Switzerland vs Colombia Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• Switzerland and Colombia have met once before at the FIFA World Cup, a 2-0 group‑stage win for Colombia in 1994. Overall, the South Americans have won two of their four meetings (D1 L1), most recently a 3-1 friendly victory in Miami in March 2007.
• Switzerland have won only one of their nine World Cup matches against South American teams (D2 L6). That was a 2-1 victory over Ecuador in the 2014 group stage.
• Both Switzerland and Colombia are chasing a place in the quarter‑finals, which would equal their best ever FIFA World Cup finish. Switzerland reached that stage three times — in 1934, 1938 and 1954 — while Colombia’s sole quarter‑final appearance came in 2014.
• Switzerland have lost their last five World Cup round of 16 ties.
• Switzerland have won three successive matches at the FIFA World Cup for the first time.
• Switzerland have lost only one of their last 18 international matches (W11 D6).
• Switzerland have netted in six successive matches at the World Cup for the first time.
• Switzerland’s Breel Embolo has now scored four goals at the World Cup. Only Sepp Hügi (six) and Xherdan Shaqiri (five) have scored more.
• Colombia’s only World Cup knockout round encounter with a European team was against England in the 2018 round of 16 when they exited via a penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw.
• Colombia have prevailed in one of their three World Cup round of 16 ties. That was a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in 2014.
• Colombia have kept five clean sheets in their last seven FIFA World Cup matches. They are currently on a run of three successive games without conceding.
• Colombia have scored first in three of their four FIFA World Cup 2026 encounters, with the exception being a goalless draw with Portugal.
• Colombia have not conceded in the first half of their last seven FIFA World Cup fixtures.
• Colombia have scored in 12 of their last 13 World Cup matches.
• Colombia have won nine of their last 13 World Cup matches (D2 L2).
• Switzerland’s Ricardo Rodríguez plays with Colombia’s Cucho Hernández at Spanish club Real Betis.
• Remo Freuler (Switzerland) and Jhon Lucumí (Colombia) have been Bologna team-mates since 2023, winning the 2024/25 Coppa Italia together. Switzerland’s Dan Ndoye (2023-25) and Michel Aebischer (2022-25) are also former Bologna team-mates of Lucumí, Ndoye scoring the winning goal in the 2024/25 Coppa Italia final victory against AC Milan.
• Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka played with Colombia midfielder Gustavo Puerta at Bayer Leverkusen in 2023/24, when the club won the German league and cup double.