FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

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Match Report

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Switzerland thump Bulgaria to seal World Cup place ahead of Italy

Switzerland striker Noah Okafor scored his first international goal as they brushed Bulgaria aside 4-0 to seal a place at next year's World Cup.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
18
5
Saves
0
31.3
Possession
68.7
1
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
157
Accurate Passes
466
263
Passes
557
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
5
5
Crosses
38
0.0
Cross %
0.1
71
Long Balls
56
28
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
3
15
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
15
Interceptions
12
35
Effective Clearances
4
35
Clearances
4

Head to Head

SUI leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 4Fabian FreiCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 3Silvan WidmerLB
  5. 2Kevin MbabuRB
  6. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM
  7. 6Denis ZakariaLM
  8. 8Remo FreulerRM
  9. 19Mario GavranovicF
  10. 17Rubén VargasAM-L
  11. 9Noah OkaforAM-R

BUL · 4-4-2

  1. 23Ivan KaradzhovG
  2. 3Andrea HristovCD-L
  3. 5Kristian DimitrovCD-R
  4. 21Momchil CvetanovLB
  5. 2Ivan TuritsovRB
  6. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM-L
  7. 7Georgi KostadinovCM-R
  8. 10Radoslav KirilovLM
  9. 8Todor NedelevRM
  10. 11Kiril DespodovCF-L
  11. 9Atanas IlievCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Ivan Turitsov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Remo Freuler (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Dimitar Velkovski replaces Ivan Turitsov.
  4. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Minchev replaces Atanas Iliev.
  5. 48' Goal! Switzerland 1, Bulgaria 0. Noah Okafor (Switzerland) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a cross.
  6. 57' Goal! Switzerland 2, Bulgaria 0. Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mario Gavranovic with a through ball.
  7. 65' Substitution, Bulgaria. Ilian Iliev replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  8. 67' Andrea Hristov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Cedric Itten replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  10. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Renato Steffen replaces Noah Okafor.
  11. 70' Substitution, Bulgaria. Radoslav Tsonev replaces Radoslav Kirilov.
  12. 72' Goal! Switzerland 3, Bulgaria 0. Cedric Itten (Switzerland) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Renato Steffen with a cross.
  13. 79' Substitution, Switzerland. Andi Zeqiri replaces Ruben Vargas.
  14. 80' Substitution, Bulgaria. Dominik Yankov replaces Kiril Despodov.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Switzerland 4, Bulgaria 0. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  16. 90'+3' Kevin Mbabu (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+7' Substitution, Switzerland. Djibril Sow replaces Fabian Schär.
  18. 90'+7' Substitution, Switzerland. Michel Aebischer replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.

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