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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 7 - Group C

St. Jakob-Park - Basel - Switzerland

October 09, 2021

Switzerland

2 - 0

Northern Ireland

Assist by Breel EmboloSteven Zuber

45'

Assist by Breel EmboloChristian Fassnacht

90+1'

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23' - Yellow card Jamal Lewis

37' - Red card Jamal Lewis

45' - Goal Steven Zuber45

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53' - Substitution Manuel Akanjiis substituted by Fabian Schär53

62' - Substitution Conor Washingtonis substituted by Josh Magennis

80' - Substitution Kevin Mbabuis substituted by Silvan Widmer80

80' - Substitution Ciaron Brownis substituted by Shane Ferguson photo Jordan Jones

80' - Substitution Jordan Thompsonis substituted by Jordan Jones

81' - Substitution Steven Zuberis substituted by Christian Fassnacht81

86' - Substitution Stuart Dallasis substituted by Conor Bradley

89' - Yellow card Josh Magennis

90' - Yellow card Denis Zakaria90

91' - Goal Christian Fassnacht91

92' - Substitution Xherdan Shaqiriis substituted by Djibril Sow photo Cedric Itten

92' - Substitution Breel Embolois substituted by Cedric Itten92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Switzerland

2 - 0

Northern Ireland

Switzerland Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Embolo90+2

Breel Embolo

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

14Zuber4581

Steven Zuber

Switzerland

B.date17/08/1991

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23Shaqiri90+2

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

11Steffen

Renato Steffen

Switzerland

B.date03/11/1991

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Freuler

Remo Freuler

Switzerland

B.date15/04/1992

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

6Zakaria90

Denis Zakaria

Switzerland

B.date20/11/1996

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

13Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

B.date25/08/1992

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4Elvedi

Nico Elvedi

Switzerland

B.date30/09/1996

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5Akanji53

Manuel Akanji

Switzerland

B.date19/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

2Mbabu80

Kevin Mbabu

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1995

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Sommer

Yann Sommer

Switzerland

B.date17/12/1988

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Yann Sommer		32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Manuel Akanji	53	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nico Elvedi		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kevin Mbabu	80	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ricardo Rodriguez		29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Remo Freuler		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Denis Zakaria	90	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Steven Zuber	4581	30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Xherdan Shaqiri	90+2	29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Renato Steffen		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Breel Embolo	90+2	24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Washington62

Conor Washington

Northern Ireland

B.date18/05/1992

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

6Saville

George Saville

Northern Ireland

B.date01/06/1993

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

17McNair

Paddy McNair

Northern Ireland

B.date27/04/1995

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

15Thompson80

Jordan Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

8Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age36 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

14Dallas86

Stuart Dallas

Northern Ireland

B.date19/04/1991

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

3Lewis2337

Jamal Lewis

Northern Ireland

B.date25/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

22Brown80

Ciaron Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date14/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

20Cathcart

Craig Cathcart

Northern Ireland

B.date06/02/1989

Age32 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

4Ballard

Daniel Ballard

Northern Ireland

B.date22/09/1999

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

1Peacock-Farrell

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Northern Ireland

B.date29/10/1996

Age24 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bailey Peacock-Farrell		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Daniel Ballard		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamal Lewis	2337	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Craig Cathcart		32	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Stuart Dallas	86	30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Ciaron Brown	80	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Paddy McNair		26	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jordan Thompson	80	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	George Saville		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Davis		36	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Conor Washington	62	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	David von Ballmoos		26
12	G	Jonas Omlin		27
22	D	Fabian Schär	53	29	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Eray Cümart		23
18	D	Ulisses Garcia		25
3	M	Silvan Widmer	80	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Djibril Sow	90+2	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Michel Aebischer		24
16	F	Christian Fassnacht	9181	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Cedric Itten	90+2	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Mario Gavranovic		31
9	F	Albian Ajeti		24

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Liam Hughes		20
12	G	Conor Hazard		23
5	D	Tom Flanagan		29
11	D	Shane Ferguson	80	30	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Conor Bradley	86	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Alfie McCalmont		21
13	M	Carl Winchester		28
16	M	Jordan Jones	80	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Niall McGinn		34
21	F	Josh Magennis	6289	31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Paul Smyth		24
10	F	Dion Charles		26

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Breel Embolo

Haris Seferovic

OUT

Kevin Mbabu

Silvan Widmer

OUT

Renato Steffen

Christian Fassnacht

OUT

Steven Zuber

Ruben Vargas

OUT

Xherdan Shaqiri

Fabian Frei

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Dallas

Alistair McCann

OUT

Paddy McNair

Michael Smith

OUT

George Saville

Shayne Lavery

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Murat Yakin

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Yakin vs Northern Ireland

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2021

Yakin vs Baraclough

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Ian Baraclough

Success rate in this team:

18 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Baraclough vs Switzerland

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2021

Baraclough vs Yakin

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2021

Referee

Slavko Vincic

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland3 matches	General total	Northern Ireland2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 15, 2024					Latest figure on October 09, 2021

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Switzerland keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Northern Ireland running (since 18/08/2004). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Christian Fassnacht scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Paddy McNair played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

1	Italy	14 pts	6 rd
2	Switzerland	11 pts	5 rd
3	Northern Ireland	5 pts	5 rd
4	Bulgaria	5 pts	6 rd
5	Lithuania	3 pts	6 rd

General ranking

1	Italy	14 pts	6 rd
2	Switzerland	11 pts	5 rd
3	Northern Ireland	5 pts	5 rd
4	Bulgaria	5 pts	6 rd
5	Lithuania	3 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSwitzerland 1-0 Lithuania28/03/2021

VSwitzerland 3-2 Finland31/03/2021

VSwitzerland 2-1 United States30/05/2021

VSwitzerland 7-0 Liechtenstein03/06/2021

VSwitzerland 2-1 Greece01/09/2021

DSwitzerland 0-0 Italy05/09/2021

Overall

VSwitzerland 3-1 Turkey20/06/2021

DFrance 3-3 Switzerland28/06/2021

DSwitzerland 1-1 Spain02/07/2021

VSwitzerland 2-1 Greece01/09/2021

DSwitzerland 0-0 Italy05/09/2021

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Switzerland08/09/2021

Current form

Away

LNorway 1-0 Northern Ireland14/10/2020

LAustria 2-1 Northern Ireland15/11/2020

LItaly 2-0 Northern Ireland25/03/2021

LUkraine 1-0 Northern Ireland03/06/2021

VLithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland02/09/2021

VEstonia 0-1 Northern Ireland05/09/2021

Overall

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria31/03/2021

VMalta 0-3 Northern Ireland30/05/2021

LUkraine 1-0 Northern Ireland03/06/2021

VLithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland02/09/2021

VEstonia 0-1 Northern Ireland05/09/2021

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Switzerland08/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	7	6
Winless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steven Zuber	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Conor Washington
Xherdan Shaqiri	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Conor Washington
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Conor Washington
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Conor Washington
Xherdan Shaqiri	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Conor Washington
Breel Embolo	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Conor Washington
Xherdan Shaqiri	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Conor Washington

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

3 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

3 d

2 l

3 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	November 09, 2017
Home	2 - 1	November 14, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 22, 1998
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 08, 2021 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2022

Northern Ireland

0 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

November 12, 2017 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Switzerland

0 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

November 09, 2017 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Switzerland logo Switzerland

August 18, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Switzerland

0 - 0

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

April 22, 1998 - Rencontres amicales 1998

Northern Ireland

1 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

René-Pierre Quentin	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Ricardo Rodriguez	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Köbi Kuhn	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Johnny Crossan	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Darren Patterson	1 goal	1998 - 1998
George Best	1 goal	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Yann Sommer	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Ricardo Rodriguez	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Manuel Akanji	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Steven Zuber	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Haris Seferovic	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Denis Zakaria	3 matches	2017 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/10/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Chris Brunt	3 matches	2004 - 2017
Steven Davis	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Conor Washington	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Aaron Hughes	3 matches	1998 - 2017
George Saville	3 matches	2017 - 2021
Bobby Braithwaite	2 matches	1964 - 1964