Sweden vs Switzerland LIVE World Cup 2018: Emil Forsberg goal seals quarter-final place - reaction from St Petersburg
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Your support makes all the difference.Sweden and Switzerland face off on Tuesday with the prospect on an unlikely quarter-final place and a potential meeting with England.
Sweden were the shock winners of Group F, which saw Germany finish bottom in an enthralling final round of fixtures.
Switzerland on the other hand saw off the challenge of Serbia to make sure they went through behind tournament favourites Brazil.
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What time is it?
The game kicks off at 3pm BST in St Petersburg.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with coverage starting from 2.30pm BST.
Odds:
Sweden: 2/1
Switzerland: 7/4
Draw after 90 minutes: 2/1
Prediction:
Sweden 2-1 Switzerland. It will be a close game between the two and despite Switzerland being the higher-ranked side, Sweden’s performances so far look like they could be enough to guide them through. Just.
34 mins: A long, long range shot from Xhaka which flies over the bar, Sweden will be happy if they are restricted to shots like that.
Meanwhile we have our first corner of the match for Switzerland
37 mins: Fancy a joke based on translation and word play as we wait for something of note in this one?
Mikael Lustig, who has just picked up a yellow card, translates as Michael Funny in German. I guess he won't be laughing if Sweden advance and he has to sit out the next game.
39 mins: We have some action! Dzemaili with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area which flies just over the bar. Close.
40 mins: A Sweden free kick almost causes danger as it's deflected just wide of the goal from Xhaka's header in the wall
They continue the pressure with a corner but Ekdal gets his effort all wrong and it cannons off his shin and into row Z
HALF TIME: Sweden 0-0 Switzerland
Sorry to say, this has been as tense as we expected it to be. Some individual moments of quality from Emil Forsberg and Zherdan Shaqiri, and two poor finishes from Sweden from clear chances
Dare we mention Zlatan?
In a first half of few chances Sweden had the better ones, and the big man sat watching would have finished them off. Both Berg and Ekdal won't want to watch the replays of their efforts
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