FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland quarterfinal decider match. These European countries are very much close in their playing style and strength but Switzerland is ranked in 6 where Sweden ranked in 24 according to FIFA global men's football ranking. Winning team will be playing either with England or Colombia. England has better chance to win the match. FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland match details are -

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16, Saint Petersburg Stadium St. Petersburg

Sweden VS Switzerland

03 Jul 2018 - 17:00 Local time | 10:00 AM EST

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

Head to Head: Both the team played 28 football matches before and Switzerland football team won 11 matches, Sweden won 10 matches and rest of the matches were "draw". But Sweden scored 46 goals where Switzerland scored 42 goals.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

Sweden National football team: In the group round, Sweden played three matches and two matches and Sweden lost one match against Germany which did not qualified for the round of 16. Sweden earned 6 points to qualify for the round of 16. In the group round, Sweden's matches are -

1. Sweden vs South Korea, Sweden won this match by 1 - 0 goal. The one goal that Sweden made through a penalty. GRANQVIST scored that goal on 65.
2. Germany vs Sweden, in that match Sweden lost by 2 - 1 goal. TOIVONEN scored one goal on 32 minutes. This match was almost tied but just before the referee's whistle, Germany scored the 2nd goal. REUS on 48 minutes and KROOS on 90'+5 scored the final goal for Germany.
3. Sweden vs Mexico, this was Mexico's last match in the group round and they played so bad in this match that they lost the match by 3 - 0 goals. If Korea would not stop Germany by winning that match, Mexico may not be able to qualified for round of 16. AUGUSTINSSON on 50 minute, GRANQVIST on 62 minute through a penalty and E. ÁLVAREZ on 74' which was Mexico's own goal.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

According to FIFA Men's global Switzerland is ranked at 6 but in the FIFA world cup group round, Switzerland team won only 1 match and remaining two matches were draw. In the group round, Switzerland's performance are-

1. Brazil vs Switzerland, this is the first match of Switzerland and the match was a tie between Brazil vs Switzerland. Both the team scored on goal each. P. COUTINHO scored first goal on 20 minute for Brazil. But on the 50 minute, ZUBER scored a goal for Switzerland and leveled the match.
2. Serbia vs Switzerland, in this match Switzerland football team, won the match by 2-1 goal. MITROVIĆ for Serbia scored the first goal on 5 minutes where Switzerland scored two goals later, XHAKA on 52 minutes and SHAQIRI scored the final goal on 90 minutes.
3. Switzerland vs Costa Rica, that was Switzerland's last match in the group round and the match was drawn by 2 - 2 goals. DZEMAILI scored a goal on 31 minutes and DRMIC scored another goal on 88 minutes for Switzerland. K. WASTON scored a goal on 56 minutes and K. SOMMER scored the final goal to level the score at 2 - 2 on 90'+3' which was Switzerland's own goal.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

SWITZERLAND Football team's historical data.

Switzerland Football team qualified 10 times before on FIFA World Cup tournaments. Switzerland football teams highest achievement is to qualify for Quarterfinal and Switzerland played on quarterfinal three times, Quarter-finals in FIFA World cup 1934, FIFA World cup 1938, FIFA World cup 1954.

Switzerland played 33 games and won only 11 matches, lost more than it, Switzerland team lost 16 matches. The Football team, Switzerland, made only 45 goals where the number of goals against Switzerland is 59.

Players for FIFA world cup 2018 are -

Yann Sommer (1)
Stephan Lichtsteiner (2)
François Moubandje (3)
Nico Elvedi (4)
Manuel Akanji (5)
Michael Lang (6)
Breel Embolo (7)
Remo Freuler (8)
Haris Seferovic (9)
Granit Xhaka (10)
Valon Behrami (11)
Yvon Mvogo (12)
Ricardo Rodriguez (13)
Steven Zuber (14)
Blerim Dzemaili (15)
Gelson Fernandes (16)
Denis Zakaria (17)
Mario Gavranovic (18)
Josip Drmic (19)
Johan Djourou (20)
Roman Bürki (21)
Fabian Schär (22)
Xherdan Shaqiri (23)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16 - Sweden VS Switzerland

Sweden football team's historical data in FIFA world cups

Sweden, in group F, participating in the FIFA world cups tournament for 12 times including FIFA World Cup 2018. Sweden is the runner of FIFA world cup 1958 and currently holding the rank at 24 of FIFA global men’s football ranking.

From FIFA world cup 1934 to 2006, Sweden played 46 matches and won 16 matches. And the number of matches against Sweden is 17. In those 46 matches, Sweden made 74 goals where the number of goals against Sweden 69. Sweden’s best achievement in the FIFA world cup is to win by 8 - 0 goals against Cuba in 1938 which is the highest number of goals against any team.

Sweden team's football players for FIFA world cup 2018

Goal Keepers
Robin Olsen (1)
Karl-Johan Johnsson (12)
Jimmy Durmaz (21)

Defenders
Mikael Lustig (2)
Victor Lindelöf (3)
Andreas Granqvist (4)
Martin Olsson (5)
Ludwig Augustinsson (6)
Gustav Svensson (13)
Ola Toivonen (20)
Isaac Kiese Thelin (22)

Midfielder
Albin Ekdal (8)
Emil Forsberg (10)
John Guidetti (11)
Oscar Hiljemark (15)
Emil Krafth (16)
Viktor Claesson (17)

Forwards
Sebastian Larsson (7)
Marcus Berg (9)
Filip Helander (14)
Pontus Jansson (18)
Marcus Rohdén (19)
Kristoffer Nordfeldt (23)