Sweden vs South Korea LIVE World Cup 2018: Latest score and goal updates from the Group F encounter
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Your support makes all the difference.Sweden will be desperate to get their first World Cup 2018 finals campaign for 12 years off to a winning start when they face Group F minnows South Korea in Nizhny Novgorod on Monday.
Janne Andersson’s team lack star power without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but formidable organisation and team spirit got them to Russia at the expense of Netherlands and Italy.
South Korea have been hit by injuries in the build-up to this tournament, and expectations are low for the least heralded squad they have ever sent to a World Cup.
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What time is kick-off?
Sweden vs South Korea kicks off at 1pm.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be broadcast live on ITV.
Odds
Sweden Win: 11/10
South Korea Win: 7/2
Draw: 41/18
Prediction
Sweden 2-0 South Korea: Andersson’s team will have too much in the final third for their opponents, particularly with Emil Forsberg pulling the strings.
38 mins: The tempo has dropped again. It's hard to imagine either of these sides being able to keep pace with Mexico or Germany, not just on the pitch but in the group as a whole.
41 mins: Half-hearted penalty appeals from the South Koreans as Son goes to ground under the challenge of Granqvist. There's nothing doing and referee Joel Aguilar rightly waves away the protests.
43 mins: Sweden come again as the first half approaches its conclusion. Another chance for Berg comes and goes as the striker brilliantly chests down in the box before veering his shot wide from an acute angle. Seconds later, it's the Swedes asking the question of the referee as Ola Toivonen is taken out by the textbook sliding tackle of Ki Sung-Yueng. The follow through may have caught the forward but the Swansea midfielder clearly won the ball in the first instance.
45+2 mins: In the second of two minutes injury time, Viktor Claesson heads Mikael Lustig's pinpoint right-wing delivery wide. It's probably the best move of the match so far, and the Celtic defender's cross deserved better. In fact, it may have got better - it seems the slightest of South Korean's touches diverted Claesson's effort wide for a corner, a corner that is comfortably defended at the death.
SECOND HALF KICK-OFF: There are no changes on either side as Sweden get the game going again in Nizhny Novgorod. Let's hope for a change in excitement levels.
49 mins: Sweden start the second half on the front foot and force a fine chance early in proceedings. A quickly-take free-kick in the middle of the pitch sends Toivonen clear down the right, he hooks the ball back into the middle where possession is then played into the path of Emil Forsberg. The Leipzig man takes a touch to cut back inside before sending a curling shot high over Cho Hyun-Woo's goal.
52 mins: A nasty incident in the middle of the pitch as Sebastian Larsson's brings his full weight and studs down on the calf of Koo Ja-Cheol. It looks bad in real time, worse in slow motion but the referee deems it an unfortunate accident and VAR see no reason to get involved.
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