Sweden’s defender Mikael Lustig (L) and Mexico’s midfielder Hector Herrera vie for the ball during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Mexico and Sweden at the Ekaterinburg Arena in Ekaterinburg on June 27, 2018. Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP
Mexico are unchanged for Wednesday’s Group F match against Sweden at the World Cup, the first time in 50 games that Juan Carlos Osorio has kept the same XI.
Sweden, who are locked in a battle with Germany to qualify for the last 16, are also unchanged.
Striker Javier Hernandez will again lead the attack for Mexico, who top Group F with two wins from two but have not yet quite qualified themselves.
Coach Osorio keeps faith with the same team that beat South Korea 2-1 to place one foot in the knockout rounds.
His counterpart Janne Andersson also resisted the temptation to make any changes, despite their agonising last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Germany.
Jimmy Durmaz, the winger who was racially abused online after giving away the free-kick that led to Germany’s winner, is again on the bench for Sweden.
Starting line-ups for the World Cup Group F match between Mexico and Sweden in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday (1400 GMT kick-off):
Mexico
Guillermo Ochoa, Carlos Salcedo, Hector Moreno, Hector Herrera, Edson Alvarez, Miguel Layun, Andres Guardado (capt), Jesus Gallardo, Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez, Hirving Lozano
Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio (COL)
Sweden
Robin Olsen, Mikael Lustig, Victor Lindelof, Andreas Granqvist (capt), Ludwig Augustinsson, Viktor Claesson, Albin Ekdal, Sebastian Larsson, Emil Forsberg, Marcus Berg, Ola Toivonen
Coach: Janne Andersson (SWE)
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG)
AFP
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