Sweden stay unbeaten in World Cup qualifiers after Serbia stalemate

[p]It's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/serbia-nysgULwS/sweden-hGWL8MmL/?mid=nVqJIB0C"]a second clean sheet[/a] on the road over this international window for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/hGWL8MmL/"]Sweden[/a], who began their campaign with a 1-0 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/italy/fiD8utDF/"]Italy[/a]. [/p][p][b]Four points from two away trips in one of the elite groups of European qualification is certainly a positive for Tony Gustavsson's side, yet it is also just one win in their last seven in all competitions for Blagult.[/b][/p][p]Gustavsson kept faith with the same starting XI that got the win in Italy, and it was captain Kosovare [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/asllani-kosovare/0W5VGDc7/"]Asllani[/a] who was first to force either goalkeeping into action, as her effort was kept out by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostic-milica/CjFGWIPt/"]Milica Kostic[/a].[/p][p]Asllani would, in fact, have Sweden's only two shots on goal in the first 45 minutes, which ended with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/falk-jennifer/hpoFCieN/"]Jennifer Falk[/a] denying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/txwk2GR8/"]Malmo[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ivanovic-miljana/t2qRcXYJ/"]Miljana Ivanovic[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blackstenius-stina/tvFnIayL/"]Stina Blackstenius[/a] was back in the squad having missed the Italy game for personal reasons, and she and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rolfo-fridolina/CtQwaA8t/"]Fridolina Rolfo[/a] were thrown on in the 56th minute.[/p][embed guid="393f04c2-173f-4d2f-a31e-1c4ce6cac007" url="https://x.com/svenskfotboll/status/2030326792859328519" social-type="twitter" /][p]Those changes seemed to click Sweden into gear [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kaneryd-johanna/zuVlaGrl/"]Johanna Rytting Kaneryd[/a] tested Kostic soon after, before a Smilla Holmberg cross was deflected goalwards by a defender and the goalkeeper reacted well to keep it out.[/b][/p][p]Sweden had 11 shots in the second half alone, but those two proved to be their only ones that needed saving. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/serbia/nysgULwS/"]Serbia[/a] almost made the visitors pay in the dying minutes, [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/poljak-allegra/ncDU7HRa/"]Allegra Poljak[/a] went close before Falk kept out a long-range 95th-minute chance for another Malmo player, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/milivojevic-vesna/zii8PQER/"]Vesna Milivoijevic[/a].[/b][/p][p]It's the first time Sweden have dropped points against Serbia - a side they beat 8-0 on aggregate in UEFA EURO 2025 qualification less than 18 months ago.[/p][p][b]"It's a match we should win, but Serbia are tough on their home field. Frustrating that we didn't get the ball in, we fought and gave it our all,"[/b] Asllani said at full-time.[/p][p]Sweden are top of the group on four points for the time being, but will drop back to second if [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/W0rDArJ8/"]Denmark[/a] beat Italy later this evening. The two rivals will meet in Gothenburg when qualifying resumes next month.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/world/world-cup-women/"]Follow all the 2027 Women's World Cup Qualifiers on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]