Sweden beat Ukraine on Thursday to earn their first win since June 2025
Poland have not lost this season and defeated Albania 2-1 last week
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Sweden and Poland go head-to-head at the Strawberry Arena on Tuesday for a place in this summer's World Cup finals.
The two sides will meet after the Swedes got the better of Ukraine and Poland beat Albania in their respective play-off semi-finals last week.
This is a one-off match in Stockholm and will determine which team heads to North America in June.
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Team news
Sweden's victory over Ukraine came at a cost with defenders Isak Hien and Gabriel Gudmundsson both forced off. Left-back Gudmundsson will be assessed ahead of Tuesday and could be replaced by Daniel Svensson.
With Liverpool striker Alexander Isak out, Sweden are relying on Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres, who netted a hat-trick on Thursday, for goals.
Dejan Kulusevski is another miss, having not played at all this season due to injury.
Poland, meanwhile, welcome back Nicola Zalewski, who missed the semi-final triumph over Albania as he was serving a suspension.
The stats
Poland and Sweden also met in the World Cup qualification play-offs in March 2022, with the Eagles claiming a 2-0 win to reach that year's tournament in Qatar.
Gyokeres' hat-trick against Ukraine were the Arsenal forward's first goals in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Sweden and Poland have faced each other 28 times in international football and the Swedes have not lost at home to the Eagles since a 3-0 loss in 1930.
Jan Urban is unbeaten in seven matches as Poland manager, with his side winning five and drawing two.
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Prediction
Sweden will be out for revenge against Poland on Tuesday night after being denied a place at the 2022 World Cup by the Eagles.
The sides faced off in Chorzow and Poland won to take their spot in Qatar. However, the Swedes have home advantage this time around and will hope they can use the atmosphere at Strawberry Arena to earn a memorable injury.
The Blue and Yellow have not been on a good run this campaign, going six matches without a victory until Thursday's 3-1 play-off semi-final win over Ukraine.
With key men Isak and Kulusevski sidelined, manager Graham Potter is also dealing with the fact that Hien and Gudmundsson could also be unavailable.
Looking for new ways to win in the absence of important players, the former Brighton, Chelsea and West Ham boss will hope Gyokeres is amongst the goals again on Tuesday.
Robert Lewandowski will lead the line for Poland who are unbeaten in seven under head coach Urban.
The Eagles appear more settled than Sweden heading into the play-off final clash and, while it may take extra-time and penalties, Poland should have enough momentum to deal with the visitors and claim the place at this summer's World Cup finals.
