Sweden v Greece Prediction: Visitors Greece 8/11 to avoid defeat

10 days before Sweden begin their World Cup Group F campaign against Tunisia they bid farewell to Stockholm with a showdown against Greece.

Graham Potter's men, play-off qualifiers for the summer finals, played like a team who felt they didn't deserve to be there as they crumbled 3-1 in Norway on Monday night.

Potter needs a tonic and will be hoping that Ivan Jovanovic's side are in Solna just to make up the numbers after missing out on the World Cup finals.

Sweden v Greece Tips Summary

Best Bet - Draw or Greece - Double Chance @ 8/11
Alternative Bet - Over 3.5 Greece corners @ 5/6
Bet Builder - Alexander Bernhardsson over 0.5 shots on target, Over 8 corners & Greece to win either half @ 5/1

Sweden v Greece Prediction

Best Bet: Draw or Greece - Double Chance @ 8/11

The Norwegian media did a hatchet job on the Swedes following Monday night's miserable 3-1 loss to their neighbours in Oslo and now Greece will be hoping to inflict even more pain on Graham Potter's side.

Sweden were shocking as they fell three behind by half-time at the Ullevaal Stadion, only coming to life when Aleksander Isak scored during a cameo off the bench.

Isak will get minutes again here after an injury-hit season, though Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres will not be involved.

Potter's team looks short of ideas and short on confidence and even a Greek side who haven't scored a goal in three games can add to the unease.

This looks like a hiding to nothing for Sweden who are too short at 19/20.

Alternative Bet: Over 3.5 Greece corners @ 5/6

Greece are in Sweden for part one of a double-header with a game in Italy to follow and Jovanovic has pulled together a strong squad.

They aren't at the World Cup - they finished a disappointing third behind Scotland and Denmark in their section - but they ought to still carry a threat.

The fact they have not scored in three internationals might be a red herring because they racked up the corners and shots on targets in qualifying, but clearly didn't do quite enough.

They averaged six corners per game in the qualifiers, Sweden conceded seven at Norway on Monday and the visitors can clear a corner bar of 3.5 in Solna.

Sweden v Greece Bet Builder Tip

• Alexander Bernhardsson over 0.5 shots on target

• Over 8 corners

• Greece to win either half
  

  Pays 5/1

Alexander Bernhardsson came off the Sweden bench in Oslo on Monday night and looked livelier than most, forcing a couple of saves in the 3-1 loss.

With Isak's minutes being managed and Gyokeres absent, Holstein Kiel forward Bernhardsson will get more game time and is fancied to get at least another effort on target.

There were eight corners in Sweden's loss in Norway, but back over eight here with Potter's charges in need of a statement attacking performance.

Finally, Sweden have lost either half in seven of their last 10 internationals, so chuck a dart at the Greeks winning either half here.

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Key Match Stats

• Sweden warmed up for this final friendly before the finals by losing 3-1 at neighbours Norway in Oslo on Monday

• Greece have won only one of their last seven internationals and have not found the net in any of their last three

• Both teams have scored in each of Graham Potter's five matches in charge of the Swedes

• Greece and Sweden had a home win each when they last met in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup

• Sweden have won only two of their last nine internationals and not kept a clean sheet in 10

• The Swedes managed only 23 shots on target in World Cup qualifying at 2.8 per game; Greece average 5.5 per game

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