Sweden ratings in the 1974 World Cup

 

Ratings: El Gráfico (Argentina).

7,50 Ralf Edström
7,17 Ronnie Hellström
6,33 Roland Sandberg
6,20 Björn Nordqvist
6,00 Jan Olsson, Kent Karlsson, Bo Larsson, Conny Torstensson, Roland Grip, Inge Ejderstedt
5,83 Ove Grahn
5,80 Staffan Tapper
5,50 Ove Kindvall, Benno Magnusson
5,33 Jörgen Augustsson
5,25 Björn Andersson

Top ten Swedish players in First Division/Premier League

According to Aftonbladet.

1. Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal, West Ham)
2. Anders Limpar (Arsenal, Everton)
3. Roland Nilsson (Sheff Wednesday, Coventry)
4. Glenn Hysén (Liverpool)
5. Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa)
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Man United)
7. Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich, Wigan)
8. Pontus Kåmark (Leicester)
9. Jesper Blomqvist (Man United, Everton, Charlton)
10. Sebastian Larsson (Arsenal, Birmingham, Sunderland, Hull)
 

Player ratings Austria 2, Sweden 1.

Ratings, Sweden (max 5): Dagens Nyheter - Svenska Dagbladet - Aftonbladet - Expressen. 
Ratings, Austria (max 5): Kurier - Österreich24.

1-0 26' David Alaba penalty, 2-0 32' Marc Janko, 2-1 82' Johan Elmander. Att: 48.500 (Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna).
Austria: Robert Almer 2,50 - Emanuel Pogatetz 2,50 (29' Sebastian Prödl 2,00), György Garics 2,50, Christian Fuchs 3,00, Aleksandar Dragović 3,00 - Zlatko Junuzović 3,00 (75' Franz Schiemer), David Alaba 3,00, Julian Baumgartlinger 3,50 - Marc Janko 3,50 (46' Andreas Weimann), Martin Harnik 4,00, Marko Arnautović 3,00. - average: Marcel Koller. = snitt: 2,96.
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson 2,50 - Mikael Lustig 2,25, Andreas Granqvist 1,00, Jonas Olsson 1,00, Oscar Wendt 2,00 - Sebastian Larsson 1,50, Kim Källström 2,25 (70' Ola Toivonen), Rasmus Elm 1,50 (61' Anders Svensson 2,00), Alexander Kačaniklić 2,50 - Zlatan Ibrahimović 2,50, Johan Elmander 2,75 (84' Jimmy Durmaz). - coach: Erik Hamrén. = average: 1,98.

Player ratings West Bromwich 5, Man United 5.

0-1 6-1 Kagawa, 0-2 9' og J. Olsson, 0-3 30' Büttner, 1-3 40' Morrison, 2-3 50' Lukaku, 2-4 53' Van Persie, 2-5 63' Hernández, 3-5 81' Lukaku, 4-5 81' Mulumbu, 5-5 86' Lukaku. Att: 26.436. 
WBA: Foster 5,50 - Bi. Jones 6,00, McAuley 5,70, J. Olsson 5,00, Ridgewell 5,00 (46' Lukaku 7,70) - Mulumbu 6,10, Yacob 5,50 - Brunt 6,20, Morrison 6,50 (79' Fortune), Dorrans 5,90 - Long 5,90 (79' Rosenberg). - coach: Clarke. = average: 5,92 [vulnerable]
Man United: Lindegaard 5,00 - Valencia 6,00, Evans 6,00 (83' R. Ferdinand), P. Jones 5,70, Büttner 6,10 - Cleverley 6,50 (60' Giggs 6,50), Anderson 6,20, Carrick 6,20, Kagawa 6,80 (69' Scholes) - Hernández 6,60, Van Persie 6,50. - coach: Ferguson. = average: 6,18 [solid]

Sir Alex Ferguson's 1500th and last match as Man United coach. His record since 1986: 895 wins, 338 draws, 267 defeats; 2769 goals scored, 1364 conceded.