Predictions European Under-17 Championship - Slovakia U17 vs Sweden U17

European Under-17 Championship - Slovakia U17 vs Sweden U17
Match Time: 21-05-2024 23:00 Tuesday (GMT+8)
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Slovakia U17: LWDWWL
Sweden U17: LWWWWD

Slovakia are set to make their second appearance at the European Under-17 Championship after successfully navigating their way through qualifying.

After progressing from the first stage, Slovakia picked up six points from three matches to finish in the top two of group four in the elite round.

They claimed narrow victories over Switzerland and Greece, before losing 3-0 to group winners in their final qualifier.

Slovakia will now appear at the European Under-17 Championship for the first time since they enjoyed a run to the semi-finals in their home tournament in 2013.

Incidentally, Slovakia faced Sweden in the 2013 competition, playing out a goalless draw to finish level on five points with the Scandinavian country.

Like Slovakia, Sweden also reached the semi-finals 11 years ago, before they experienced penalty-shootout disappointment against eventual winners Russia.

Since that tournament, Sweden have made four tournament appearances, reaching the quarter-finals in 2016 and 2018, before failing to make it out of the group stage in 2019 and 2022.

In qualifying, Roger Franzen's side collected six points from three matches to advance to the second stage, where they picked up seven points to finish top of group two.

They recorded 2-1 victories over Bulgaria and Wales, before they rounded off their qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw against Romania.

Sweden have a good pedigree in group openers, having won the first match in five of their six appearances at the European Under-17 Championship.

Prediction: Slovakia 1-2 Sweden