Match Centre: Sweden v England

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Nicholas Veevers

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UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Quarter-Final

Thursday 17 July, 08:00 PM Stadion Letzigrund

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All of the news and updates ahead of the Lionesses' EURO 2025 quarter-final tie in Zurich

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Sweden v England
UEFA Women's EURO 2025, Quarter-Final
8pm BST, Thursday 17 July 2025
Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland

Sweden in profile

Nickname: Blågult (The Blue and Yellow)
Coach: Peter Gerhardsson
Captain: Caroline Seger
UEFA Women's EURO best performance: Champions in 1994
FIFA Women's World Cup best performance: Runners-up in 2003
Last encounter: Sweden 0-0 England, 16 July 2024

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● Sweden have lost only one of their last five games against England at the UEFA Women’s EURO (W3 D1), though that was a 4-0 defeat in the most recent meeting in the semi-finals of EURO 2022 – the Swedes are one of two teams to eliminate England from the knockout stages of the competition twice, alongside Germany (1984 final, 1987 semi-final).

● England have won just one of their last six meetings with Sweden across all competitions (D3 L2), with the most recent two ending in draws in qualification for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 (1-1 home, 0-0 away).

● Sweden and England are two of three nations to have reached the quarter-final stage in all five major tournaments (World Cup/EURO) since EURO 2017, alongside France; Blågult have progressed from each of their last three last-eight ties, since they were eliminated from EURO 2017 by the Netherlands.

● England have progressed from each of their five quarter-final ties at major tournaments (World Cup/EURO) since the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, already the longest ever run by a European nation; meanwhile the Lionesses have a perfect three from three record in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s EURO, beating Finland in 2009, France in 2017 and Spain in 2022.

● Sweden have won all three of their games at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025, but have never won four in a row in the competition before. They have actually won six of their last seven games in the competition, with the exception their 4-0 loss to England in the semi-finals of EURO 2022.

● In the group stage of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025, no team recorded a higher expected goals figure than both England and Sweden (both 9.34 xG), while only Spain (14) scored more goals than England (eleven – level with France). Eight different players netted for the Lionesses in the group stage, only having more players net in a single major tournament (World Cup/EURO) at EURO 2022 (9).

● 65 per cent of Sweden’s chances created from open play at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 have come down their right-hand side, the highest proportion of any nation; the Swedes recorded the most open play crosses during the group stage (61), with Johanna Rytting Kaneryd completing twice as many as any other player overall (eight).

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● Only Ellen White (ten) has scored more major tournament goals (World Cup/EURO) for England than Alessia Russo (eight – level with Fara Williams), who has netted three goals in her last six knockout stage appearances at those tournaments, including a goal against Sweden in the EURO 2022 semi-final.

● Kosovare Asllani scored (one) or assisted (three) half of Sweden’s goals in the group stage of this year’s UEFA Women’s EURO (4/8). Since Opta have assist data available for major tournaments (World Cup/EURO from 2011), only Lotta Schelin at UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 (7) and Asllani herself at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup (five) have recorded more goal involvements at a single edition of such a competition for Sweden.

● England’s Ella Toone has been directly involved in seven goals at the UEFA Women’s EURO, despite starting just two games (four goals, three assists) – the 25 year old has scored four goals in her last three international starts, as many as across her 26 prior for the Lionesses.