"Definitely at this tournament and every game is so you're playing a former World Cup finalists and third at the last World Cup and perennial heavyweights. It's do or die for both teams because if Sweden lose, they're potentially out of the world cup and out of the Olympics so they've got a lot riding on the game as well but so do we, we could finish anywhere from first to fourth," he said.

Defender Steph Catley says there were some nerves before the game that will determine Australia's fate at the World Cup with first and last position in Group D still possible final standings.



"Yeah I think there's always a few nerves going into any world cup game, you want to perform and you want to get a result for your country," Catley said. "Obviously this is the group of death but as Staj said, you can go from being extremely happy about winning against Nigeria and you lose and you can be on a flight home straight away. We're literally just looking at this game and we're hoping to get three points."

In a major boost for the Matildas hopes of progressing, co-captain Lisa De Vanna is expected to play despite not having fully trained since Australia's win over Nigeria. De Vanna is nursing an ankle injury and has been in a constant state of playing and recovery since the start of the tournament, with little or no training between games.

She left the stadium after the 2-0 win over Nigeria on crutches but was seen walking freely during Australia's final training session before their match against Sweden.

Fellow co-captain Clare Polkinghorne is also expected to play her first game of the tournament after missing the opening two matches due to a hamstring injury. Polkinghorne resumed training and Stajcic declared he has a full squad to select from.

"At the moment everyone's available for tomorrow, we'll select the team after training today, we've got a training session after this. We don't make the selection until we get through the training session," he said.