Switzerland vs Colombia — World Cup: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 40′Colombia, VAR review:Corner cancelled
- Half-time
- 46′Switzerland, substitution:off
- 51′Switzerland, yellow card:Foul
- 59′Switzerland, yellow card:Foul
- 60′Colombia, yellow card:Foul
- 66′Colombia, substitution:off
- 66′Colombia, substitution:off
- 71′Switzerland, substitution:off
- 82′Colombia, substitution:off
- 82′Colombia, substitution:off
- 87′Switzerland, substitution:off
- 87′Switzerland, substitution:off
- 90+2′Switzerland, substitution:off
- Full-time
- 95′Colombia, yellow card:Foul
- 95′Colombia, yellow card:Luis Amaranto Perea
- 103′Switzerland, substitution:off
- 105′Switzerland, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time · E.T.
- 119′Colombia, substitution:off
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Switzerland edge Colombia on penalties in Round of 16 thriller
Switzerland eliminated Colombia from the World Cup Round of 16 at BC Place after normal and extra time finished goalless, with Yakin's side winning the penalty shootout 4-3. Neither team broke through in the ninety minutes or the additional period, leaving the tie to be settled from the spot.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Colombia had the better of the underlying play, out-shooting Switzerland 15 to 7 with six more attempts on target and a higher expected-goals reading, yet could not turn that pressure into a breakthrough. Switzerland held more of the ball, with 53 percent possession to Colombia's 47, but managed only two shots on target across the contest. Both sides picked up yellow cards without either suffering a dismissal.
With the game deadlocked after extra time, the shootout proved decisive, and Switzerland held their nerve to win it 4-3 and advance.
Gregor Kobel was Switzerland's top-rated performer with a 9.2 rating, a display capped by his role in the shootout victory. Granit Xhaka also impressed for the home side, rated 8.0.
Colombia's 15 shots to Switzerland's 7 underlined their dominance in attacking output despite failing to find a breakthrough.
Switzerland and Colombia drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Switzerland won the penalty shootout 4–3.
Switzerland met Colombia in the World Cup (Round of 16). Kick-off was Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 20:00 UTC at BC Place. Referee: Iván Barton.
Team pages: Switzerland · Colombia · World Cup
Starting line-ups
Switzerland (4-2-3-1)
Colombia (4-4-1-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Switzerland 26%, the draw 25%, Colombia 49%. It finished Switzerland 0–0 Colombia.
Colombia's rating edge on neutral ground — Colombia are the stronger side on our strength rating, and neutral ground on top gives Colombia the lean. The draw at 25% is trimmed by neutral ground.
Why Colombia at 49%?
Colombia sit 107 points higher on our strength rating — 1882 to 1988. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.5% of 12,893 such games. World Cup is played on neutral grounds: Switzerland are the listed home side but get none of the usual home lift, so the class read is re-centred. On grounds we detect as neutral, listed-home sides won 44.6% of 26,567 games vs 45.2% at real homes — so a tournament game away from a side's own ground scores the class edge venue-free, as the average of the home and away reads.
Why only 49%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 49% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Switzerland at 26%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.1%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.5% of 24,548. Neutral ground takes 1.6 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Switzerland scored +0.52 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,716 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.6% vs 43.1% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Colombia have played 3+ games in the last two weeks; their opponents haven't. Between equals, congested home sides won 46.8% of 2403 measured games and congested visitors 28.2% of 2447 — the cells disagree with each other and with the flat rest table, so schedule stays a watch item at 0 points. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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What the press said
✨🇨🇭 OFFICIAL: Gregor Kobel, Man of the Match for Switzerland against Colombia. https://t.co/KNGvnU8HkN
About this match
On this page: the Switzerland vs Colombia final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this World Cup fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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