Played
August 15, 2012 7:00 PM BST
Råsundastadion — Solna
Referee: V. Kassai
Attendance: 32781
August 15, 2012 7:00 PM BST
Råsundastadion — Solna
Referee: V. Kassai
Attendance: 32781
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| Sweden | 4.00 | 19.00 | 4.00 | 67.00 | 3.90 | 70.00 | 4.40 | 4.18 |
| Draw | 3.30 | 5.50 | 3.30 | 8.00 | 3.50 | 8.50 | 3.35 | 3.53 |
| Brazil | 1.80 | 1.20 | 1.83 | 1.08 | 1.85 | 1.05 | 1.89 | 1.81 |
Sweden - Brazil Preview: Selecao look to recover from Olympic heartbreak in 1958 World Cup rematch
Mano Menezes failed to lead the Samba Boys to gold in London, and will be desperate for a positive result in the replicate fixture of their first world title triumph
By Tom Webber
Stanley Chou
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SWEDEN
 Isaksson Lustig, Granqvist, Olsson, Wendt Elm, Svensson Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Wilhelmsson Toivonen |
BRAZIL
 Gabriel Alves, David Luiz, Dede, Danilo Sandro, Ramires Lucas, Oscar, Neymar Leandro Damiao |
Sweden quartet Emir Bajrami, Alexander Gerndt, Johan Wiland and Kim Kallstrom all withdrew from the squad due to injury but only Oscar Wendt, Par Hansson and Alexander Kacanikilic were called up as replacements.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is likely to continue in the role he assumed at Euro 2012 and play in behind a lone striker.
For Brazil, meanwhile, Rafael Cabral remains out with the injury that he picked up before the start of the Olympic Games and thus Gabriel of AC Milan is likely to retain the starting spot in goal.
Ramires, who is back in the squad for the first time in over a year, is joined by Chelsea team-mates David Luiz and Oscar. Paulinho could earn his second cap should coach Mano Menezes opt to start him in a deep-lying midfield role.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Sweden have won on just two occasions in 14 previous meetings against Brazil. (W2, D3, L9)
- The Blagult last triumphed over Brazil in 1989 with a 2-1 win in 1989, over 23 years ago.
- Neither team has scored more than one goal against the other in their last four meetings. A 1-1 draw at the 1994 World Cup is the last time a match between these two resulted in more than one goal.
- Brazil are returning to the stadium at which they won their first World Cup in 1958, the Rasunda. They beat Sweden 5-2 in the final.
- Pele, and a number of other heroes from who participated in that World Cup, have been invited to attend the game ahead of the stadium's demolishing later this year.
- Ramires (pictured right) could make his first appearance for The Selecao since the Copa America over one year ago. Menezes had previously refused to select the Chelsea man as he was playing out of position for his club at the time.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Sweden 1-3 Brazil
- 19.53 %
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Sweden 1-2 Brazil
- 11.45 %
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Sweden 0-2 Brazil
- 8.25 %
| International Friendlies (FR) | 15 Aug 2012 | Sweden 0 - Brazil 3 |
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| International Friendlies (FR) | 26 Mar 2008 | Sweden 0 - Brazil 1 |
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| 26 Mar 2013 | Slovakia 0 - Sweden 0 | FR |
| 22 Mar 2013 | Sweden 0 - Republic of Ireland 0 | WCQE |
| 6 Feb 2013 | Sweden 2 - Argentina 3 | FR |
| 26 Jan 2013 | Sweden 3 - Finland 0 | FR |
| 23 Jan 2013 | Sweden 1 - Korea DPR 1 | FR |
Brazil
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| 25 Apr 2013 | Brazil 2 - Chile 2 | FR |
| 6 Apr 2013 | Bolivia 0 - Brazil 4 | FR |
| 25 Mar 2013 | Brazil 1 - Russia 1 | FR |
| 21 Mar 2013 | Italy 2 - Brazil 2 | FR |
| 6 Feb 2013 | England 2 - Brazil 1 | FR |
| Returns: | Sweden £670.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw £80.00 |
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| Returns: | Brazil £18.33 |
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| 1 | Andreas Isaksson | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Andreas Granqvist | Defender |
| 17 | Behrang Safari | Defender |
| 13 | Jonas Olsson | Defender |
| - | Christian Wilhelmsson | |
| 16 | Pontus Wernbloom | Midfielder |
| 6 | Rasmus Elm | Midfielder |
| 18 | Samuel Holmen | Midfielder |
| 7 | Sebastian Larsson | Midfielder |
| 20 | Ola Toivonen | Striker |
| - | Marcus Berg | Striker |
| 8 | Anders Svensson | Midfielder |
| - | Alexander Kacaniklic | Midfielder |
| 14 | Tobias Hysen | Striker |
| - | Gabriel | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Alex Sandro | Defender |
| - | David Luiz | Defender |
| 3 | Thiago Silva | Defender |
| - | Daniel Alves | Defender |
| - | Oscar | Midfielder |
| - | Paulinho | Midfielder |
| - | Ramires | Midfielder |
| 8 | Rômulo | Midfielder |
| - | Leandro Damião | Striker |
| - | Neymar | Striker |
| - | Dedé | Defender |
| 9 | Alexandre Pato | Striker |
| - | Hulk | Striker |
| - | Lucas | Midfielder |
| 5 | Sandro | Midfielder |
Results
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Ashraf Nu'man Alfawaghra Midfielder Al Faisaly Amman |
4 | 1 |
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Andreas Cornelius Striker FC Copenhagen |
4 | 1 |
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Mikael Forssell Striker HJK Helsinki |
3 | 1 |
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Fred Striker Fluminense |
3 | 0 |
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Felipe Caicedo Striker Lokomotiv |
3 | 0 |
