Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Sweden Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different recent patterns

Bosnia's last nine matches have produced just eleven goals for and twelve against, with four of those games ending in draws. Their most recent outing was a goalless draw away to Poland in the Nations League, continuing a pattern of tight, low-event matches rather than free-scoring ones.

Bosnia & Herzegovina: 9 completed matches; Sweden: 11 completed matches.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

9 matches

Win

22.2% 2 / 9

Draw

44.4% 4 / 9

Loss

33.4% 3 / 9

Scored

11

Conceded

12

Difference

-1

Sweden

11 matches

Win

45.5% 5 / 11

Draw

18.2% 2 / 11

Loss

36.3% 4 / 11

Scored

23

Conceded

21

Difference

+2

Sweden's away sample tells a different story. Across their last eleven matches they've scored twenty-three and conceded twenty-one, but the results have been all over the place: a 5-1 win over Tunisia sits alongside a 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands and a 3-0 loss to France. Their most recent match, a 2-1 defeat away to Romania in the Nations League, keeps that inconsistency going.

Bosnia look the tighter, more controlled side defensively, while Sweden's away form is harder to pin down.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Sweden

A couple of names to watch

Two Bosnia players, Z. Smajlović and A. Memić, picked up yellow cards in their last match. That's not a suspension concern in itself, but it's worth keeping an eye on if either goes into the book again early here.

Bosnia & Herzegovina:

Penalty cards:

Z. Smajlović x 1

A. Memić x 1

How this one might unfold

Given Bosnia's recent habit of drawing tight, low-scoring games at home and Sweden's tendency to either click into gear or struggle away from home, this doesn't look like a fixture with an obvious script. Bosnia's discipline at the back has generally kept games close, while Sweden's away form suggests they could turn up firing or turn up flat.

Neither team's recent Nations League form gives a strong signal either way. Bosnia drew 0-0 last time out, Sweden lost 2-1, and both results came in the same competition just days before this one.