Ukraine 1-3 Sweden

WC Qualifiers · Europe· 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Semifinals

Ukraine

Matvii Ponomarenko 90'

Sweden

Viktor Gyökeres 6', 51'
Viktor Gyökeres (P) 73'

1:3

📍 Estadi Ciutat de València

Timeline

6'
Viktor Gyökeres0-1
🅰 Benjamin Nygren
37'
Carl Starfelt
↓ Isak Hien
First Half ends,
51'
Viktor Gyökeres0-2
🅰 Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Oleksandr Tymchyk
56'
Roman Yaremchuk
↓ Vladyslav Vanat
60'
Oleh Ocheretko
↓ Oleksandr Zubkov
60'
Oleksii Hutsulyak
↓ Ivan Kalyuzhnyi
60'
Anatoliy Trubin
71'
73'
Viktor Gyökeres0-3
75'
Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Matvii Ponomarenko
↓ Georgiy Sudakov
77'
77'
Daniel Svensson
↓ Gabriel Gudmundsson
77'
Lucas Bergvall
↓ Yasin Ayari
Mykola Shaparenko
↓ Yehor Yarmoliuk
85'
Matvii Ponomarenko1-3
90'
90'+4'
Mattias Svanberg
↓ Anthony Elanga
Second Half ends,

Game leaders

Ukraine

Total ShotsV. Tsygankov4
Accurate PassesV. Bondar83
SavesA. Trubin1

Sweden

Total ShotsV. Gyökeres3
Accurate PassesG. Lagerbielke27
SavesK. Nordfeldt3

Stats

UkraineSweden

Possession

68%

32%

10Shots10

4Shots on target4

1Blocked shots2

Match info

Kick-off: Thursday 26 March
Venue: Estadi Ciutat de València · Manises, Spain
Referee: João Pinheiro
Attendance: 18,846
Round: 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoff Semifinals

Form

UkraineWLWWD

D@Azerbaijan1-1
W@Iceland5-3
WvsAzerbaijan2-1

474Accurate passes202

SwedenDLLLL

L@Kosovo2-0
LvsSwitzerland2-0
LvsKosovo1-0
L@Switzerland4-1
DvsSlovenia1-1

Head to head

UKR leads series 3-1

29 Jun 21Sweden1-2Ukraine
11 Jun 12Ukraine2-1Sweden
10 Aug 11Ukraine0-1Sweden
1 Jun 08Sweden0-1Ukraine

474Accurate passes202

17⚽3Gyökeres

10Nygren

12Trubin

5Bondar

16Mykolenko

21↓Kalyuzhnyi

13Zabarnyi

22Tymchyk

17↓Sudakov

20↓Zubkov

18↓Yarmoliuk

15Tsygankov

19↓Vanat

Substitutes · Ukraine

4Oleksandr Svatok
11Matvii Ponomarenko↑⚽
6Nazar Voloshyn
10Mykola Shaparenko↑
9Roman Yaremchuk↑
14Oleh Ocheretko↑
1Ruslan Neshcheret
3Bogdan Mykhaylichenko
7Oleksii Hutsulyak↑
23Dmytro Riznyk
8Oleksandr Pikhalyonok
2Eduard Sarapyi

Substitutes · Sweden

9Gustaf Nilsson
1Noel Törnqvist
21Taha Ali
15Carl Starfelt↑
19Mattias Svanberg↑
7Lucas Bergvall↑
22Besfort Zeneli
14Roony Bardghji
20Hugo Larsson
13Eric Smith

Foul by Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine).

86'

Anthony Elanga (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.

85'

Foul by Oleh Ocheretko (Ukraine).

85'

Carl Starfelt (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

85'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.

85'

Substitution, Ukraine. Mykola Shaparenko replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.

84'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Kristoffer Nordfeldt.

84'

Attempt saved. Oleksii Hutsuliak (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden). Assisted by Yehor Yarmoliuk.

82'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Herman Johansson.

82'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.

81'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Kristoffer Nordfeldt.

80'

Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yehor Yarmoliuk.

78'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Daniel Svensson.

77'

Substitution, Sweden. Lucas Bergvall replaces Yasin Ayari.

77'

Substitution, Sweden. Daniel Svensson replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson.

77'

Substitution, Ukraine. Matvii Ponomarenko replaces Heorhii Sudakov.

75'

Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.

73'

Goal! Ukraine 0, Sweden 3. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

71'

Anatoliy Trubin (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

71'

Penalty conceded by Anatoliy Trubin (Ukraine) after a foul in the penalty area.

71'

Penalty Sweden. Viktor Gyökeres draws a foul in the penalty area.

70'

Offside, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk is caught offside.

69'

Attempt saved. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden).

68'

Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

68'

Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).

68'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

66'

Delay in match because of an injury Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden).

64'

Offside, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk is caught offside.

63'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Herman Johansson.

62'

Offside, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk is caught offside.

60'

Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksii Hutsuliak replaces Ivan Kaliuzhnyi.

60'

Substitution, Ukraine. Oleh Ocheretko replaces Oleksandr Zubkov.

60'

Substitution, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Vladyslav Vanat.

58'

Attempt missed. Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

56'

Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

56'

Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden) wins a free kick on the left wing.

56'

Foul by Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine).

55'

Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

55'

Foul by Yasin Ayari (Sweden).

54'

Attempt blocked. Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

53'

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.

51'

Goal! Ukraine 0, Sweden 2. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kristoffer Nordfeldt.

51'

Attempt saved. Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden). Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov.

50'

Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

50'

Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).

49'

Yasin Ayari (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

49'

Foul by Valerii Bondar (Ukraine).

48'

Attempt missed. Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

48'

Attempt blocked. Jesper Karlström (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

48'

Attempt blocked. Jesper Karlström (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

48'

Attempt saved. Carl Starfelt (Sweden) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Anatoliy Trubin (Ukraine). Assisted by Gustaf Lagerbielke with a headed pass.

47'

Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Ivan Kaliuzhnyi.

45'

Second Half begins Ukraine 0, Sweden 1.

45'+3'

First Half ends, Ukraine 0, Sweden 1.

45'+2'

Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

45'+2'

Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).

45'+1'

Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+1'

Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Sweden).

45'+1'

Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

40'

Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

40'

Foul by Herman Johansson (Sweden).

38'

Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Oleksandr Tymchyk with a cross.

37'

Substitution, Sweden. Carl Starfelt replaces Isak Hien because of an injury.

37'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

35'

Delay in match because of an injury Isak Hien (Sweden).

32'

Foul by Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine).

32'

Benjamin Nygren (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.

30'

Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the left wing.

30'

Foul by Anthony Elanga (Sweden).

25'

Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Yasin Ayari.

24'

Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

24'

Foul by Yasin Ayari (Sweden).

24'

Handball by Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden).

22'

Isak Hien (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

22'

Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).

21'

Isak Hien (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21'

Foul by Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine).

14'

Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.

12'

Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Vitalii Mykolenko.

10'

Attempt missed. Isak Hien (Sweden) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Benjamin Nygren with a cross following a corner.

Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Vitalii Mykolenko.

Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Isak Hien.

Goal! Ukraine 0, Sweden 1. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Nygren.

Gustaf Lagerbielke (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine).

Offside, Ukraine. Yehor Yarmoliuk is caught offside.

Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Jesper Karlström (Sweden).

Foul by Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Ukraine).

Anthony Elanga (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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