FT · Europe: UEFA Nations League · Monday, 28 September 2026

Sweden 3–1 PolandMatch recap & how our call landed · Monday, 28 September 2026

Sweden
3–1
Sweden win
Poland

Our call before kickoff

Our call landed

Before kickoff our call was Sweden or draw at 65%. Bawler had Sweden at 40%, the draw at 25% and Poland at 35%. The match finished 3–1.

Pre-match probability vs result

Sweden win
40%
Result
Draw
25%
Poland win
35%

Goals we expected vs goals scored

Our forecast
1.6 – 1.5
Total 3.2
Actual
3 – 1
Total 4 (+0.8 against our forecast)
Chances created (xG)
2.1 – 0.9
From the match itself

The match produced 0.8 more goals than we forecast. That can be sharp finishing, set pieces or attacking quality we under-rated.

Every graded pick · and how it landed

Graded pick · high confidence
Over 1.5 goals
Pre-match: 82%
Landed
Outside shot
Draw
Pre-match: 25%
Missed

Each pick's figure is the one published with it before kickoff. It comes from a separate calculation, so a pick on the result can show a different number from the win/draw/win split above.

What we said pre-match

"Over 1.5 Goals is the model's high-confidence call at 83%, anchored by Sweden's 1.75 xG and Poland's 1.46 creating a combined 3.21 expected output that favors an open, multi-goal fixture."

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