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Switzerland national football team
Euro Champ Qualifying | Group Stage
Mar 28, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
 
Israel national football team

Switzerland
3 - 0
Israel

Vargas (39'), Amdouni (47'), Widmer (52')
Widmer (90')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Dasa (38'), Yehezkel (57')

Preview: Switzerland vs. Israel - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Euro Champ Qualifying clash between Switzerland and Israel, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Switzerland will be looking to make it two wins from two Euro 2024 qualifying matches when they host Israel in Group I on Tuesday.

The visitors, meanwhile, were held 1-1 by Kosovo in their opening game of the campaign in Tel Aviv on Saturday.


Match preview

Switzerland's Remo Freuler celebrates scoring their third goal on December 2, 2022© Reuters

Having been ranked as top seeds in Euro 2024's qualifying draw, Switzerland will be firmly expected to dominate Group I across the coming months, with none of the other nations alongside them in the group even ranked within the top 50 of FIFA's World Rankings.

The Red Crosses displayed their dominance over Belarus in their opening game, with Renato Steffen firing in a hat-trick before the half-hour mark in Serbia, where Belarus are currently being forced to play due to diplomatic factors.

Midfielders Granit Xhaka and Zeki Amdouni both scored after the break to add gloss to Swiss' victory, with Murat Yakin's side looking extremely well set to qualify for their sixth successive major tournament.

However, Israel will almost certainly provide stiffer opposition at Stade de Geneve on Tuesday, even if Switzerland should have too much individual quality and collective spirit for them in the end.

Israel's Dor Peretz celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates on March 28, 2021© Reuters

Israel have only qualified for one major tournament in their entire history, which was when they crashed out at the group stage of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

The Blues and Whites have had several near misses along the way, most recently missing out on the chance to qualify for Euro 2020 by losing to Scotland on a penalty shootout in the playoffs.

Israel have changed manager since that defeat, with Alon Hazan stepping up from his coaching role with the Under-21s to take on the senior job in May last year. The 55-year-old began in emphatic fashion during his early months, remaining unbeaten in four Nations League matches to guide his side to promotion to the top tier.

As such, it would be easy to make a case that Hazan's side should be finishing second in Group I behind Switzerland, with Romania, Kosovo, Belarus and Andorra all achieving much less in recent years.

Their 1-1 draw against Kosovo with home advantage on their side was clearly a disappointing result, then, although things could have been worse having trailed until Dor Peretz's 56th-minute equaliser. Another point in Geneva on Tuesday would represent a perfectly positive result for them.

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Team News

Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates scoring their first goal on December 2, 2022© Reuters

Having won in such emphatic fashion away to Belarus in their opening game, Yakin is unlikely to make many changes to his starting XI, with Steffen hoping to run riot in a weak-looking Group I.

Xherdan Shaqiri, Breel Embolo, Andi Zeqiri, Jordan Lotomba and Gregor Kobel all withdrew from Yakin's squad prior to their trip to Serbia, meaning Noah Okafor may receive a chance to impress from the start in attack, having laid on an assist after replacing Cedric Itten during the second half against Belarus.

Israel, meanwhile, saw Celtic forward Liel Abada withdraw due to injury themselves, but Fulham winger Manor Solomon will hope to translate his sensational recent goalscoring form at club level to the international sphere.

Despite being held to a draw against Kosovo, Hazan may opt to select the same team once again, especially as a similar result would do his team's aspirations of claiming second spot no harm whatsoever.

Switzerland possible starting lineup:
Sommer; Widmer, Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez; Freuler, Zakaria, Xhaka; Steffen, Vargas; Okafor

Israel possible starting lineup:
Glazer; Dasa, Vitor, Shlomo, Leidner; Gloukh, Lavi, Peretz; Haziza, Weissman, Solomon


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We say: Switzerland 3-1 Israel

Switzerland certainly will not have things all of their way against Israel in the same manner they did versus Belarus, but we expect Yakin's side to have too much quality for their opponents once again.

The Red Crosses are seasoned veterans on the international stage, and they look set to dominate Group I having been provided with a kind draw.



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Group A

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Q Spain Spain870121
Q Scotland flag Scotland852117
3 Norway Norway832311
4 Georgia Georgia82248
5 Cyprus Cyprus80080

Group B

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Q France France871022
Q Netherlands Netherlands860218
3 Greece Greece841313
4 Ireland Rep. Ireland82066
5 Gibraltar flag Gibraltar80080

Group C

TeamPWDLPTS
Q England flag England862020
Q Italy Italy842214
3 Ukraine Ukraine842214
4 Macedonia N. Macedonia82248
5 Malta flag Malta80080

Group D

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Turkey Turkey852117
Q Croatia Croatia851216
3 Wales flag Wales833212
4 Armenia Armenia82248
5 Latvia Latvia81073

Group E

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Albania national flag Albania843115
Q Czech Republic Czech Republic843115
3 Poland Poland832311
4 Republic of Moldova Moldova824210
5 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands80262

Group F

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Belgium Belgium862020
Q Austria Austria861119
3 Sweden Sweden831410
4 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan82157
5 Estonia Estonia80171

Group G

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Hungary Hungary853018
Q Serbia Serbia842214
3 Montenegro Montenegro832311
4 Lithuania Lithuania81346
5 Bulgaria Bulgaria80444

Group H

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Denmark Denmark1071222
Q Slovenia Slovenia1071222
3 Finland Finland1060418
4 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1060418
5 Northern Ireland flag N. Ireland103079
6 San Marino flag San Marino1000100

Group I

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Q Romania Romania1064022
Q Switzerland Switzerland1045117
3 Israel Israel1043315
4 Belarus Belarus1033412
5 Kosovo flag Kosovo1025311
6 Andorra flag Andorra100282

Group J

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Portugal Portugal10100030
Q Slovakia Slovakia1071222
3 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg1052317
4 Iceland Iceland1031610
5 Bosnia Bosnia H'vina103079
6 Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein1000100


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