FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™06 June - 05 July

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Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton (CAN)
16 Jun 2015 - 18:00 Local time
First stage - Group D
Australia
AustraliaAUS
Sweden
SwedenSWE
Full-time
FT
1-1

Overview

Match summary

Australia's Caitlin Foord (L) and Sweden's Jessica Samuelsson vie for the ball

Stalemate lifts Aussies through at Sweden’s expense

Australia and Sweden shared early goals in a 1-1 draw that sent the former through to the knockout phase and left the latter facing an anxious wait to see if they will also progress.
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Match Highlights

Quotes

"I’m obviously very proud of the team. I read a lot of reports before the tournament and I don’t think one predicted us to progress. The first ten minutes was fantastic, and then we lost some composure for a while. A tough game and not a pretty one to watch perhaps, but this gives us so much belief that we can take on the best and beat them in the knockout rounds," Alen Stajcic, Australia coach
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MatchCast

19:4916 Jun 2015
The final whistle sounds.
19:4816 Jun 2015
90'+KERR (Australia) takes a corner kick.
19:4716 Jun 2015
90'+SAMUELSSON (Sweden) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on KERR (Australia).
19:4616 Jun 2015
90'+VAN EGMOND (Australia) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on ASLLANI (Sweden).
19:4416 Jun 2015
90'SJÖGRAN (Sweden) swings in the corner.
19:4116 Jun 2015
86'DAHLKVIST (Sweden) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on BUTT (Australia).
19:4016 Jun 2015
86'SCHELIN (Sweden) sees an effort go off target.
19:4016 Jun 2015
85' BUTT (in) comes off the bench to replace GORRY (out) (Australia)
19:3616 Jun 2015
82'FOORD (Australia) sees one of her shots blocked.
19:3516 Jun 2015
81'SJÖGRAN (Sweden) takes a corner kick.

LYG - Player of the Match

KELLOND-KNIGHT
AustraliaAUS
Defender

Statistics

Ball possession
48
%
52

Attempts

11Attempts11
3On-Target4
5Off-Target5
3Blocked2

Disciplinary

6Fouls Committed7
0Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0

Attacking

1Corners6
3Offsides0
7Free kicks9
3Saves2

Line-ups

Australia
AustraliaAUS
Sweden
SwedenSWE
1
WILLIAMS
(GK)
1
LINDAHL
(GK)
5
ALLEWAY
5
FISCHER
7
CATLEY
7
DAHLKVIST
8
KELLOND-KNIGHT
8
SCHELIN
(C)
9
FOORD
10
JAKOBSSON
10
VAN EGMOND
14
ILESTEDT
11
DE VANNA
(C) 63'
15
SJÖGRAN
14
KENNEDY
16
NILSSON
74'
17
SIMON
72'
17
SEGER
19
GORRY
85'
18
SAMUELSSON
20
KERR
23
RUBENSSON
76'
SubstitutesSubstitutes
18
BARBIERI
(GK)
12
CARLÉN
(GK)
21
ARNOLD
(GK)
21
SÖBERG
(GK)
2
CRUMMER
63'
2
ROHLIN
3
SYKES
3
SEMBRANT
4
POLKINGHORNE
4
BERGLUND
6
UZUNLAR
6
THUNEBRO
76'
12
KHAMIS
9
ASLLANI
74'
13
BUTT
85'
11
HJOHLMAN
15
POLIAS
13
DIAZ
16
RASO
19
LUND
22
BOLGER
20
APPELQVIST
23
HEYMAN
72'
22
SCHOUGH
CoachCoach
Alen STAJCIC (AUS)Pia SUNDHAGE (SWE)

Match Facts

Edmonton

Edmonton
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Commonwealth Stadium

SSI Err

Weather

  • Cloudy
  • 23° CTemperature
  • 13 m/sWind
  • 35 %Humidity

Officials

  • Referee: Lucila VENEGAS
    Mexico
    MexicoMEX
  • Assistant Referee 1: Mayte CHAVEZ (MEX)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Enedina CAUDILLO (MEX)
  • Fourth official: Tupou PATIA (COK)

Groups

Group D
TeamsTeamsTeamsMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
32104137
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
AUS
31114404
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden
SWE
30304403
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
NGA
301236-31

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