switzerland. Petar Stojanović is suspended for Slovenia after picking up a red card against Kosovo.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With both teams aggregating just five goals combined in this WCQ campaign, backing under 2.5 goals could be a profitable play here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Sridhar Bhamidi[/i][/p]