ALIEN_80 | Tip for Sweden - Azerbaijan | 27.03.2023

Tip: Win for Sweden Result: Win for Sweden

The Swedish national team lost its first battle in these qualifiers, which was quite important. Belgium managed to leave the Friends Arena with a win. They scored three goals in the match, and all three were in the goal of the Swedes. Inter striker Romeu Lukaku netted all three of 33-year-old Robin Olsen's goals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest player to play in European qualification. The 41-year-old Milan player entered the field in the second half.
Azerbaijan also lost in the first round. The Azerbaijanis lost 1:4 in their visit to Austria. The Austrians broke their opponent's streak of five consecutive victories. In the last three rounds of the Nations League tournament, Azerbaijan successively beat Belarus, Slovakia and Kazakhstan, and then beat Moldova and North Macedonia in friendly matches. The only goal in the past week against Austria was scored by Neftchi Baku player Emin Mahmudov.
As hosts, Sweden have not won a single game in their previous five official matches. The last one for the Swedes was in October 2021, when they beat Greece 2:0 in a qualifying match for the already passed World Cup in Qatar, which was won by Argentina. I think that the hosts will now break their negative streak and record a convincing triumph over Azerbaijan. As in their only two meetings, I now expect Sweden to keep the Azeris from scoring a goal.