Sweden host Poland in the UEFA Nations League. Both sides have had a mixed spell over the past year, with results swinging between comfortable wins and games where they've been picked apart.
There's a habit of goals showing up whenever these two meet, and neither team's recent form suggests that pattern is about to change.
Analysis updated .
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Mixed form on both sides
Sweden's last ten matches have been a rollercoaster: four wins, two draws and four defeats, with 21 scored and 20 conceded. That sample includes World Cup fixtures against France and the Netherlands, so it's tougher opposition than a typical run of friendlies.
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Sweden: 11 completed matches; Poland: 5 completed matches.
Sweden
- Win
- 45.5% 5 / 11
- Draw
- 18.2% 2 / 11
- Loss
- 36.3% 4 / 11
- Scored
- 23
- Conceded
- 21
- Difference
- +2
Poland
- Win
- 40% 2 / 5
- Draw
- 40% 2 / 5
- Loss
- 20% 1 / 5
- Scored
- 5
- Conceded
- 4
- Difference
- +1
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Sweden | Romania | 25.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| World Cup | France | Sweden | 01.07.2026 | 3-0 |
| World Cup | Japan | Sweden | 26.06.2026 | 1-1 |
| World Cup | Netherlands | Sweden | 20.06.2026 | 5-1 |
| World Cup | Sweden | Tunisia | 15.06.2026 | 5-1 |
| Friendlies | Sweden | Greece | 04.06.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Norway | Sweden | 01.06.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies | Sweden | Algeria | 10.06.2025 | 4-3 |
| Friendlies | Hungary | Sweden | 06.06.2025 | 0-2 |
| Friendlies | Sweden | Northern Ireland | 25.03.2025 | 5-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Poland | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 25.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Poland | Nigeria | 03.06.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Poland | Ukraine | 31.05.2026 | 0-2 |
| Friendlies | Poland | New Zealand | 09.10.2025 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies | Poland | Moldova | 06.06.2025 | 2-0 |
Poland's sample is much smaller, just four matches, but it tells a similar story. Two wins over Moldova and New Zealand sit alongside a 2-2 draw with Nigeria and a 0-2 loss to Ukraine. They can score, but they've also been shut out.
Neither side is arriving on the back of a settled run of results.
Comparative Team Statistics: Sweden vs Poland

A history of tight, high-scoring meetings
The last three meetings between these two have all produced goals at both ends. Sweden won 3-2 back in March 2026, Poland won 2-0 in 2022, and Sweden won 3-2 again at Euro 2021.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup - Qualification Europe | Sweden | Poland | 31.03.2026 | 3-2 |
| World Cup - Qualification Europe | Poland | Sweden | 29.03.2022 | 2-0 |
| Euro Championship | Sweden | Poland | 23.06.2021 | 3-2 |
Two of those three games finished 3-2, which says something about how open these fixtures tend to be, even when one side comes out on top.
Recent history leans toward goals rather than a stalemate.
Gyökeres pulling the strings
The player data we've got flags Viktor Gyökeres as Sweden's top assist provider, with four assists in six matches. That's a decent output and points to him being heavily involved in Sweden's attacking play.
It's only a partial picture rather than a full squad list, so it doesn't tell us about full team news or who else might be missing, but it does highlight one clear creative source for the hosts.

Shape of the game
Put the recent head-to-head record next to Sweden's high-scoring ten-match sample and you get a picture of a game that could easily open up. Both sides have shown they can score in bursts, and their meetings rarely stay goalless for long.
At the same time, Poland's 0-2 loss to Ukraine and some of Sweden's tighter results, like the 1-1 with Japan, are a reminder that either side is capable of being kept quiet too.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Lindelöf | Sweden | 32 | Defender | 187 | 80 |
| K. Nordfeldt | Sweden | 37 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 85 |
| K. Sema | Sweden | 33 | Midfielder | 180 | 69 |
| A. Isak | Sweden | 27 | Attacker | 192 | 77 |
| E. Smith | Sweden | 29 | Defender | 192 | 86 |
| G. Nilsson | Sweden | 29 | Attacker | 196 | 78 |
| V. Gyökeres | Sweden | 28 | Forward | 189 | 90 |
| M. Svanberg | Sweden | 27 | Midfielder | 185 | 75 |
| A. Bernhardsson | Sweden | 28 | Midfielder | 185 | 70 |
| H. Ekdal | Sweden | 27 | Defender | 188 | 77 |
| G. Gudmundsson | Sweden | 27 | Midfielder | 180 | 74 |
| E. Holm | Sweden | 26 | Defender | 191 | 83 |
| C. Starfelt | Sweden | 31 | Defender | 187 | 83 |
| B. Nygren | Sweden | 25 | Midfielder | 186 | 76 |
| J. Widell Zetterström | Sweden | 28 | Goalkeeper | 197 | 82 |
| J. Karlström | Sweden | 31 | Midfielder | 185 | 81 |
| G. Lagerbielke | Sweden | 26 | Defender | 191 | 80 |
| I. Hien | Sweden | 27 | Defender | 191 | 88 |
| A. Elanga | Sweden | 24 | Attacker | 178 | 70 |
| V. Johansson | Sweden | 28 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 72 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Zieliński | Poland | 32 | Midfielder | 180 | 76 |
| R. Lewandowski | Poland | 38 | Attacker | 186 | 81 |
| K. Piątek | Poland | 31 | Forward | 180 | 75 |
| J. Piotrowski | Poland | 29 | Midfielder | 188 | 79 |
| T. Kędziora | Poland | 32 | Defender | 183 | 73 |
| M. Bułka | Poland | 27 | Goalkeeper | 199 | 97 |
| K. Świderski | Poland | 29 | Attacker | 184 | 77 |
| Ł. Skorupski | Poland | 35 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 90 |
| J. Bednarek | Poland | 30 | Defender | 189 | 84 |
| B. Bereszyński | Poland | 34 | Defender | 183 | 77 |
| P. Frankowski | Poland | 31 | Defender | 175 | 70 |
| M. Bogusz | Poland | 25 | Midfielder | 175 | 69 |
| M. Cash | Poland | 29 | Defender | 185 | 79 |
| P. Dawidowicz | Poland | 31 | Defender | 189 | 80 |
| B. Drągowski | Poland | 29 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 74 |
| P. Wiśniewski | Poland | 28 | Defender | 195 | 88 |
| M. Wieteska | Poland | 29 | Defender | 187 | 77 |
| S. Szymański | Poland | 27 | Midfielder | 174 | 60 |
| M. Żukowski | Poland | 24 | Attacker | 185 | 82 |
| B. Slisz | Poland | 27 | Midfielder | 180 | 76 |
Taking the head-to-head trend together with how both teams have performed in their recent matches, there's a decent case for goals flowing again here. It's not a certainty given the odd blank sheet in each side's recent history, but the pattern is consistent enough to lean on.
This isn't about picking a winner so much as expecting an open game, and that's exactly what these fixtures have delivered before.
