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Isak and Gyokeres up front for Sweden as Gundmundsson fit enough to start

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Anthony Tomas

Published 3 days ago

Sweden will play a front two of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres for their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener against Tunisia in Monterrey (04:00 CEST).

[p]Graham Potter has gone with the two-man strike partnership that started together under him for the first time in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a]'s second warm-up match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/greece/COuk57Ci/"]Greece[/a] earlier this month.[/p][p]There are two changes to the side that began that 2-2 draw - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindelof-victor/OIp0Le1f/"]Victor Lindelof[/a] comes back in as expected to captain the side, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karlstrom-jesper/UDGFZQv8/"]Jesper Karlstrom[/a] comes into the heart of midfield.[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svensson-daniel/bs9KBNfb/"]Daniel Svensson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svanberg-mattias/z522mgfh/"]Mattias Svenberg[/a] drop to the bench.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nordfeldt-kristoffer/zidYDVKR/"]Kristoffer Nordfeldt[/a] keeps his place in goal, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gudmundsson-gabriel/0zzTdK1T/"]Gabriel Gudmundsson[/a] has been deemed fit enough to start as one of the wing-backs in a defensive five having missed training multiple times last week due to illness.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a]' 2-2 draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a] earlier today means first place in Group F is up for grabs in Sweden's first World Cup match since 2018.[/p][h2]Sweden starting XI vs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a][/h2][p][b]Goalkeeper[/b]: Kristoffer Nordfeldt[/p][p][b]Defenders[/b]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bernhardsson-alexander/0Ah8TRF1/"]Alexander Bernhardsson[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lagerbielke-gustaf/UwOm1wvF/"]Gustaf Lagerbielke[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hien-isak/hz4zWEIG/"]Isak Hien[/a], Victor Lindelof, Gabriel Gudmundsson  [/p][p][b]Midfielders[/b]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nygren-benjamin/WCHWGOvf/"]Benjamin Nygren[/a], Jesper Karlstrom, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ayari-yasin/vTrnQI0N/"]Yasin Ayari[/a] [/p][p][b]Forwards[/b]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gyokeres-viktor/zaBZ1xIk/"]Viktor Gyokeres[/a][/p][embed guid="f89d9390-7b3c-4a63-ac09-4e6cdd262aa6" url="https://x.com/svenskfotboll/status/2066318778938388572" social-type="twitter" /][p]A fully-fit squad to choose from means the other 15 members of the 26-man squad will be on the bench and at Potter's disposal.[/p][p][b]Tunisia XI: [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdelmouhib-chamakh/GjajLDW7/"][b]​[/b]Mouhib Chamakh[/a]; [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdi-ali/h4HteEDA/"]Ali Abdi[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ben-hmida-amine/AiZoDQa0/"]Mohamed ‌Amine Ben Hamida[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/talbi-montassar/bLU8KtEd/"]Montassar Talbi[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rekik-omar/Em3KVJ1K/"]Omar Rekik[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valery-yann/Icg1ZumF/"]Yan Valery[/a]; [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khedira-rani/nDdRIHZI/"]Rani Khedira[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skhiri-ellyes/UawLDteR/"]Ellyes Skhiri[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/slimane-ben/QabhZdtq/"]Anis Slimane[/a]; [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mejbri-hannibal/8ECeKtyS/"]Hannibal Mejbri[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saad-elias/rcSN3FVD/"]⁠Elias ⁠Saad[/a][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sweden-OQyqbHWB/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=UaJKzaHN"]Follow Sweden vs Tunisia on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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