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.
85 mins: Sweden have dropped anchor and have set up two rigid banks of four in front of Robin Olsen. It's going to take some effort to break them down, an effort that appears to be lacking from the South Koreans despite the introduction of energetic 20-year-old Lee Seung-Woo.
87 mins: The two sides have just exchanged long punts upfield that have been called to a halt by strikers backing into their opponents. It's been that kind of contest.
90 mins: The 90 minutes are up, and there will be four minutes stoppage time for Sweden to hold out. It shouldn't be too hard a task.
90+1 mins: Was that the chance?! Hwang Hee-Chan heads wide of a gaping goal! The forward timed his run perfectly to meet the ball after Lee Jae-Sung had done ever so well to nod a deep cross back into the danger area, but miscued at the vital moment.
90+3 mins: The South Koreans plead for a handball! The South Koreans plead for VAR! The South Koreans are going to be disappointed. Joel Aguilar rightly says no after Granqvist cleared the ball on to the lowered arm of substitute Svensson. There goes their final hope.
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