Group F • Match 12 — Sweden 5–1 Tunisia
2026-06-14 • 22:00:00 • Estadio BBVA / Monterrey Stadium, Guadalupe, Mexico • FIFA World Cup 2026
Sweden opened Group F with a dominant 5–1 win over Tunisia. Yasin Ayari struck early in the 7th minute, Alexander Isak doubled the lead on 30 minutes, and Omar Rekik pulled one back for Tunisia before half-time. Sweden then took control again after the interval, with Viktor Gyokeres scoring in the 59th minute, Mattias Svanberg adding the fourth in the 84th minute, and Ayari completing his brace in second-half stoppage time.
FIFA listed the match as Group F • Match 12 with Sweden winning 5–1, while ESPN recorded the game at Estadio BBVA in Guadalupe with an attendance of 50,987 and Yael Falcón Pérez as referee. The result gave Sweden three points and a strong goal difference advantage in Group F.
Final Score
- Sweden: 5
- Tunisia: 1
- Half-time score: Sweden 2 — Tunisia 1
Goals
- 7' — Sweden: Yasin Ayari
- 30' — Sweden: Alexander Isak
- 43' — Tunisia: Omar Rekik
- 59' — Sweden: Viktor Gyokeres; assist Alexander Isak
- 84' — Sweden: Mattias Svanberg
- 90+6' — Sweden: Yasin Ayari; assist Lucas Bergvall
Cards and Key Events
- 54' — Tunisia: Rani Khedira received a yellow card
- 66' — Sweden: Elliot Stroud and Lucas Bergvall entered as Sweden refreshed midfield and wide areas
- 72' — Tunisia: Sebastian Tounekti, Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud and Elias Achouri entered
- 83' — Tunisia: Ismael Gharbi entered for Rani Khedira
- 84' — Sweden: Mattias Svanberg scored shortly after entering
- 90+6' — Sweden: Yasin Ayari completed the scoring
Lineups
- Sweden: Kristoffer Nordfeldt; Isak Hien, Victor Lindelof, Gustaf Lagerbielke; Alexander Bernhardsson, Jesper Karlstrom, Yasin Ayari, Gabriel Gudmundsson; Benjamin Nygren, Alexander Isak, Viktor Gyokeres.
- Tunisia: Mouhib Chamakh; Ali Abdi, Montassar Talbi, Omar Rekik, Yan Valery, Mohamed Amine Ben Hmida; Hannibal Mejbri, Ellyes Skhiri, Rani Khedira, Anis Slimane; Elias Saad.
Key Statistics
- Possession: Sweden 47% — Tunisia 42% with 11% in contest
- Total attempts: Sweden 13 — Tunisia 5
- Shots on target: Sweden 8 — Tunisia 2
- Corners: Sweden 4 — Tunisia 2
- Offsides: Sweden 1 — Tunisia 4
- Yellow cards: Sweden 0 — Tunisia 1
- Red cards: Sweden 0 — Tunisia 0
- Defensive line breaks: Sweden 13 — Tunisia 5
- Crosses: Sweden 12 — Tunisia 13
- Forced turnovers: Sweden 42 — Tunisia 41
- Total distance covered: Sweden 111.3 km — Tunisia 109.7 km
Status: Completed. Sweden won 5–1.
