England vs Switzerland: England return to international football action on Saturday when they welcome Switzerland for a friendly match at Wembley.
Match Details:
Teams: England vs Switzerland
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Date: Saturday 26th March, 2022
Time: 11:00 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
England come into this after a 10-0 win over San Marino away from home in their previous WC Qualifier clash last year in November.
The Three Lions not only won the contest convincingly but also topped the group with 26 points from their allotted matches and sealed their spot in the WC 2022.
Kane led the way with 4 goals alongside goals from Maguire, Smith-Rowe, Mings, Abraham, Saka and Fabbri (og).
England will look to play more freely without the baggage of qualification and gain more confidence.
On the other hand, Switzerland beat Bulgaria 4-0 at home to finish top of the table and qualify for the WC.
Okafor, Vargas, Itten and Freuler scored the crucial goals for the Swiss side in their last qualifier match. They finished ahead of Italy with 18 points from 8 matches.
Both sides last met in the UEFA National league in 2019 where England won 6-5 on penalties to seal a third-place finish.
Form Guide
England: WWDWD
Switzerland: WDWWD
Last Matches of both teams:
San Marino 0-10 England
Switzerland 4-0 Bulgaria
All smiles at SGP. 😀 pic.twitter.com/CwU93acEJL
— England (@England) March 25, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of England vs Switzerland in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Team News
Saka and Sommer contracted Covid in either side and will miss this one as they are in isolation. Mason and James are also injured for the Three Lions.
🚨 Qualified for the World Cup so far:
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇩🇪 Germany
🏴 England
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇰🇷 South Korea
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇷 France
🇮🇷 Iran
🇯🇵 Japan
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇷🇸 Serbia
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇺🇾 Uruguay— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) March 25, 2022
England possible 11:
Pickford, Walker-Peters, Maguire, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Sterling, Abraham, Foden and Kane
Switzerland possible 11:
Kobel, Rodriguez, Akanji, Schar, Mbabu, Freuler, Xhaka, Okafor, Shaqiri, Vargas and Gavranovic
Prediction: England 1-1 Switzerland
Both sides have been performing well recently and will look to keep the positive energy going.
Switzerland has been slowly establishing themselves as a competitive unit and we expect them to go hard at the England team.
Being at home, England will be strong but the visitors should manage a draw in this one.
