Sweden 5-1 Tunisia Stats: Ayari, Isak and Gyökeres Emphatically Announce Sweden's Return to the World Cup

Key Points:

• Sweden secured a commanding 5-1 victory over Tunisia in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group F match, marking their first five-goal World Cup effort since 1938 and placing them top of the group.
• Yasin Ayari, of Tunisian descent, scored twice, including a long-range strike to open and close the scoring, while Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres also contributed significantly with goals and assists.
• Despite a low-quality first half in terms of chances (0.47 expected goals), Sweden were clinical with seven of 13 shots on target, nearly matching their total goals from the entire 2018 World Cup campaign.
• Substitute Mattias Svanberg scored with his first touch just 18 seconds after coming on, registering the second-fastest goal by a substitute in World Cup history since 1966.
• Statistically, Sweden became the second team since 1966 to score three goals from outside the box in a single World Cup match, and Isak recorded a goal and two assists, a feat last achieved by a Swede in 1994.