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Switzerland vs Spain, European Championship 2021 QUARTER FINAL

European Championship · 2021
Switzerland
2 – 4
1 – 3 pen
Full Time
Spain
Fri 2 Jul 2021 · 16:00 UTC Saint Petersburg Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Silvan Widmer 67' Y
Remo Freuler 78' R
Y 90' Aymeric Laporte
Mario Gavranovic 120' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Switzerland vs Spain — European Championship at Saint Petersburg Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Chris Kavanagh
  • Referee Stuart Burt
  • Referee Michael Oliver
  • Referee Simon Bennett
  • Referee Ovidiu Hategan
  • Referee Christian Dingert
9 games this season 🟨 5.6/game ⚽ 16.0 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Head-to-Head

1
Switzerland 1 games · Avg 6.0 goals Spain
Last 5 meetings
2021-07-02 Switzerland 2–4 Spain

Recent Form

Switzerland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Jul Spain H 2–4 L
28 Jun France A 8–7 W
20 Jun Turkey H 3–1 W
16 Jun Italy A 0–3 L
12 Jun Wales A 1–1 D
03 Jul Sweden A 0–1 L
Spain
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Jul Switzerland A 4–2 W
28 Jun Croatia A 5–3 W
23 Jun Slovakia A 5–0 W
19 Jun Poland H 1–1 D
14 Jun Sweden H 0–0 D
01 Jul Russia H 1–1 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Switzerland this season
43% Clean Sheets
Spain this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Switzerland
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/–
31-45
2/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Spain
0-15
1/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Switzerland
Breel Embolo 2 G
Michel Aebischer 1 G 2 A
Xherdan Shaqiri 1 G
Kwadwo Duah 1 G
Spain
Dani Olmo 3 G 2 A
Fabian Ruiz 2 G 2 A
Nico Williams 2 G 1 A
Alvaro Morata 1 G
Dani Carvajal 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Saint Petersburg Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Switzerland and Spain.
  • 5' The 30-year-old Nico Elvedi has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 8' What a strike from Jordi Alba! The score is 0-1.
  • 13' Pedri needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 18' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alvaro Morata made 419 appearances and scored 128 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 23' Another substitution for Switzerland to replace Breel Embolo by Ruben Vargas on 23 minute.
  • 28' Busquets has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 33' Spain is showing some good football. However, Spain are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 38' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 43' Xherdan Shaqiri has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 46' Fresh legs for Spain! Dani Olmo comes on to replace Pablo Sarabia.
  • 51' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Switzerland side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 55' Fresh legs for Spain! Gerard Moreno comes on to replace Alvaro Morata.
  • 60' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Spain needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 67' Silvan Widmer was booked on 67.
  • 68' What a moment for Xherdan Shaqiri! That strike on 68 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 73' Both keepers have barely been tested. Switzerland and Spain are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 78' Remo Freuler has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Red card on 78.
  • 82' The Switzerland manager makes a substitution. Xherdan Shaqiri departs to be replaced by Djibril Sow.
  • 87' Switzerland international Steven Zuber has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 90' Marcos Llorente gets the nod from Spain. He replaces Koke and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' That is a Yellow card for Spain. Aymeric Laporte will be fuming at that decision.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-4.

Lineups

Switzerland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vladimir Petković

Spain Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luis Enrique

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.72 Switzerland xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.5 Spain xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Switzerland28% Draw23% Spain49%
Actual: Spain win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.22
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 78%
22%
± 3.5 60%
40%
± 4.5 41%
59%

Double Chance

Switzerland or Draw
51%
Draw or Spain
72%
Switzerland or Spain
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Switzerland23% Draw36% Spain41%
Actual: Spain win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 2
7.7%
1 – 1
7.1%
2 – 2
6.5%
1 – 3
6.3%
2 – 3
5.4%
2 – 1
5.4%
0 – 2
4.7%
1 – 4
4%
0 – 3
3.8%
3 – 2
3.7%
2 – 4
Actual
0 – 1
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Switzerland

Handicap Switzerland covers Push Spain covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 13% 74%
-0.5 26% — 74%
+0.5 46% — 54%
+1 46% 19% 35%
+1.5 65% — 35%
+2 65% 16% 19%
+2.5 81% — 19%

Clean Sheet

Switzerland keeps clean sheet
9% ✓
Spain keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.