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2018 World Cup winners France will kick off their Nations League campaign with an away clash against Sweden on Saturday, September 5th. Live Soccer TV's match preview provides match facts, team news, and global broadcast listings for Sweden vs France.

Preview: Sweden vs France

Hosts Sweden earned a big promotion to League A following their strong showing in their trio against Russia and Turkey, and now will be hoping to test themselves against world champions France on Saturday evening. Meanwhile, Les Bleus will be seeking to make amends after a poor showing in the inaugural Nations League, during which they failed to get out of their group.

Sweden will face a tough ask this time around to try to top their group, as it's now a quartet. Not only do they have world champions France for company, but they also have EURO 2016 and 2019 Nations League winners Portugal as opponents. Rounding out this pack are World Cup runners-up Croatia, who also will be trying to redeem themselves after performing poorly at the 2018/2019 Nations League tournament.

The Blågult, who have already booked a ticket to next year's EURO tournament after finishing as runners-up in their qualifying group, will also look to maintain their strong run which presently sees them come into this match on an eight game unbeaten streak across all competitions (with wins in six of those).

However, France, despite failing to get out of their Nations League group, have been in sparkling form. As expected, Didier Deschamps's men cruised through their EURO qualifying phase and have also booked a spot at the 2021 event. They also come into this game on an unbeaten streak - specifically, they've picked up six wins from their last seven matches - and despite missing star midfielder Paul Pogba, they have the energetic N'Golo Kante, as well as likes of Anthony Martial, who had an excellent season with Manchester United, in addition Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann in their ranks.

In short, the visitors are definitely the obvious favorites to come out on top in this contest - but certainly will not underestimate Sweden. Let's not forget, the Blågult are the team who blocked Italy from featuring in the World Cup for the first time since 1958 three years ago thanks to a dogged performance at the Stadio San Siro, so they can be a very tough side to break down when they all work together as a unit.