Sweden v Portugal: Women’s Euro 2022 – live!

The group of death? Certainly everyone involved is still fighting for their life. With four supremely high-quality matches and every team in the group eyeing a quarter-final place going into the final group game, it’s probably fair to say that Group C has delivered the best of Euro 2022 so far.

After a pair of knife-edge draws in the opening games, Sweden gave themselves the upper hand over this evening’s opponents with a hard-fought win over Switzerland – sealed by a wondergoal from teenage substitute Hanna Bennison – while Portugal found themselves on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller against the Netherlands.

What does it all mean? Essentially, that Sweden just need a draw to book themselves a place in the quarter-finals; Portugal need to win and hope Netherlands – who sit at the top of Group C – avoid defeat against Switzerland. And whoever finishes atop the group once the dust has settled will have lined up a potential semi-final with either England or Spain.

Peter Gerhardsson’s Sweden side are ranked second in the world and are tournament favourites for good reason: they are undefeated since March 2020 – a frankly ludicrous run of 32 games – and the last time these two sides met, back in February, the Swedes ran out 4-0 winners.

Portugal are only at this tournament because of Russia’s late ban, but they would argue they near enough earned their place over the course of a qualifying campaign during which they conceded just two goals. Certainly they are not about to surrender the chance for a place in the last eight. As livewire striker Diana Silva said on Wednesday, after scoring one of her side’s goals and setting up the other: “Playing like we are, qualifying is still possible.”

Kick-off 5pm BST.