BERLIN, Jun 14 (SW) - Both Sweden and Paraguay will be looking to recover from dismal openers when they face each other at the Olympiastadion in Group B on Thursday evening.

Sweden, who were held to an embarrassing draw with Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday, will have top goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson back from a concussion, and it looks like the attack-minded Kim Källström will start.

The Swedes were bitten by poor finishing and great goalkeeping by Shaka Hislop in their last game, and will name a mostly unchanged lineup.

Paraguay were beaten by England on an early own goal on Saturday and will be without starting goalkeeper Justo Villar for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury, meaning Aldo Bobadilla will start.

Needing more attack, they will also implement pacy wing-back Jorge Núñez with Delio Toledo out with a thigh injury.

Discipline:

Only two players are carrying yellow cards coming into this game. Sweden striker Henrik Larsson and Paraguay striker Nelson Valdez can't be booked again in the group stage or else they will receive a one-game suspension.

Facts:

With their draw on Saturday, the Swedes remained winless since the start of 2006, although they have dropped just one game.

Larsson will make his 11th appearance in a World Cup game on Thursday, tying him with Bosse Larsson and Karl-Oskar Svensson for the most in Swedish history.

Paraguay have not failed to negotiate the group stage in their last three tournaments and a win on Thursday would help them continue that streak.

Head to head:

The two nations first met at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil with a 2-2 draw, and Paraguay won the only other encounter in a friendly four years ago, 2-1.

Probable line-ups:

Sweden: Isaksson, Nilsson, Mellberg, Lucic, Edman, Linderoth, Ljungberg, Wilhelmsson, Källström, Ibrahimovic, Larsson.

Paraguay: Bobadilla, Caniza, Cáceres, Gamarra, Núñez, Bonet, Acuña, Paredes, Riveros, Santa Cruz, Valdez.

Location: Olympiastadion, Berlin

Time: 21:00 (9:00pm) CET

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)