Despite playing attacking soccer with a few creative players in the side, too often their attacks came to nothing - even against a lowly North Macedonia side. Ukraine will have the majority of the ball, but throughout the tournament, they've struggled to break teams down. Even against inferior opponents, Sweden is content to give their opponents possession and, as a result, Forsberg is very much a right-sided midfielder with defensive duties.

However, while both sides have dynamic attackers, don't expect either to shine particularly bright in the Round of 16. Heading the other way, on Ukraine's right, is Andriy Yarmolenko, who has scored half his country's goals at the tournament and is always looking to cut inside onto his left.

On Sweden's left is Emil Forsberg, their main creative force and scorer of three of his team's four goals at Euro 2020. Sweden moves onto the quarterfinals at two straight major tournaments.Ī matchup between Ukraine and Sweden may not promise thrills, but one side of the field will be well worth watching. Sweden created at least 1.0 xG in every match of the group stage, while Ukraine allowed an xG of at least 1.4 in every match and only created more than 0.6 against North Macedonia. While Sweden have remained defensively strong, the addition of Alexander Isak has given them a new dynamic going forward, as it gives talisman Emil Forsberg a player of similar technique and intelligence in attack to play off of. However, their trip to the knockout stage will be short-lived. Despite a mediocre group stage on balance, Ukraine benefitted from the additional knockout places for third-place teams. Similarly, Ukraine went toe-to-toe in a hard-fought 3-2 loss against the Netherlands in their group stage opener, before cruising past North Macedonia then sleep-walking to a 1-0 loss to Austria. Euro 2020 Odds: Best Expected Value Bets.

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