Sweden 0-2 England: Football two steps from home as England back in semis after 28 years

Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored to help England beat Sweden 2-0 as Three Lions reach World Cup semi-final for the first time after 28 years.

Match Events

12' Claesson's shot over the bar!

Claesson smashes an ambitious shot from distance over the top of Pickford's net, firing a warning to the England defence.

19' CHANCE! Kane's shot wide out!

WIDE! England hit on the break with Sterling causing problems, before Kane took the ball and dragged a shot wide of Olsen's left-hand post.

30' GOAL! Sweden 0-1 England (Maguire)

GOOOOOOAL! 1-0! England take the lead! It's another set-piece! 

Young floats a corner into the middle where Maguire rises above the Sweden defence to head home his first international goal.

43' Sterling misses 1-on-1 despite being offside!

OFFSIDE! Another chance for Sterling but the flag is correctly raised and the chance is saved by Olsen anyway, with the Manchester City man clearly away that linesman was about to stop play.

44' STERLING MISSES 1-ON-1 AGAIN!

WIDE! Another chance for Sterling, who again has plenty of space on the break. Olsen does well to smother possession, forcing him out wide, and the chance goes begging as he fires a shot that Granqvist deflects behind.

47' Pickford stops Berg's header!

SAVE! Berg rises above Young to head a fierce effort at goal but Pickford makes a crucial diving save.

58' GOAL! Sweden 0-2 England (Alli)

GOOOOOAL! 2-0! England double their lead! 

Another sweeping cross is floated towards the far post where Alli has escaped his marker, heading home with ease. England are in dreamland!

61' Amazing save from Pickford!

WHAT A SAVE! Pickford is at it again! Sweden carve England open with a swift attacking move and gets down quickly to deny Claesson after Berg's backheel, before Henderson makes a crucial block to deny the rebound.

71' SAVE! Pickford stops Berg's shot again!

SAVE! Pickford looks unbeatable! Another sweeping Sweden attack sees Berg receive the ball in the middle before turning for a shot that the Everton stopper tips over the bar.

Match Report

Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored headers as England booked their place in a first World Cup semi-final since 1990 by beating Sweden 2-0.

Maguire and Alli struck either side of half-time in Samara on Saturday to move the Three Lions into the last four, and they will face either Croatia or hosts Russia on Wednesday.

England dominated after making a slow start, Maguire scoring from Ashley Young's left-wing corner after half an hour to put Gareth Southgate's side on track. 

Jordan Pickford made tremendous saves to deny Marcus Berg and Viktor Claesson either side of Alli doubling England's lead, the midfielder nodding in Jesse Lingard's centre.

Although the World Cup's top scorer Harry Kane was muted, England held Sweden at bay to follow up their penalty success against Colombia with a more comfortable victory.

Sweden had advanced from three of their four previous World Cup quarter-finals but could not find a way to beat Pickford as the Three Lions marched on to the semis.

Line-ups

Sweden XI: Andreas Granqvist, Marcus Berg, Ola Toivonen, Sebastian Larsson, Albin Ekdal, Emil Forsberg, Robin Olsen, Victor Lindelöf, Viktor Claesson, Ludwig Augustinsson, Emil Krafth

Subs: Martin Olsson, Gustav Svensson, Jimmy Durmaz, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Karl-Johan Johnsson, Pontus Jansson, John Guidetti, Oscar Hiljemark, Isaac Thelin, Filip Helander, Marcus Rohdén

England XI: Ashley Young, Jordan Henderson, Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Harry Kane, Jordan Pickford, Raheem Sterling, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Dele Alli, Jesse Lingard

Subs: Gary Cahill, Danny Rose, Fabian Delph, Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones, Jamie Vardy, Jack Butland, Nick Pope, Eric Dier, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Marcus Rashford