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Ukraine vs Sweden: match report
Ukraine hosted Sweden at Estadi Ciutat de València on Thursday 26 March 2026, in the World Cup Qualifiers. João Pinheiro is the referee.
Result and scorers
Ukraine 1-3 Sweden. Goals: Viktor Gyökeres 6' for Sweden; Viktor Gyökeres 51' for Sweden; Viktor Gyökeres 73' (pen) for Sweden; Matvii Ponomarenko 90' for Ukraine. Attendance: 18,846.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 6' Goal: Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) 0-1
- 51' Goal: Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) 0-2
- 56' Yellow card: Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine)
- 71' Yellow card: Anatoliy Trubin (Ukraine)
- 73' Penalty: Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden) 0-3
- 75' Yellow card: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Sweden)
- 90' Goal: Matvii Ponomarenko (Ukraine) 1-3
Match stats (contains the result)
| 68.3% | Possession | 31.7% |
| 10 | Shots | 10 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 9 | Corners | 3 |
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 5 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Ukraine 4-1-4-1
Coach: Sergiy Rebrov
- 12 Anatoliy Trubin GK
- 22 Oleksandr Tymchyk DEF
- 13 Ilya Zabarnyi DEF
- 5 Valeriy Bondar DEF
- 16 Vitaliy Mykolenko DEF
- 21 Ivan Kaliuzhnyi MID
- 15 Viktor Tsigankov FWD
- 18 Yehor Yarmoliuk MID
- 17 Georgiy Sudakov MID
- 20 Oleksandr Zubkov FWD
- 19 Vladyslav Vanat FWD
Bench
- 14 Oleg Ocheretko MID
- 7 Oleksiy Hutsuliak FWD
- 9 Roman Yaremchuk FWD
- 11 Matviy Ponomarenko FWD
- 10 Mykola Shaparenko MID
- 23 Dmytro Riznyk GK
- 1 Ruslan Neshcheret GK
- 3 Bogdan Mykhaylychenko DEF
- 2 Eduard Sarapiy DEF
- 4 Oleksandr Svatok DEF
- 8 Oleksandr Pikhalyonok MID
- 6 Nazar Voloshyn FWD
Sweden 3-4-2-1
Coach: Graham Potter
- 23 Kristoffer Nordfeldt GK
- 2 Gustaf Lagerbielke DEF
- 4 Isak Hien DEF
- 3 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf DEF
- 6 Herman Johansson MID
- 18 Yasin Ayari MID
- 16 Jesper Karlström MID
- 5 Gabriel Gudmundsson DEF
- 11 Anthony Elanga FWD
- 10 Benjamin Nygren MID
- 17 Viktor Gyökeres FWD
Bench
- 15 Carl Starfelt DEF
- 8 Daniel Svensson MID
- 7 Lucas Bergvall MID
- 19 Mattias Svanberg MID
- 12 Melker Ellborg GK
- 1 Noel Törnqvist GK
- 13 Eric Smith DEF
- 22 Besfort Zeneli MID
- 20 Hugo Larsson MID
- 21 Taha Abdi Ali MID
- 9 Gustaf Nilsson FWD
- 14 Roony Bardghji FWD
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 29 June 2021: Sweden 1-2 Ukraine
- Monday 11 June 2012: Ukraine 2-1 Sweden
- Wednesday 10 August 2011: Ukraine 0-1 Sweden
- Sunday 1 June 2008: Sweden 0-1 Ukraine