{"id":15608,"date":"2026-06-14T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:35:39","slug":"tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia vs Sweden: Match Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group Stage | Group F<\/span><\/i><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Match_overview\" title=\"Match overview\">Match overview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Team_analysis\" title=\"Team analysis\">Team analysis<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Tunisia\" title=\"Tunisia\">Tunisia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Sweden\" title=\"Sweden\">Sweden<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Head-to-head_record\" title=\"Head-to-head record\">Head-to-head record<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Tactical_preview\" title=\"Tactical preview\">Tactical preview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Key_storylines\" title=\"Key storylines\">Key storylines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/tunisia-vs-sweden-match-preview\/#Prediction_and_verdict\" title=\"Prediction and verdict\">Prediction and verdict<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estadio BBVA, Monterrey\u00a0 |\u00a0 Monday, 15 June\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 7:30 AM (IST)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Match_overview\"><\/span><b>Match overview<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands are the clear favourites to top Group F. That makes everything else \u2014 the race for second between Sweden, Japan, and Tunisia \u2014 tense from the first round. Sweden return to the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 after missing 2022 entirely. Tunisia arrive as one of Africa\u2019s most defensively organised sides, carrying real frustration from a campaign where they beat France and still went home in 2022. The opening shots in this three-way contest for second are fired in Monterrey on Monday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\">FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/a> live in India on ZEE5. Choose the \u20b9799 quarterly plan or the \u20b91,699 annual plan to stream every match of the tournament.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Team_analysis\"><\/span><b>Team analysis<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tunisia\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/tunisia\/tunisia-squad\"><b>Tunisia<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia are built on a defensive structure first. Elyes Skhiri anchors the midfield from Frankfurt \u2014 athletic, disciplined, exactly the kind of player who prevents opponents from building rhythm through the centre. Hannibal Mejbri provides the creative spark at 23: comfortable in tight spaces, capable of the unexpected pass or a late run. Issam Jebali leads the line and presses relentlessly. Their 2022 campaign proved they can absorb quality opposition for long periods, stay compact, and convert when the chances come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key player: Hannibal Mejbri \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France, developed at Monaco, and one of Tunisia\u2019s most technically gifted midfielders. He can change a game with one decision \u2014 a line-breaking pass, a burst into the box, or the pressing intensity to force a turnover somewhere dangerous. If Tunisia are going to hurt Sweden, Mejbri is where it starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sweden\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/sweden\/sweden-squad\"><b>Sweden<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Dahl Tomasson rebuilt Sweden\u2019s identity after the Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 era and has assembled something genuinely dangerous. Viktor Gy\u00f6keres scored 54 goals across all competitions for Sporting CP in 2023-24 and maintained that level through qualifying. Alexander Isak at Newcastle has been one of the Premier League\u2019s most clinical finishers. Victor Nilsson Lindel\u00f6f anchors the defence. Sweden arrive with genuine ambition and the quality to back it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key player: Viktor Gy\u00f6keres \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those 54 goals at Sporting weren\u2019t a one-season anomaly. The physical profile \u2014 power, pace, aerial threat, finishing from any angle \u2014 gives Sweden a striker who can decide a match by himself. Sweden haven\u2019t had that since Ibrahimovi\u0107. Every defence in this group knows who they need to stop. Stopping Gy\u00f6keres is a different proposition entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Head-to-head_record\"><\/span><b>Head-to-head record<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two sides have met four times, all in friendly fixtures. Sweden edge the overall record \u2014 two wins to Tunisia&#8217;s one, with a draw \u2014 but the meetings are spread across 27 years, and none of them were competitive. The most recent encounter, in February 2003, went Tunisia&#8217;s way: a 1\u20130 win. There&#8217;s no World Cup history between them, so Monday&#8217;s match in Monterrey is their first meeting at a major tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tactical_preview\"><\/span><b>Tactical preview<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia will defend deep and compact \u2014 likely 4\u20134\u20132 or 4\u20135\u20131 \u2014 trusting Skhiri and Aissa Laidouni to disrupt Sweden\u2019s build-up and asking Jebali to hold the ball and relieve pressure. Sweden will control possession and use Kulusevski\u2019s movement to pull defenders out of position, creating space for Gy\u00f6keres and Isak in behind. Tunisia\u2019s defensive discipline is their greatest asset, but this Sweden attack tests it hard. Whether 90 minutes of organisation earns Tunisia a point is the question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_storylines\"><\/span><b>Key storylines<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden\u2019s absence from 2022 means this squad has something to prove at tournament level. The Zlatan era produced European Championship runs but never a deep World Cup run. This generation \u2014 Gy\u00f6keres, Isak \u2014 is arguably the most talented Sweden have assembled since Larsson and Ljungberg. Monterrey is the first opportunity to show it on the biggest stage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia\u2019s 2022 World Cup produced one of the tournament\u2019s strangest footnotes. They beat a full-strength France 1\u20130 in their final group game, but Australia\u2019s simultaneous win had already condemned them. They went home despite beating the eventual finalists. The players who experienced that carry the frustration into every match they play at this level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group F\u2019s shape makes this match consequential from the first minute. With the Netherlands almost certain to finish first, Sweden, Japan, and Tunisia are competing for one guaranteed knockout spot. Three points here doesn\u2019t secure progression, but dropping them in the opener \u2014 against a direct rival \u2014 makes recovery very difficult with the Netherlands still to play.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prediction_and_verdict\"><\/span><b>Prediction and verdict<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia will make this hard. They always do. But Sweden\u2019s attacking depth is a different problem \u2014 Gy\u00f6keres and Isak are not a combination many defensive units at this tournament can contain for 90 minutes. One moment of quality from Gy\u00f6keres, one pass that finds a run in behind, and Sweden open the match up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>ZEE5 is the official streaming home for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 in India. 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