Ukraine 1-3 Sweden
Updated
Sweden won: Ukraine 1-3 Sweden in the World Cup Qualifying · UEFA (Round 1/2) on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia. Ukraine goals: Matviy Ponomarenko 90'. Sweden goals: Viktor Gyökeres 6', Viktor Gyökeres 51', Viktor Gyökeres 73' (pen). Expected goals: 0.76-2.39. Possession: 68-32. Player of the match: Viktor Gyökeres (9.7).
Match report
Sweden beat Ukraine 3-1
Sweden beat Ukraine 3-1 away from home at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Thursday 26 March in the World Cup Qualifying · UEFA.
Viktor Gyökeres put Sweden ahead on 6' (0-1), added another on 51' (0-2), added another from the penalty spot on 73' (0-3) and Matviy Ponomarenko pulled one back for Ukraine on 90' (1-3).
Ukraine had 68% of the ball, shots were 10-10 (4-4 on target) and expected goals finished 0.76-2.39. Sweden were the better side on chances, too.
Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) was player of the match with a 9.7 rating.
Attendance: 18,846. Referee: Joao Pinheiro.
Match stats
| Ukraine | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|
| Ball possession | 68 | 32 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.76 | 2.39 |
| Total shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Touches in opposition box | 21 | 16 |
| Big chances | 2 | 2 |
| Big chances missed | 1 | 0 |
| Accurate passes | 474 (84%) | 202 (75%) |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Corners | 9 | 3 |
| Total shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots off target | 5 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Blocked shots | 1 | 2 |
| Hit woodwork | 0 | 1 |
| Shots inside box | 7 | 9 |
Lineups
Ukraine (4-1-4-1): Anatoliy Trubin, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Ilya Zabarnyi, Valeriy Bondar, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, Viktor Tsigankov, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Georgiy Sudakov, Oleksandr Zubkov, Vladyslav Vanat
Sweden (3-4-2-1): Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Isak Hien, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Herman Johansson, Yasin Ayari, Jesper Karlström, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Anthony Elanga, Benjamin Nygren, Viktor Gyökeres
Key events
- 6' · Goal · Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
- 37' · Substitution · Carl Starfelt for Isak Hien (Sweden)
- 51' · Goal · Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
- 56' · Yellow card · Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine)
- 60' · Substitution · Roman Yaremchuk for Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine)
- 60' · Substitution · Oleg Ocheretko for Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine)
- 60' · Substitution · Oleksiy Hutsuliak for Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Ukraine)
- 71' · Yellow card · Anatoliy Trubin (Ukraine)
- 73' · Goal · Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
- 75' · Yellow card · Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden)
- 77' · Substitution · Matviy Ponomarenko for Georgiy Sudakov (Ukraine)
- 77' · Substitution · Daniel Svensson for Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden)
- 77' · Substitution · Lucas Bergvall for Yasin Ayari (Sweden)
- 85' · Substitution · Mykola Shaparenko for Yehor Yarmoliuk (Ukraine)
- 90' · Goal · Matviy Ponomarenko (Ukraine)
- 90'+4 · Substitution · Mattias Svanberg for Anthony Elanga (Sweden)
All-time head-to-head
Questions
Who won Ukraine vs Sweden?
Sweden won, 1-3 (World Cup Qualifying · UEFA) on Thu, 26 Mar 2026.
When and where is Ukraine vs Sweden?
Thu, 26 Mar 2026, 19:45 UTC at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia, World Cup Qualifying · UEFA.