FIFA World Cup

Serbia vs Switzerland, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Serbia
  • 26': Aleksandar Mitrovic
  • 35': Dusan Vlahovic
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2 - 3
Switzerland
  • 20': Xherdan Shaqiri
  • 44': Breel Embolo
  • 48': Remo Freuler

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.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 5': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a corner.
  • 6': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
  • 11': Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 13': Djibril Sow (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
  • 14': Attempt missed. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 15': Filip Kostic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Foul by Silvan Widmer (Switzerland).
  • 15': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
  • 19': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
  • 19': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 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.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
  • 22': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
  • 22': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filip Kostic with a cross.
  • 26': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Milos Veljkovic (Serbia).
  • 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.
  • 29': Foul by Filip Kostic (Serbia).
  • 29': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a through ball.
  • 34': Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Rubén Vargas (Switzerland).
  • 34': Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 35': Goal! Serbia 2, Switzerland 1. Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 39': Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
  • 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.
  • 45'+1': Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Serbia 2, Switzerland 2.
  • 47': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia).
  • 47': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 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.
  • 50': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 53': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
  • 53': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
  • 55': Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Gudelj replaces Milos Veljkovic.
  • 55': Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
  • 55': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
  • 56': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Hand ball by Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Fabian Schär (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Akanji with a cross.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot from very close range is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 57': Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 57': Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland).
  • 59': Djibril Sow (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia).
  • 61': Attempt missed. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
  • 62': Foul by Filip Kostic (Serbia).
  • 62': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 67': Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Maksimovic replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 68': Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Djibril Sow.
  • 69': Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 71': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Luka Jovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Maksimovic with a cross.
  • 74': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
  • 77': Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Luka Jovic (Serbia).
  • 78': Substitution, Serbia. Filip Djuricic replaces Dusan Tadic.
  • 78': Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Radonjic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
  • 79': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
  • 80': Foul by Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
  • 80': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 81': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 81': Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
  • 81': Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka from a direct free kick.
  • 83': Substitution, Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht replaces Rubén Vargas.
  • 88': Foul by Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
  • 88': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Christian Fassnacht (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes.
  • 89': Foul by Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland).
  • 89': Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nemanja Radonjic with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
  • 90'+4': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Switzerland. Noah Okafor replaces Breel Embolo.
  • 90'+8': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia).
  • 90'+8': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+8': Foul by Noah Okafor (Switzerland).
  • 90'+8': Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+9': Foul by Fabian Schär (Switzerland).
  • 90'+9': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+9': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+10': Filip Djuricic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+10': Foul by Edimilson Fernandes (Switzerland).
  • 90'+10': Sasa Lukic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+10': Attempt missed. Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+11': Second Half ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 3.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Stadium 974
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 41,378

FIFA World Cup Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Brazil 3 +2 6
2 Switzerland 3 +1 6
3 Cameroon 3 0 4
4 Serbia 3 -3 1
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SRB Serbia (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
23 Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK)
5 Milos Veljkovic
2 Strahinja Pavlovic Yellow Card
4 Nikola Milenkovic Yellow Card
20 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Yellow Card
16 Sasa Lukic Yellow Card
10 Dusan Tadic
17 Filip Kostic
14 Andrija Zivkovic
9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
18 Dusan Vlahovic
Serbia Substitutes:
Nemanja Gudelj, Uros Racic, Marko Dmitrovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Filip Mladenovic, Srjdan Babic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Marko Grujic, Darko Lazovic, Strahinja Erakovic, Ivan Ilic, Filip Djuricic, Luka Jovic, Nemanja Radonjic, Stefan Mitrovic.

SUI Switzerland (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
21 Gregor Kobel (GK)
5 Manuel Akanji
22 Fabian Schär Yellow Card
13 Ricardo Rodríguez
3 Silvan Widmer Yellow Card
15 Djibril Sow
10 Granit Xhaka Yellow Card
8 Remo Freuler
7 Breel Embolo
17 Ruben Vargas Yellow Card
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
Switzerland Substitutes:
Haris Seferovic, Edimilson Fernandes, Renato Steffen, Eray Cömert, Ardon Jashari, Noah Okafor, Denis Zakaria, Fabian Frei, Christian Fassnacht, Fabian Rieder, Jonas Omlin, Michel Aebischer.

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