Austria vs Sweden
Wednesday, february 11 2009, 8:30 pm
UPC- Arena, Graz
On wednesday Austria will host Sweden in the UPC in GRAZ for the first international friendly in 2009. After a bad year 2008 – and disappointing Euro 2008 – the Austrian look forward to a better 2009. In the first game this year Austria faces Sweden, a team that also didn't reach the Quarterfinal in EC2008 (only a 2-0 victory against Greece).
Sweden started to the WC2010 qualifier not as good as Austria (2-1 vs Hungary and 0-0 vs Portigal at home, 0-0 in Albania) but compared to Austria (3-1 vs France and 1-3 vs Serbia at home, 0-2 in Lithunia and 1-1 at Faroer Islands) is Sweden still on a good way to Southafrica 2010.
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Last 10 games:
28.04.1976 –
AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:0
07.06.1978 –
AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:0
14.05.1986 –
AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:0
01.05.1991 –
SWEDEN vs AUSTRIA 6:0
19.05.1993 –
SWEDEN vs AUSTRIA 1:0
10.11.1993 – AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:1
09.10.1996 – SWEDEN vs
AUSTRIA 0:1
06.09.1997 –
AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:0
18.08.1999 – SWEDEN vs AUSTRIA 0:0
29.03.2000 – AUSTRIA vs SWEDEN 1:1
Balance of all games between Austria and Sweden:
Austria – 15 wins
Draws – 5
Sweden – 10 Siegen
Goal-balance – Austria 46:45 Sweden
Squad of Austria:
Goalkeeper: Michael Gspurning (AO Xanthi – 1/0), Jürgen Macho (AEK Athen – 17/0),
Alex Manninger (Juventus Turin – 32/0)
Defender: György Garics (Atalanta Bergamo – 20/1), Ronald Gercaliu (RB Salzburg – 14/0), Andreas Ibertsberger (TSG Hoffenheim – 13/1), Emanuel Pogatetz (FC Middlesbrough – 35/2), Sebastian Prödl (Werder Bremen – 18/2), Paul Scharner (Wigan Athletic – 21/0) - Franz Schiemer (Austria Wien – 4/0) – Andrea Ulmer (RB Salzburg - 0/0)
Midfielder: Martin Stranzl (Spartak Moskau – 54/3), Christian Fuchs (VfL Bochum – 24/0), Andreas Hölzl (Sturm Graz – 2/2), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos Athen – 48/7), Mario Kienzl ( Sturm Graz – 0/0), Jürgen Säumel (FC Torino – 18/0)
Striker: Marko Arnautovic (Twente Enschede – 3/0), Marc Janko (RB Salzburg – 7/3), Rubin Okotie (Austria Wien - 1/0)
Squad of Sweden:
Goalkeeper: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven – 64Spiele/0Tore), Eddie Gustafsson (RB Salzburg – 8/0)
Defender: Erik Edman (Wigan Athletic - 55/1), Andreas Granqvist (FC Groningen – 4/0), Petter Hansson (Stades Rennes – 40/2), Adam Johansson (IFK Göteborg – 2/0), Daniel Majstorovic (AEK Athen – 20/1), Olof Mellberg (Juventus Turin – 88/4), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos Athen – 55/3), Behrang Safari (FC Basel - 5/0),
Midfielder: Daniel Andersson (Malmö FF – 72/0), Marcus Berg (FC Groningen – 3/0), Rasmus Elm (Kalmar FF - 2/0), Viktor Elm (SC Heerenveen - 2/0), Samuel Holmen (Bröndby Kopenhagen – 14/2), Kim Källström (Olympique Lyon - 62/11), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham City – 9/0)
Striker: Daniel Nannskog (Stabaek IF – 5/2), Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen – 26/6), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal – 54/4)
Our tipp: Both teams will test some tactical alternatives but seeing the last results and due to the higher class of the swedish players we tipp on a swedish victory in Graz. The best odd you will find at the moment at
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