Match Report
7 points for Sweden W (1st), 1 for Switzerland W (3rd): a 6-point gap. Switzerland W had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Sweden W were scoring 2.67 and conceding 0.67, Switzerland W 1.33 and 2.67, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Sweden W in 15 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Switzerland W were winless in 7. Over the last five, Sweden W had taken 9 of 15 points to Switzerland W's 2.
Bramall Lane in Sheffield staged the fixture, a ground that holds 32,050. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.