Spain vs Sweden Predictions

• Spain have never lost a World Cup qualifying match at home.
• Sweden found the net in eight of their nine games since a 0-0 draw with Spain in June.
• Sweden’s only victory away to Spain came way back in 1988.

Spaniards to cruise to Qatar, but not without a fight

After a solid World Cup Qualifying campaign in which Spain are unbeaten in six of their seven clashes, it all comes down to this. A Win or draw will see Spain progress to the finals, or they will face a dreaded play-off fixture should they lose here. While Spain are hot favourites, this result is not a foregone conclusion. In fact, the Swedes ended Spain’s unbeaten record in WCQ game that was intact for over six decades prior to the reverse.

As a consequence of Sweden’s position, they simply have no choice but to throw the proverbial kitchen sink at Spain in search of victory. Consequently, we predict Sweden scoring at least once here, thus ending a four game run of scoreless games in Spain for the Swedes.

Considering the facts and the form, we believe that Sweden could start strong but as a consequence, leave themselves wide open at the back. For this reason, we are predicting a 2-1 home win. The quality of Luis Enrique’s Spain should shine through against a Sweden team who head into this on the back of consecutive away defeats against Georgia and Greece.