Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina are meeting at the FIFA World Cup for the first time. Their only previous encounter was a Zürich friendly 10 years ago, in March 2016 – Bosnia-Herzegovina won 2-0 with goals from Edin Džeko and Miralem Pjanić.

Switzerland’s last five FIFA World Cup matches against European opposition have produced 23 goals, an average of 4.6 goals per game.