UEFA Nations League

FT Saturday, September 24, 2022
Switzerland DLLLW 2
–
Spain WDDWW 1
1st2ndT
SUI112
ESP011
La Romareda · 31,809 att.

Match Report

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Spain upset 2-1 at home by Switzerland in Nations League

Spain suffered a 2-1 home defeat by Switzerland to relinquish top spot in their Nations League group ahead of the final round of fixtures.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
3
25.4
Possession
74.6
8
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
193
Accurate Passes
712
269
Passes
803
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
17
0.5
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
46
26
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
6
20
Clearances
6

Head to Head

ESP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21PedriLM
  8. 9GaviRM
  9. 10Marco AsensioF
  10. 22Pablo SarabiaLF
  11. 11Ferran TorresRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Borja IglesiasSUB
  2. 13David RayaSUB
  3. 8KokeSUB
  4. 19Carlos SolerSUB
  5. 14José GayàSUB
  6. 20Nico WilliamsSUB
  7. 15Yéremy PinoSUB
  8. 16RodriSUB
  9. 7Álvaro MorataSUB
  10. 12Hugo GuillamónSUB
  11. 1Robert SánchezSUB
  12. 6Marcos LlorenteSUB

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 4Nico ElvediCD-L
  3. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 3Silvan WidmerRB
  6. 15Djibril SowAM
  7. 10Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Remo FreulerRM
  9. 7Breel EmboloF
  10. 17Rubén VargasAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Renato SteffenSUB
  2. 18Eray CömertSUB
  3. 21Yvon MvogoSUB
  4. 2Kevin MbabuSUB
  5. 20Fabian FreiSUB
  6. 9Haris SeferovicSUB
  7. 14Michel AebischerSUB
  8. 19Cedric IttenSUB
  9. 12Jonas OmlinSUB
  10. 6Denis ZakariaSUB
  11. 16Dan NdoyeSUB
  12. 22Fabian SchärSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Spain 0, Switzerland 1. Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rubén Vargas with a cross following a corner.
  2. 44' Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Renato Steffen replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
  4. 55' Goal! Spain 1, Switzerland 1. Jordi Alba (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
  5. 58' Goal! Spain 1, Switzerland 2. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Akanji following a corner.
  6. 63' Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  7. 63' Substitution, Spain. Yeremi Pino replaces Ferran Torres.
  8. 63' Substitution, Spain. Borja Iglesias replaces Marco Asensio.
  9. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Dan Ndoye replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  10. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Djibril Sow.
  11. 70' Substitution, Spain. Marcos Llorente replaces Pedri.
  12. 79' Substitution, Switzerland. Michel Aebischer replaces Rubén Vargas.
  13. 82' Jonas Omlin (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 87' Substitution, Switzerland. Haris Seferovic replaces Breel Embolo.
  15. 87' Substitution, Spain. Carlos Soler replaces César Azpilicueta.

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