Spain and Sweden will face off in the matchday 1 of Euro 2020 Group E at Estadio de La Cartuja on Monday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CEST.

Preview

One of the biggest questions regarding this match will be how Spain have coped with the Covid-19 situation in their squad recently. Sergio Bisquets contracted coronavirus last weekend before Diego Llorente repeated his teammate's fate on Monday. Hence, La Furia Roja's first team were forced to miss their final pre-Euro friendly against Lithuania while isolating at the training camp. Despite all the Covid fuss, Luis Enrique's men are placed as one of the favourites to win this summer's European Championship that could become their fourth continental crown in history.

Sweden, for their part, have made it to each of the last six Euro finals but have failed to reach the knock-out stages in the latest three tournaments. Janne Andersson's side will be hoping to break the current trend this time around as they will travel to Seville on the back of consecutive friendly wins over Finland and Armenia on May 29 and June 5 respectively.

Team news

Busquets remain unavailable for the hosts while Llorente has returned to the main-group training lately. Sweden's Dejan Kulusevski and Mattias Svanberg have also tested positive for coronavirus over the past seven days and won't help their national team on Monday.

Prediction

Even though the Swedes have lost Zlatan Ibrahimovic to an injury ahead of the Euro finals, there's Real Sociedad's hitman Alexander Isak to replace the AC Milan veteran striker in Andersson's squad. Sweden are more than capable of causing major problem to La Furia Roja but Enrique's crop are still likely to make the perfect start to the 2020 Euro campaign, given their the quality of their performances under the former Barcelona treble-winning coach.

Tip

Spain to win or draw and both teams to score at 2.56 with 1XBET.