Group F
Sweden
- Manager
- Graham Potter
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- May 12
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 47.3%
- Round of 16
- 14.9%
- Quarter-final
- 6.4%
- Semi-final
- 1.8%
- Final
- 0.5%
- Champion
- 0.2%
Market champion price 0.5% · model edge -0.4%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04Under Graham Potter (small sample), a direct 3-4-3 / 3-4-2-1 that builds through a box-4 then springs a mid-block counter as a 5-3-2. Two Premier League CFs is a good problem.
Style · 3-4-3 / 3-4-2-1 — direct from the back, build from the middle using a box-4, front-3 freedom, mid-block into a 5-3-2 counter.
Counter-reliance ·highMid-block into counter as a 5-3-2
Strengths
- +Direct outlet from the back
- +Box-4 build through the middle
- +Clinical counters from a 5-3-2 mid-block
Key players
- Anthony Elanga · RWPacey dribbler, clinical on the counter (as at Forest last season)
- Tactics
- Go direct, build through a box-4 midfield, and break from a mid-block 5-3-2. The return of Isak alongside another PL-quality striker is intriguing.
Notes
- Watch how Potter uses Isak's return after an injury-ravaged season — two CFs of PL quality is a good problem to have.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Viktor JohanssonStoke City
- Kristoffer NordfeldtAIK
- Jacob Widell ZetterstromDerby County
Defenders
- Hjalmar EkdalBurnley
- Gabriel GudmundssonLeeds United
- Isak HienAtalanta
- Emil HolmJuventus
- Gustaf LagerbielkeBraga
- Victor LindelöfAston Villa
- Erik SmithSt. Pauli
- Carl StarfeltCelta Vigo
- Elliot StroudMjallby
- Daniel SvenssonBorussia Dortmund
Midfielders
- Taha AliMalmo
- Yasin AyariBrighton
- Lucas BergvallTottenham
- Jesper KarlströmUdinese
- Ken SemaPafos
- Mattias SvanbergWolfsburg
- Besfort ZeneliUnion St-Gilloise
Forwards
- Alexander BernhardssonHolstein Kiel
- Anthony ElangaNewcastle United
- Viktor GyökeresArsenal
- Alexander IsakLiverpool
- Gustaf NilssonClub Brugge
- Benjamin NygrenCeltic