Sweden v Chile Betting Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Sweden will be looking to get their World Cup preparations underway when they welcome Chile to the Friends Arena for Saturday's international friendly.

Janne Andersson's men earned a shock 1-0 aggregate victory over Italy in the play-offs, booking their place in a first World Cup since 2006.

Latest Odds

They are now available at 21/10 (3.10) with SportPesa to celebrate that success with a high profile victory in their first match back on home soil.

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In contrast, La Roja have failed to qualify for the first time since 2006, but are on offer at 7/5 (2.40) to lift their spirits by coming out on top here.

The sides shared a 1-1 draw when they last met in a friendly 12 years ago, and you can get odds of 43/20 (2.15) on them cancelling each other out yet again.

Team News

There are no uncapped players among the Blue-Yellow squad, which is missing Albin Ekdal, Jakob Johansson and Robin Olsen through injury.

Reinaldo Rueda could offer debuts to Gonzalo Collao, Brayan Cortes, Valber Huerta, and Felipe Mora, although Gary Medel is suspended and Claudio Bravo has withdrawn from the squad for personal reasons.

Swedish Fortress

The foundation of Sweden’s successful qualification was their form at home, where they collected 16 points from a possible 18 – beating France and only dropping points in a draw against the Netherlands.

Goal

Meanwhile, their opponents can largely blame their own failure to reach Russia on their performances away from home, having lost five and won none of their final six group games on the road.

The South Americans are even less impressive in friendly matches on foreign soil, losing six times and drawing once in their previous seven exhibition matches away from home.

Predictions

With this in mind, those 21/10 (3.10) odds seem particularly generous on the hosts adding to the feelgood factor by coming out on top against an underperforming Chile team.

Sweden to win for a 1pt stake at 21/10 (3.10) with SportPesa