FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, December 2, 2022
Switzerland WWLWL 3
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Serbia WWWLD 2
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SUI213
SRB202
Stadium 974 · 41,378 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Switzerland beat Serbia in thriller to reach World Cup round of 16

Switzerland powered past Serbia 3-2 in their final World Cup Group G match on Friday to advance to the round of16 for the third straight time.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
4
Yellow Cards
7
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
46.4
Possession
53.6
14
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
319
Accurate Passes
363
415
Passes
466
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
65
Long Balls
52
31
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.3
12
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
9
17
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SUI leads series 1-0

Lineups

SRB · 3-4-1-2

  1. 23Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 5Milos VeljkovicCD
  3. 2Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  4. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  5. 20Sergej Milinkovic-SavicCM-L
  6. 16Sasa LukicCM-R
  7. 10Dusan TadicAM
  8. 17Filip KosticLM
  9. 14Andrija ZivkovicRM
  10. 9Aleksandar MitrovicCF-L
  11. 18Dusan VlahovicCF-R

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Gregor KobelG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-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

Timeline

  1. 15' Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Serbia 0, Switzerland 1. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Djibril Sow.
  3. 26' Goal! Serbia 1, Switzerland 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a fast break.
  4. 34' Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Goal! Serbia 2, Switzerland 1. Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 44' Goal! Serbia 2, Switzerland 2. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Silvan Widmer.
  7. 47' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 48' Goal! Serbia 2, Switzerland 3. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
  9. 55' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Gudelj replaces Milos Veljkovic.
  10. 55' Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
  11. 56' Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 66' Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 67' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Maksimovic replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  14. 68' Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Djibril Sow.
  15. 69' Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  16. 78' Substitution, Serbia. Filip Djuricic replaces Dusan Tadic.
  17. 78' Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
  18. 81' Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 82' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 83' Substitution, Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht replaces Rubén Vargas.
  21. 90'+5' Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  22. 90'+5' Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  23. 90'+6' Substitution, Switzerland. Noah Okafor replaces Breel Embolo.
  24. 90'+9' Fabian Schär (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 90'+10' Sasa Lukic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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