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France v Switzerland: What the stats say ahead Euro 2020 clash

France are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Switzerland (W3 D4), their longest ever unbeaten run against the Swiss, although four of the last five meetings between the two sides have finished level.

This will be the fifth meeting between France and Switzerland at a major competition (EURO 2004, 2006 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, EURO 2016), but the first in the knockout rounds. France are unbeaten in such matches (W2 D2), with the most recent game finishing goalless at EURO 2016.

France have only lost one of their last 17 matches at the EUROs and World Cup combined (W12 D4) – the EURO 2016 final against Portugal.

Switzerland have reached the knockout stages at each of their last four major tournament appearances (2014 World Cup, EURO 2016, 2018 World Cup, EURO 2020) – they were eliminated in their first match following the group stages in each of those previous three instances.

France haven’t lost a competitive match in over two years, with their last such defeat coming against Turkey in a European Championship qualifier in June 2019, winning 14 times and drawing five times since. France last went on a longer unbeaten run in competitive matches from 1994 to 1999, a 27-game run, with current manager Didier Deschamps playing in 21 of them.

Switzerland will face the reigning world champions at a major tournament for the first time. Overall, they have won only three of their 20 matches against reigning world champions (D9 L8), with this their first such match since a 1-1 draw with Italy in June 2010.

France progressed the ball upfield 18.7 metres per sequence on average during the EURO 2020 group stages, the highest figure of any side, highlighting their ability to advance the ball after regaining possession.

In Karim Benzema’s only previous appearance against Switzerland, he contributed to three goals, scoring one while providing two assists as France ran out 5-2 winners against the Swiss at the 2014 World Cup.

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Antoine Griezmann has played in each of France’s last 51 matches, in a run that started on August 31st 2017 against the Netherlands – Griezmann is the only player to make 50+ appearances for a European country since that date.

With a brace against Turkey last time out, Xherdan Shaqiri became Switzerland’s all-time top scorer in major tournaments (EUROs & World Cup) with seven goals, overtaking Josef Hügi’s six. Shaqiri is currently Switzerland’s joint-top scorer in European Championship matches with three goals, tied with Hakan Yakin.

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