According to information from Fotbolldirekt, Emil Krafth, Ludwig Augustinsson, Jesper Karlström and Robin Quaison will all gain confidence from the start in the directly decisive playoff final against Poland tonight.
It is already clear that Emil Krafth and Ludwig Augustinsson are ready for games, but on Tuesday it became clear that Albin Ekdal is missing from the match squad.
That it seems to be Jesper Karlström who replaces Ekdal is surprising according to SVT's football expert Daniel Nannskog.
- If this information is correct, it is clear that it feels a little surprised with Karlström from the start.
Given the dignity of the match and the fact that he did not start a competitive match, it feels like gambling, says Nannskog and adds:
No advantage for Karlström
- Should I get to know Janne Andersson's brain, I fully understand the decision.
Janne wants a pure defensive midfielder and he gets more of that in Jesper Karlström compared to Mattias Svanberg who is the direct competitor.
Had it been Olsson who was gone, Svanberg would have had the chance instead, I think.
Furthermore, Nannskog does not believe that Karlström has any particular advantage from the match being played against Poland, where he lives and plays in the big club Lech Poznan on a daily basis.
- If we look at the Polish team, there are two players in the match squad who play in the domestic league on a daily basis.
The rest are foreign professionals, so there is no major advantage in that way for Karlström.
Of course Karlström may be used to the crowd pressure on Polish stands, but all players in Sweden's team are used to pressure.
In addition to the change in the middle, there are also expected to be two new fullbacks in Emil Krafth and Ludwig Augustinsson.
Hoping for Premier League collaboration
- It means a lot that Krafth is back.
I expect some offensive raids on the right wing now, unlike how it was when Danielsson played on the right back against the Czech Republic.
Hopefully, Krafth and Kulusevski can get a nice Premier League collaboration on the right wing.
That Augustinsson is back is welcome, especially considering that Martin Olsson is gone, I expect hard work and good offensive efforts from Augustinsson on the left wing.
In the attack, according to information, Robin Quaison, who saved Sweden with the match's only goal against the Czech Republic, will form an attacking pair with Alexander Isak.
- It feels just right.
Quaison and Isak have a special chemistry where they know where they have each other and things happen automatically.
We saw this not least at the goal against the Czech Republic, so great that Quaison gets the chance as he will surely come to the match with a good self-confidence.
The official starting eleven will be presented just over an hour before the kick-off which takes place at 20.45 at Stadion Slaski in Chorzow, Poland.