Yasin Ayari scored twice and Sweden rolled past Tunisia 5-1 in its World Cup Group F match in Monterrey on Monday, moving to the top of the live world cup scores conversation with a result that left it as the lone unbeaten team in the group. Sweden scored twice inside the first 30 minutes and never let Tunisia back into the match.
Ayari and Isak set the pace
Ayari opened the scoring in the 7th minute, then Alexander Isak doubled the lead in the 30th. That early burst put Sweden in command before Tunisia could settle, and the match tilted further when Omar Rekik pulled one back for Tunisia in the 43rd minute.
Sweden did not let that goal change the shape of the game. Viktor Gyokeres restored the two-goal cushion in the 59th minute with a goal and an assist of his own, while Isak finished with one goal and two assists to drive the attack from the front.
Svanberg goal survives VAR
Mattias Svanberg added another in the 84th minute after a VAR review reversed an initial offside call. The review used the chip in the ball to show Isak had touched it with his foot before it reached Svanberg, and the goal stood before Ayari completed his brace in the 6th minute of second-half stoppage time.
That sequence gave Sweden five goals from four different scorers and exposed the gap in Tunisia’s defending after the break. Sweden also took advantage of Tunisia’s sloppy play throughout the match, which helped turn a competitive opening into a lopsided finish.
Group F shifts to Houston
The win leaves Sweden unbeaten in Group F, with Japan and the Netherlands having played to a 2-2 draw earlier on Monday. Sweden now moves on to face the Netherlands on Sunday AEST in Houston, while Tunisia’s next match is against Japan in Monterrey.
Elsewhere on Monday, Côte d'Ivoire beat Ecuador 1-0 in its Group E opener at Philadelphia Stadium, with Amad Diallo scoring in the 90th minute. That result adds to a day of narrow margins elsewhere, but Sweden’s margin was the clear outlier: a five-goal response built on early control, a VAR-backed finish, and Ayari’s second strike to close it out.
