A bizarre headed goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic put Sweden on the road to a 2-0 victory over Moldova in their Euro 2016 Group G qualifier in Chisinau on Friday , with the striker also netting a late penalty . Sweden 's captain gave his side the lead immediately after half-time when Moldova goalkeeper Ilie Cebanu 's attempt to deal with a back pass failed to clear the frontman . Ibrahimovic reacted with lightning reflexes to head the ball into an empty net from the edge of the penalty area to notch his 52nd goal in 102 international appearances . Zlatan Ibrahimovic closes down the Moldovan goalkeeper as he looks to clear the ball from danger . The Moldovan goalkeeper is left red-faced as his clearance only reaches as far as Ibrahimovic 's forehead . The Sweden striker reacts quickly to head the ball in to the empty Moldovan net following the poor clearance . The Moldovan goalkeeper can only look on in disbelief as he is made to pay for his error . Ibrahimovic has an effort on goal as Sweden look to see off minnows Moldova during their match . PSG ace Ibrahimovic looks to hold off Moldova 's Victor Golovatenco during the game at Zimbru Stadium . Bottom of the group on a single point , Moldova chose to defend deep for most of the game and created little , their occasional forays forward on the counter-attack failing to trouble the Swedish rearguard . Ibrahimovic almost doubled his tally in the 75th minute , but his thunderous free kick found Cebanu in a less generous mood and he swatted the ball away to safety . Ibrahimovic vies for the ball with Moldova 's defender Igor Armas during the Euro 2016 qualifying match . Sebastian Larsson of Sweden fights for the ball with Vadim Bolohan of Moldova at the Zimbru Stadium . Cebanu continued to redeem himself , performing a smart double-save to deny Sweden substitutes Marcus Berg and Emil Forsberg in the 81st minute . But there was little he could do in the 84th minute when winger Forsberg was upended and Ibrahimovic smashed home the resulting penalty to secure the win for Sweden . With group leaders Austria winning 5-0 away to Liechtenstein , the result means the Swedes stay in second place on nine points , four behind the Austrians .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Sweden eased past minnows Moldova . Swedish striker took advantage of goalkeeping error as he headed opener . Ibrahimovic doubled Sweden 's lead from the penalty spot on the 81st minute . Sweden 's Andres Granqvist saw red in second-half injury time .