By Goal.com News on Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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LIVE: Sweden vs Poland

19' Olsen has stayed down following that corner holding his neck and the medical team are on to give him some treatment. He slowly gets to his feet but it looks like he'll be able to carry on.

17' OFF THE BAR TWICE! It's a great corner into the box from Zielinski and he picks out Lewandowski on the edge of the six-yard box. He thumps his first header down and it hits the underside of the bar before coming back to him and he heads it against the woodwork again from even closer range.

16' Zielinski wins the ball back on the halfway line again and he breaks quickly through the middle. He has two up with him in support and tries to cross it into Lewandowski, but it's cut out by Lindelof.

14' Poland are all over the place at the back as Ekdal slides a good pass through to Isak on the right. He cuts inside to get into the box before drilling a low shot on goal, but it's blocked by Bednarek.

12' Forsberg has scored the second-fastest goal in Euros history (81 seconds). The fastest is Dmitri Kirichenko for Russia v Greece in 2004 (01:05).

8' Ekdal wins a free-kick on the left for Sweden and Larsson steps up to take it. It's a poor set-piece from him though as he curls his cross into the first man, and Klich heads it clear.

6' Sweden have started brightly and they're keeping the pressure on Poland here as they push high upfield. Lindelof puts a long throw-in into the box for Isak, but he can't get away from Bereszynski to have a shot.

4' Poland look rattled by the early goal and they just can't keep hold of the ball. Puchacz gives the ball away sloppily this time, but Forsberg can't sort his feet out quick enough to have another shot when he's picked out on the edge of the box.

1' Quaison gets the game underway for Sweden!

The teams are out on the pitch, the national anthems have been sung, and kick-off is just moments away!

Poland have won their final group stage game in both of their last two major tournaments (World Cup and Euros), beating Ukraine at Euro 2016 and Japan at the 2018 World Cup. Failing to win this match would be the first time Poland haven't won any of their three group games at such a competition since Euro 2012.

Just the one change by Paulo Sousa to Poland's line-up from the draw with Spain as well and it's an enforced one. Jakub Moder is suffering with a knee injury, so Krychowiak, who was sent off in the first game, returns to replace him.

Jan Andersson makes just one change to the side that beat Slovakia last time out. Quaison is brought in to partner Isak up front in place of Berg, who drops to the bench.

POLAND SUBS: Dawid Kownacki, Kacper Kozlowski, Pawel Dawidowicz, Lukasz Fabianski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Karol Linetty, Jakub Swierczok, Maciej Rybus, Michal Helik, Tomasz Kedziora, Lukasz Skorupski.

POLAND STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Wojciech Szczesny; Bartosz Bereszynski, Kamil Glik, Jan Bednarek; Kamil Jozwiak, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Mateusz Klich, Tymoteusz Puchacz; Karol Swiderski, Piotr Zielinski; Robert Lewandowski.

SWEDEN SUBS: Marcus Berg, Pontus Jansson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Karl-Johan Johnsson, Emil Krafth, Pierre Bengtsson, Viktor Claesson, Gustav Svensson, Dejan Kulusevski, Jens Cajuste, Filip Helander, Ken Sema.

SWEDEN STARTING XI (4-4-2): Robin Olsen; Mikael Lustig, Victor Lindelof, Marcus Danielson, Ludwig Augustinsson; Sebastian Larsson, Kristoffer Olsson, Albin Ekdal, Emil Forsberg; Robin Quaison, Alexander Isak.

Sweden's draw with Spain and win over Slovakia means that they've already qualified for the knockout rounds, but their result today will determine where they finish in Group E. They'll top the group with a win today, but if they lose and the other game is drawn, then the top three will be split by goal difference. If Spain and Slovakia don't draw, but Sweden lose, they'll finish third. For Poland, it's much more straightforward. With just one point on the board, they need to win today to reach the last 16.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2020 Group E meeting between Sweden and Poland at the Saint Petersburg Stadium!

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