Forsberg leads Sweden to victory

Sweden clearly wins against Kosovo and has a good chance of qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar. Bosnia-Herzegovina also wins. Most goals come from the game between Israel and Scotland.

Emil Forsberg took the lead in the World Cup qualifier for the Swedes in a clear 3-0 (1-0) over Kosovo. The RB Leipzig striker converted a penalty kick in the 29th minute. The alleged compensation by Vedat Muriqi was not given because of a previous offside position of the ex-Bremer Milot Rashica (58th). Shortly afterwards, Alexander Isak made it 2-0 (62nd), while ex-Mainz Robin Quaison made the final decision (79th). With twelve points in Group B, Sweden now moves up to one point on front runner Spain.

Hoffenheim’s striker Munas Dabbur was successful for Israel on Saturday, but could not kidnap a point from Scotland in the 2: 3 (2: 1) with his team. Israel is now in third place four points behind the second-placed Scots, who only scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time through Manchester United’s Scott McTominay. The Scots had previously offset the guest tours by Eran Zahavi (5th) and Dabbur (31st) by John McGinn (29th) and Lyndon Dykes (55th). Dykes had previously failed with a penalty kick against Israeli goalkeeper Ofir Marciano (45th). Denmark remains the front runner in Group F with 18 points.

In Group D, Ukraine regained second place, which they had briefly lost to Bosnia-Hercegovina, thanks to a 2-1 (2-1) win in Helsinki over Finland. The ex-Dortmund Andrej Jarmolenko was already successful after four minutes with a 25-meter shot, Roman Yaremtschuk ensured the final score after 34 minutes. Previously, the ex-Schalke Teemu Pukki had equalized in his 98th international match. Lukas Hradecky and Joel Pohjanpalo from Leverkusen could not avert the second defeat of the now fourth-placed Finns.

The Bosnians had their first win thanks to two goals from striker Smail Prevljak (25th, 66th) with a 2-0 (1-0) win in Kazakhstan. This puts the team of the former Wolfsburg-based Edin Dzeko in third place with six points behind world champions France (12 points) and the Ukraine (8).