Emil Forsberg's deflected strike booked Sweden a place in the World Cup quarter-finals after a 1-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon
A disappointing last-16 match was settled by a scruffy winning goal in the 66th minute, as defender Manuel Akanji accidentally steered the ball past Yann Sommer to set up a clash with either Colombia or England on Saturday
The result means Sweden have reached their first quarter-final since 1994 and are just two victories away from their second World Cup final, while Switzerland, who had Michael Lang sent off for denying Martin Olsson a clear goalscoring opportunity in injury time, are on their way home after a flat display
But while the Swedes secured their third clean sheet in four matches at Russia 2018, the goal came from one of only three shots on target and neither Colombia nor England will have seen much to concern them in an attacking sense
A tight first half was punctuated by poor finishing from both sides
 Sommer produced a sharp save to his right to keep out Marcus Berg's bouncing volley and Albin Ekdal blasted over when he seemed destined to volley home Mikael Lustig's right-wing cross as Sweden wasted the best of the chances
Switzerland's best opportunity in the opening 45 minutes fell to Blerim Dzemaili, but he blasted over the bar from just inside the area and the profligacy from both teams continued after the break as Ola Toivonen smashed a presentable chance well over
After a tepid first hour, a huge slice of fortune was required to give Sweden the lead in the 66th minute
Toivonen engineered a shooting opportunity for the lively Forsberg who shimmied on the edge of the area before striking a low shot which would have been comfortably gathered by Sommer before the unfortunate Akanji stretched out a leg to deflect it into the top corner
Even after the goal, Switzerland failed to carve out significant goalscoring chances
 Their best came in the 80th minute when Breel Embolo's header was hacked away by a combination of Forsberg and Andreas Granqvist as Sweden's resolute defence stood firm
Substitute Haris Seferovic's header finally forced a save from Robin Olsen in injury-time and a bad day for the Swiss was capped in the 93rd minute when Lang was sent off for a professional foul on Martin Olsson as he ran clean through on goal
Referee Damir Skomina initially awarded a penalty before awarding a free-kick on the edge of the area after a VAR review, but while Switzerland's wait for a first World Cup quarter-final since 1954 goes on, Sweden continued to exceed expectations with Samara the next stop on their journey
This was a match of little quality, but Sweden's goalscorer was the one player who looked capable of unlocking the opposition's defence
 While Switzerland's star man Xherdan Shaqiri struggled for impact, Forsberg's shimmy before his goal was a rare moment of class and he earned the slice of luck that came with his finish
 He ran gamely and regularly looked to play the ball forward until his withdrawal on 81 minutes as Janne Andersson sought to close the game out
Sweden will now await the winner of Tuesday evening's final last-16 tie between England and Colombia
 That quarter-final clash is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Samara (3pm UK time)
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