Sweden reach last eight with victory over Switzerland

Sweden are looking forward to a World Cup quarter-final for the first time since 1994 after Emil Forsberg's deflected second-half goal gave them a deserved 1-0 victory over Switzerland in Saint Petersburg.

The Swedes were available at pre-tournament odds of 150-1 to lift the trophy but have won three of their four games and shortened to 25-1.

Shortly after their success over the Swiss, Sweden were just 9-5 with Betway to reach the semi-finals.

Switzerland started the match as 13-8 favourites but created very few clear-cut chances.

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It was the consecutive defeat in a World Cup round-of-16 defeat for the Swiss, who haven't reached the last eight since hosting the tournament in 1954.

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