Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Sweden
Match Time & Date:
10/09/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Turkey
In their last two head to head encounters, Turkey beat Sweden 2:1 on both occasions. This will be their 11th head to head match and Sweden will look to get that third win against the Turks. So far, they beat them twice, while Turkey won four times. The game will be taking place at the Friends Arena in Solna. Sweden have certainly learnt a few lessons from Russia where they were eliminated by England in the quarter-finals. The Turks won’t be easy to beat. They’ve been having a good run in the last five games, staying undefeated and winning against Ireland and Iran. Sweden will have to be more consistent if they want to win this group in League B of the League of Nations. It will probably be between them and the Russians in the end so every point matters. They should comfortably get three points from this match.
Highlighted Player (Marcus Berg):
Marcus Berg is a Swedish footballer who was born on 17 August, 1986. The 184-cm-tall attacker played for the likes of Torsby, Velen and Goteborg during his youth career and he continued playing for the Anglarna at senior level.
Marcus Berg joined Groningen in 2007 and two years later he moved to Bundesliga, signing a deal with Hamburger SV. After spending the 2010/2011 season on loan at PSV, the Swedish striker made 13 appearances more for Hamburg and on 8 July, 2013 he joined Panathinaikos. Berg signed a four-year deal with the Greek outfit and it has to be noted that he scored his first goal for the team on his debut against Panetolikos.
The Swedish striker scored 15 goals in the 2013/2014 Greek Superleague campaign with Panathinaikos. Berg has 19 appearances for Sweden U21 team and he made his 42nd for the first team at the 2016 European Championship finals in France. The Swedish forward is well known for his heading ability.
Highlighted Team (Turkey):
Present on the international stage since 1923, Turkey only started showing some promise during the 70’s, but they had to wait until the turn of the century to place themselves on the map. While they lost all three fixtures at their first ever European Championship finals in 1996, they fared much better four years later, reaching the last eight in Netherlands and Belgium.
Milli Takim were able to build on that result as they went on to reach the podium at the 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan, while also finishing third at the 2003 Confederations Cup and making it to the semi-finals at the Euro 2008.
Rustu Receber, Hakan Sukur and Emre Belezoglu were important parts of the country’s most successful generation, but the one including Arda Turan, Selcuk Inan, Burak Yilmaz and Hakan Calhanoglu is threatening to surpass their achievements. As the Turkish Super Lig continues the get stronger, the national team follows, and we should expect some big result from Milli Takim in the near future.
