The friendly match between Sweden and Albania is scheduled for Monday 25 March at 20:00 at the Nationalarenan in Stockholm (Solna) and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2 and Prima Sport 1.
Sweden, who failed to reach the continental finals for the first time since 1996, and Albania, surprise group winners with the Czech Republic and Poland, will meet in one of the most exciting warm-up games of the day.
Sweden finished 3rd in Group F behind Belgium and Austria, ahead of only Azerbaijan and Estonia, with three wins, one draw and four losses.
Led by former Denmark standout Jon Dahl Tomasson, the team failed to even qualify for the Nations League play-offs as they finished last in Group 4 of League B (thus Sweden missing out on the European Championship finals for the first time since 1996).
Sweden played two games in 2024, 2-1 against Estonia on January 12 and 2-5 away to Portugal on March 21, and will play two more before their September debut in the new edition of the Nations League against Denmark (d) on June 5 and against Serbia (a) June 8.
Albania qualified for Euro 2024 after winning Group E, which also included the Czech Republic, Poland, Moldova and the Faroe Islands, in which they won four, drew three and lost one.
The national team, led by former Brazil player Silvinho, played one more friendly match this year, 0-3 at home against Chile on March 23, and will play two more before their finals debut in Germany against Liechtenstein on March 4 and against Azerbaijan on June 7. both at home.
Albania, who won the qualifying group for the first time, will be competing in their second ever European Championship after 2016, when they were eliminated at the group stage.
The Sweden-Albania match will be led in the center by Marcel Birsan, who will be assisted on two lines by assistant referees Sebastian Gheorghe and George Neashu (the fourth referee is Peter Ekstrom from the host country).
The two national teams last met each other in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, when they drew 0-0 in Albania and Sweden won 4-1 at home.
Superbet offers odds of 1.85 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Sweden – Albania.
| Sweden – Albania | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.85 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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