Netherlands 5-1 Sweden: FIFA World Cup 2026. The Netherlands have stormed to the summit of Group F after braces from Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo secured a thrilling victory over Sweden in Houston.
The Sunderland striker had only scored once for his country before this FIFA World Cup but found the net again just 12 minutes later when he slid in to divert home a low Denzel Dumfries centre.
The interval came at the worst possible time for Graham Potter’s side, and within eight minutes of the restart the game was well and truly beyond them. Gakpo added to his earlier assist with a quickfire double, converting from close range before cutting inside to crash home a trademark drive from the edge of the area.
Substitute Anthony Elanga offered Sweden some hope with a superb breakaway effort, but the impressive Crysencio Summerville restored the Oranje’s four-goal cushion with an emphatic right-foot strike as the clock ticked down. Potter’s side now fall to second – a point behind the Dutch – ahead of the later Group F fixture between Japan and Tunisia.