Overview
- Sweden sit bottom of their group with one point from four games, making direct qualification impossible.
- Appointed on October 20 on a short-term deal, Graham Potter takes charge for the first time away to group leader Switzerland on Saturday.
- Switzerland can clinch a World Cup spot with a win, heightening the stakes for Potter’s debut.
- Alexander Isak is fit and available, though Potter says he cannot play two full matches in quick succession and must be managed across the Switzerland and Slovenia fixtures.
- Viktor Gyökeres is out with a muscular issue, with Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Bergvall also unavailable, as Sweden eye entry to March’s European playoffs via their Nations League standing with a 16-team draw scheduled Thursday in Zurich.