England v Sweden - The definitive head-to-head non football battle

England meet Sweden on Sunday morning to determine who is the best footballing nation. But which country has the edge in 'non football' matters ahead of Sunday's World Cup quarter-finals clash?

Food:

Sweden: Pickled herring, Swedish meatballs.

England: Fish and chips, Cornish pasties

Winner: England. Come on. No one is playing Street Fighter at a pickled herring store on your street tonight.

Drink

Sweden: Absolut Vodka, Brännvin

England: Tetley's Bitter, Beefeater's Gin, Pimm's.

Winner: Draw Maybe Sweden have better shots though.

Music:

Sweden: ABBA, Ace of Base, Europe, The Hives, Roxette, Basshunter, Avicii and a lot of heavy metal bands including, to name but a few, Lake of Tears, Spawn of Possession, Dark Funeral, Bloodhound, Bloodbath and Visceral Bleeding.

England: The Beatles, McFly.

Winner: England. By a lot.

Wheels

Sweden: Volvo, Saab

England: Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini.

Winner: England That's an impressive run of cars on tap if you've got a spare $100,000 lying around.

Monarchy:

Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustaf, full name Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus. At 72 is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history, having surpassed King Magnus IV's reign of 44 years and 222 days earlier this year. Fun and actual true fact: At his wedding reception ABBA performed Dancing Queen.

England: Queen Elizabeth II, full name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. At 92 is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Fun and actual true fact: She finishes her day with a glass of Champagne.

Winner: England Got to be Liz but the ABBA move by King Carl almost tipped it his way.

Page turning books:

Sweden: Millennium trilogy

England: Harry Potter

Winner: England. The wizard would probably win over Lisbeth Salander but it would be a good battle. By the way if England win the World Cup, Potter is in danger of the dropping down the Harry rankings behind Prince Harry, Harry Kane and Harry Enfield.

Massive stores to get lost in:

Sweden: IKEA

England: Tesco

Winner: Sweden: There isn't a Facebook page with 19K likes called Bring Tescos to New Zealand.

Boffins:

Sweden: Anders Celsius.

England: Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing.

Winner: Sweden Sure Newton and Hawking did more for science but I can't explain to you what they actually did. Now Celsius, he's got a whole section in the 6 O'clock news dedicated to him.

Weather:

Sweden: July temperatures average 13 to 17°C. February is usually Sweden's coldest month, with temperatures from - 22 to -3°C.

England: Summer temperatures average about 15.6 °C. Drops down to 4.4°C in Winter.

Winner: England England gets some stick for its weather but I'd take rain and four degrees over -20°C.

Overall winner: EN-GA-LAND 6-2