Sweden manager Gerhardsson plans to use luxury of resting players against Argentina

The third-ranked Swedes play Argentina in Hamilton on the back of a 2-1 win over South Africa and 5-0 rout of Italy that cemented top spot in Group G.

"I'm not thinking of any obvious starting 11 when I'm talking to the medical team, if there is anything in terms of strains or something that we need to make sure, (since) we're going to play on Sunday," Gerhardsson said.

He was cagey about who might be in the starting 11 to captain his squad, saying it will be either Caroline Seger, Kosovare Asllani, Sweden's leading goal-scorer with 44, or Magdalena Eriksson.

"We've looked at the overall load on the team as a whole, we are at a fairly even keel in terms of the amount of metres run and the number of sprints, etc. It's a fairly even load across the entire team," Gerhardsson said.

"No one is really lagging behind right now, which means that we've got a good starting point in terms of training and how the players have fared.

"There might be minor injuries, for example, which means we're going to have to have a second look and see what kind of team will play on Sunday."

Sweden have been one of the consistently good teams on the World Cup stage, capturing three bronze medals including four years ago in France. They were runners-up to the US at the 2003 tournament.

Eriksson, who won four Women's Super League titles for Chelsea before leaving for Bayern Munich in May, said the new depth seen in this World Cup is great for the women's game.

"It's so promising for women's football, it feels like we've got interesting players popping up all over the place."