Ukraine 1-3 Sweden · World Cup Qualification UEFA
Ukraine lost to Sweden 1-3 in the World Cup Qualification UEFA. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Ukraine and Sweden met in the World Cup Qualification UEFA at Ciudad de Valencia in Valencia on Thursday, 26 March 2026.
Goalscorers
Ukraine: M. Ponomarenko 90'. Sweden: V. Gyökeres 6', 51', 73'.
How the match went
Ukraine saw more of the ball, 68% of it. Ukraine had 10 shots with 4 on target, Sweden 10 with 4 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 9 to Ukraine and 3 to Sweden. Ukraine conceded 12 fouls, Sweden 10. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (2 for Ukraine, 1 for Sweden).
Line-ups
Ukraine started in a 4-1-4-1: Anatoliy Trubin, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Ilya Zabarnyi, Valerii Bondar, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, Viktor Tsygankov, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Georgiy Sudakov, Oleksandr Zubkov, Vladyslav Vanat.
Sweden started in a 3-4-2-1: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Isak Hien, Victor Lindelöf, Herman Johansson, Yasin Ayari, Jesper Karlström, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Anthony Elanga, Benjamin Nygren, Viktor Gyökeres.
More from this competition: World Cup Qualification UEFA fixtures, results and table.