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Switzerland 2-5 France - June 20, 2014 / World Cup 2014

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World Cup 2014 - Round 2 - Group E

Arena Fonte Nova - Salvador de Bahia - Brazil

June 20, 2014 - 21:00

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Switzerland

2 - 5

France

(free kick) Blerim Dzemaili

81'

Assist by Gökhan Inler (left foot) Granit Xhaka

87'

17'

Olivier Giroud (header) Assist by Mathieu Valbuena

18'

Blaise Matuidi (left foot) Assist by Karim Benzema

40'

Mathieu Valbuena (right foot) Assist by Olivier Giroud

67'

Karim Benzema (right foot) Assist by Paul Pogba

73'

Moussa Sissoko (right foot) Assist by Karim Benzema

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9' - Substitution Steve von Bergenis substituted by Philippe Senderos9

17' - Goal Olivier Giroud

18' - Goal Blaise Matuidi

32' - Missed penalty Karim Benzema

40' - Goal Mathieu Valbuena

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46' - Substitution Valon Behramiis substituted by Blerim Dzemaili46

63' - Substitution Olivier Giroudis substituted by Paul Pogba

66' - Substitution Mamadou Sakhois substituted by Laurent Koscielny

67' - Goal Karim Benzema

69' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Josip Drmic69

73' - Goal Moussa Sissoko

81' - Goal Blerim Dzemaili81

82' - Substitution Mathieu Valbuenais substituted by Antoine Griezmann

87' - Goal Granit Xhaka87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Switzerland

2 - 5

France

Switzerland France

Team line-ups

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Seferovic69

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age22 years

H1m89

positionStriker

18Mehmedi

Admir Mehmedi

Switzerland

B.date16/03/1991

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

23Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age22 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

10Xhaka87

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

8Inler

Gökhan Inler

Switzerland

B.date27/06/1984

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

11Behrami46

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

13Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

B.date25/08/1992

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5von Bergen9

Steve von Bergen

Switzerland

B.date10/06/1983

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

20Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Lichtsteiner

Stephan Lichtsteiner

Switzerland

B.date16/01/1984

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Benaglio

Diego Benaglio

Switzerland

B.date08/09/1983

Age30 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Diego Benaglio		30	59	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve von Bergen	9	31	43	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Johan Djourou		27	46	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ricardo Rodriguez		21	23	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Stephan Lichtsteiner		30	65	3.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gökhan Inler		29	75	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Valon Behrami	46	29	50	3.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Granit Xhaka	87	21	28	4.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Xherdan Shaqiri		22	35	4.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Haris Seferovic	69	22	13	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Admir Mehmedi		23	23	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Giroud1763

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

10Benzema67

Karim Benzema

France

B.date19/12/1987

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

8Valbuena4082

Mathieu Valbuena

France

B.date28/09/1984

Age29 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

14Matuidi18

Blaise Matuidi

France

B.date09/04/1987

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

18Sissoko73

Moussa Sissoko

France

B.date16/08/1989

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

6Cabaye

Yohan Cabaye

France

B.date14/01/1986

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

3Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

5Sakho66

Mamadou Sakho

France

B.date13/02/1990

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4Varane

Raphaël Varane

France

B.date25/04/1993

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Debuchy

Mathieu Debuchy

France

B.date28/07/1985

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		27	59	5.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mamadou Sakho	66	24	21	6.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Raphaël Varane		21	8	6.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		33	60	6.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mathieu Debuchy		28	23	6.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Yohan Cabaye		28	32	6.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Blaise Matuidi	18	27	25	7.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Moussa Sissoko	73	24	19	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mathieu Valbuena	4082	29	36	7.2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Olivier Giroud	1763	27	32	7.6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Karim Benzema	67	26	68	6.8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Yann Sommer		25
21	G	Roman Bürki		23
4	D	Philippe Senderos	9	29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Fabian Schär		22
6	D	Michael Lang		23
3	D	Reto Ziegler		28
16	M	Gelson Fernandes		27
15	M	Blerim Dzemaili	8146	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tranquillo Barnetta		29
14	M	Valentin Stocker		25
19	F	Josip Drmic	69	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Mario Gavranovic		24

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Mickaël Landreau		35
16	G	Stéphane Ruffier		27
21	D	Laurent Koscielny	66	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Eliaquim Mangala		23
17	D	Lucas Digne		20
15	D	Bacary Sagna		31
12	M	Rio Mavuba		30
19	M	Paul Pogba	63	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Morgan Schneiderlin		24
7	M	Rémy Cabella		24
11	F	Antoine Griezmann	82	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Loïc Rémy		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Admir Mehmedi

Valentin Stocker

OUT

Haris Seferovic

Josip Drmic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Moussa Sissoko

Paul Pogba

OUT

Olivier Giroud

Antoine Griezmann

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ottmar Hitzfeld

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Hitzfeld vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 2014

Hitzfeld vs Deschamps

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 2014

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Deschamps vs Switzerland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 2014

Deschamps vs Hitzfeld

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 2014

Referee

Bjorn Kuipers

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Switzerland4 matches	General total	France6 matches	6 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Switzerland1 match	Season total	France1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 07, 2016					Latest figure on October 14, 2020

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Key figures

It's the first time Olivier Giroud scores 1 goal in World Cup

It's the first time Blaise Matuidi scores 1 goal in World Cup

It's the first time Granit Xhaka scores a goal in his professional career since the 15/10/2013 (with vs )

Read the next 40 key stats

General ranking

	1	France	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	Ecuador	3 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Switzerland	3 pts	2 rd
	4	Honduras	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	France	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	Ecuador	3 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Switzerland	3 pts	2 rd
	4	Honduras	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VSwitzerland 2-1 Chile07/09/2007

LSwitzerland 3-4 Japan11/09/2007

VSpain 0-1 Switzerland16/06/2010

LChile 1-0 Switzerland21/06/2010

DSwitzerland 0-0 Honduras25/06/2010

VSwitzerland 2-1 Ecuador15/06/2014

Overall

VSwitzerland 1-0 Slovenia15/10/2013

LSouth Korea 2-1 Switzerland15/11/2013

DSwitzerland 2-2 Croatia05/03/2014

VSwitzerland 1-0 Jamaica30/05/2014

VSwitzerland 2-0 Peru03/06/2014

VSwitzerland 2-1 Ecuador15/06/2014

Current form

Neutral ground

DUruguay 0-0 France11/06/2010

LFrance 0-2 Mexico17/06/2010

DFrance 1-1 England11/06/2012

LSweden 2-0 France19/06/2012

LFrance 0-2 Spain23/06/2012

VFrance 3-0 Honduras15/06/2014

Overall

VFrance 3-0 Ukraine19/11/2013

VFrance 2-0 Netherlands05/03/2014

VFrance 4-0 Norway27/05/2014

DFrance 1-1 Paraguay01/06/2014

VFrance 8-0 Jamaica08/06/2014

VFrance 3-0 Honduras15/06/2014

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	11
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	6
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	1	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Admir Mehmedi	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Karim Benzema
Admir Mehmedi	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Karim Benzema
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Karim Benzema
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Karim Benzema
Ricardo Rodriguez	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Ricardo Rodriguez	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ricardo Rodriguez	2 assists during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Karim Benzema

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

9 v

2 d

8 l

36 gf

34 ga

Away

15 matches

3 v

6 d

6 l

21 gf

25 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

36 matches

12 v

9 d

15 l

58 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

6 v

6 d

3 l

25 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

8 v

2 d

9 l

34 gf

36 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

36 matches

15 v

9 d

12 l

62 gf

58 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 12, 1960
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 23, 1977
Neutral ground	3 - 1	June 21, 2004

Latest head to head

June 13, 2006 - Coupe du Monde 2006

France

0 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

October 08, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Switzerland

1 - 1

France

March 26, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

France

0 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

June 21, 2004 - Euro 2004

Switzerland

1 - 3

France

August 20, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

Switzerland

0 - 2

France

Best historical scorers against France

Josef Hügi	5 goals	1960 - 1960
Willy Jäggi	4 goals	1928 - 1935
Jacques Fatton	4 goals	1947 - 1953
Charles Antenen	3 goals	1953 - 1953
Paul Wyss	3 goals	1911 - 1912
André Abegglen	3 goals	1932 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Paul Nicolas	4 goals	1920 - 1928
Jean Baratte	3 goals	1947 - 1949
Émile Veinante	3 goals	1932 - 1937
Louis Mesnier	2 goals	1911 - 1912
Yvon Goujon	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Albert Eloy	2 goals	1913 - 1913

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Robert Ballaman	6 matches	1949 - 1960
Severino Minelli	5 matches	1932 - 1942
Patrick Müller	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Johann Vogel	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Ricardo Cabanas	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Max Abegglen	5 matches	1923 - 1932

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Paul Nicolas	5 matches	1920 - 1930
Patrick Vieira	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Raymond Dubly	5 matches	1913 - 1924
Fabien Barthez	4 matches	2003 - 2006
Willy Sagnol	4 matches	2003 - 2006
Jules Dewaquez	4 matches	1920 - 1928