Mexico vs. Sweden live: score, highlights, result from World Cup warmup friendly

By | November 16, 2022
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Mexico play their final 90 minutes of action before the 2022 FIFA World Cup as they take on Sweden in a friendly on Wednesday from Girona, Spain.

The game, played at Girona FC’s Estadi Montilivi, will be the final tuneup for El Tri before they jet off to Qatar for the tournament. With Mexico not set to start World Cup action until November 22, there was room for one match with the full squad. The 4-0 friendly victory over Iraq a week ago featured just domestic-based players, as European-based squad members were not yet released from club duty.

Head coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino will look to continue the attacking success from a week ago, when Alexis Vega, Rogelio Funes Mori, Jesus Gallardo, and Uriel Antuna all found the back of the net. That result gave hope for a previously misfiring Mexico attack.

Now, with the full roster available to earn tune-up minutes, Martino will have to balance a final chance to build squad chemistry with some caution to avoid key injuries.

MORE: Full breakdown of Mexico 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights for Mexico vs Sweden in their pre-World Cup friendly.

Mexico vs Sweden live score

  1H 2H Final
Mexico — — —
Sweden — — —

Goals:
None

Lineups:

Mexico (4-3-3, right to left): 13-Ochoa (GK) — 19-J. Sanchez, 3-Montes, 15-Moreno, 23-Gallardo — 8-C. Rodriguez, 16-Herrera, 30-Chavez — 26-Antuna, 20-Martin, 10-Vega.

Sweden (4-4-2, right to left): 23-Nordfeldt (GK) — 24-Holm, 4-Hien, 3-Lindelof, 6-Augustinsson — 8-Rohden, 17-Karlstrom, 21-Gustafson, 19-Svanberg — 16-Goykeres, 11-Elanga.

Mexico vs. Sweden live updates, highlights from 2022 World Cup

20 mins from kickoff: It will be interesting to see how Mexico’s starting lineup today compares to that of El Tri’s opening game in Qatar. No Edson Alvarez is interesting, but it could just be that Tata wishes to rest his midfielder after the club season is still fresh in the rear view mirror.

Additionally, Nestor Araujo’s absence in the defense is notable, but again, there could be little there, as he did start the Iraq victory and played the full 90 minutes, and could therefore just be earning a breather.

50 mins from kickoff: There will be Mexican supporters at the match.

But few will be as decked out as this guy:

60 mins from kickoff: We have the Mexico lineup. It’ll be Hector Moreno instead of Nestor Araujo at center-back. Luis Chavez and Charly Rodriguez will get a chance to show what they can do in midfield. And Uriel Antuna and Alexis Vega to support center-forward Henry Martin.

75 mins from kickoff: Mexico team bus pulls up. You can spot Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano and Uriel Antuna among the players entering the stadium.

90 mins from kickoff: Report that Uriel Antuna will get the start for El Tri:

100 mins from kickoff: A look at the jersey Mexico will be wearing against Sweden:

4 hrs 45 mins from kickoff: Football ping-pong is becoming a popular way to train and have fun. Even the Swedish national team has taken to entertaining themselves while building ball control skills at the same time.

5 hrs from kickoff: As Mexico get ready for their final tuneup before the 2022 World Cup, here’s a reminder of who’s on their 26-man roster for the tournament. Players can still be replaced due to injury with anyone on the provisional roster up until the team’s first match at the World Cup.

For more on who made it and who missed out, click here for a full roster breakdown from The Sporting News.

Mexico vs. Sweden lineups, team news

Mexico now has their full 26-man squad available, although some precaution will surely be taken.

The fitness of striker Raul Jimenez has been a constant question over the past few months, and while he was included on the roster, he probably won’t be risked in this match, meaning his last action entering the World Cup will have come back on Aug. 31 in a Premier League match against Bournemouth.

European-based players including Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano and Edson Alvarez will not start, as Hector Herrera anchors the midfield with Charly Rodriguez and Luis Chavez on either side of him.

Mexico starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 13-Ochoa (GK) — 19-J. Sanchez, 3-Montes, 15-Moreno, 23-Gallardo — 8-C. Rodriguez, 16-Herrera, 30-Chavez — 26-Antuna, 20-Martin, 10-Vega.

Sweden are not World Cup participants this year, and so head coach Janne Andersson has called in a host of young players.

One man not part of the squad is forward Dejan Kulusevski, who was not risked, having just returned to the Tottenham lineup from a long injury layoff. That makes room up front for the likes of Man United’s 20-year-old Anthony Elanga, who still does not have a goal this season, and Coventry City’s Viktor Goykeres.

There are four players on the Sweden roster without a single international cap, plus another 10 with single-digit national team appearances. The captain is Victor Lindelof of Manchester United, who has 54 caps to his name.

Sweden (4-4-2, right to left): 23-Nordfeldt (GK) — 24-Holm, 4-Hien, 3-Lindelof, 6-Augustinsson — 8-Rohden, 17-Karlstrom, 21-Gustafson, 19-Svanberg — 16-Goykeres, 11-Elanga.

Mexico vs. Sweden live stream, TV channel

Mexico’s final match before the World Cup will take place at the Estadio Municipal Montilivi in Girona, Spain against No. 25-ranked Sweden. El Tri will travel to Qatar the following day.

  Date Time TV Channel Streaming
Australia Thu, Nov. 17 06:30 AEDT  —  —
Canada Wed, Nov. 16 14:30 EST  —  —
Hong Kong Thu, Nov. 17 03:30 HKT  —  —
India Thu, Nov. 17 01:00 IST  —  —
Malaysia Thu, Nov. 17 03:30 MYT Astro SuperSport 2 Astro Go
New Zealand Thu, Nov. 17 08:30 NZDT  —  —
Singapore Thu., Nov. 17 03:30 SGT  —  —
UK Wed, Nov. 16 19:30 GMT  —  —
USA Wed, Nov. 16 14:30 EST Univision, TUDN fuboTV, TUDN site/app

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