After avoiding elimination from the Round of 16, underperforming England battles in-form Switzerland in the quarterfinals of Euro 2024. The winners will fix a tie with the Netherlands or Turkey in the semifinals next week.
ENG vs SUI Match Details
Date: Saturday, 6 July 2024
Time: 18:00 (CET), 21:30 (IST)
Venue: Dusseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf
ENG vs SUI Match Preview
Minutes away from crashing out of Euro 2024 after Ivan Schranz gave Slovakia a shock lead in the 25-minute, Jude Bellingham unleashed an outrageous bicycle kick from a corner with Martin Dubravka stranded to level the score for England in 90 minutes. Captain Harry Kane then claimed the winner just 52 seconds into extra-time to send the Three Lions through despite their questionable performance. While the run of reaching consecutive Euro finals remains alive, Gareth Southgate has a big headache to bring an edge to his team to run deeper into the contest. Despite not losing a game in the tournament, England cannot take chances against the Switzerland team in the quarterfinals who are unbeaten likewise and have knocked holders Italy out. Southgate’s team is also without their tournament star Bellingham who will serve a match ban for his offensive gesture while celebrating his goal and center-back Marc Guehi due to suspension so qualification for back-to-back semifinals could be in jeopardy.
Switzerland arguably registered the best result in their Euro history after claiming a 2-0 victory over holders Italy in the last-16 stage. Remo Freuler's first-half strike and Ruben Vargas’ exquisite curler send the holders packing, with a new winner guaranteed to be crowned, to make a place in consecutive quarterfinals in the tournament. The result follows the 1-1 draw with hosts Germany in the final group match proving Murat Yakin's excellent job with the side in Euro 2024. The Swiss Army are unbeaten in eight games in all competitions but has not gone beyond the last eight of the Euros. They have also failed to beat England since 1981 including the previous two Euro meetings with five straight losses. However, suffering defeat in just one game since the 2022 World Cup and preventing two heavyweights in the competition should give them confidence on Saturday to pull the rabbit out of the hat again.
Recent Form (all competitions)
ENG: LWDDW
SUI: DWDDW
Recent Form (Euro 2024)
ENG: WDDW
SUI: WDDW
ENG vs SUI Predicted Lineups
England
Pickford; Walker, Konsa, Stones; Trent, Mainoo, Rice, Trippier; Saka, Foden; Kane
Switzerland
Sommer; Schar, Rodriguez, Akanji; Widmer, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer; Ndoye, Vargas; Embolo
ENG vs SUI head-to-head (overall)
Played - 27
ENG won - 19
Drawn - 5
SUI won - 3
ENG vs SUI head-to-head (Euros)
Played - 2
ENG won - 1
Drawn - 1
SUI won - 0
ENG vs SUI Dream11 Match Prediction
Despite Switzerland’s heroics and England’s wobble in past matches, the Three Lions might just about sneak a win for their knockout experience. We predict a narrow 2-1 victory.
ENG vs SUI Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Harry Kane
Vice-captain Picks: Michel Aebischer, Granit Xhaka, Phil Foden
ENG vs SUI Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Pickford (Cr - 8)
DEF: Schar (8.5), Stones (Cr - 8.5), Trippier (Cr - 8)
MID: Rice (Cr - 8), Freuler (Cr - 7.5), Xhaka (Cr - 8), Aebischer (8.5)
FW: Foden (8.5), Kane (Cr - 9), Vargas (Cr - 7.5)
Vice-captain: Michel Aebischer
Captain: Harry Kane
