Sweden – Poland: winner-takes-all in Solna 
Solna hosts the final act of qualifying. Sweden face Poland on Tuesday night. Win this and you’re in the World Cup. The victors join Netherlands, Tunisia and Japan in Group F. It’s a repeat of the 2022 playoff final — Poland won the home leg then. Now the script flips: Sweden have the home crowd and the momentum.
Potter has reignited Sweden’s strike force 
Graham Potter has been in charge since October. The regular qualifiers were almost a disaster — Sweden didn’t win a single game in Group B. The Nations League handed them a last-minute lifeline. They beat Ukraine 3-1 last week on neutral ground in Spain. Viktor Gyokeres scored all three. The attack is firing. The lads want to bury the memory of that earlier collapse.
Jan Urban’s steady Poland 
Jan Urban runs the Polish side. They’re on a seven-match unbeaten run. Direct qualification slipped through their fingers by three points — the Netherlands just edged Group G. Poland beat Albania in the playoff semi, 2-1 at home. Robert Lewandowski hit the net and Piotr Zielinski added the decisive second. Trips to Sweden have haunted visiting teams for decades — the last away win here was 1948.
Probable lineups
Sweden : Nordfeldt ; Lagerbielke, Starfelt, Lindelof ; Johansson, Karlstrom, Ayari, Svensson ; Elanga, Nygren ; Gyokeres
Poland : Grabara ; Kedziora, Bednarek, Kiwior ; Cash, Slisz, Zielinski, Skoras ; Szymanski, Zalewski ; Lewandowski
Football Prediction Sweden vs Poland
Sweden to qualify
Sweden’s firepower will set the tempo. Their striker’s hot streak will give Poland’s central defenders nightmares. The Swedish unit will make this a hard, physical scrap.
Poland’s defence lacks the pace to snuff out the breaks. The long-standing bad run for visitors in Sweden looks set to continue.
Home strength, the crowd and a sharp attack will see Sweden over the line.
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