Sweden vs Switzerland

Head to head

27The European rivals have faced each other 27 times, with both winning 10 games each and seven ending in a draw, including their most recent meeting in a friendly international in 2002 and their last competitive meeting at the European Championships in 1995

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1 Switzerland have lost only one of their last 25 matches, a 2-0 defeat by Portugal in October

1 The Swiss have scored at least once in six of their last seven World Cup matches

3 Sweden have won three of their five World Cup meetings with Switzerland, with the Swiss winning the other two

• Switzerland’s two draws and one win in Group E was the first time they have gone unbeaten in the group stages of a World Cup since 2006
• Group F winners Sweden have now progressed to the last-16 in all of their World Cup appearances since 1990
• Sweden’s 3-0 win over Mexico was their biggest World Cup victory since their 4-0 trouncing of Bulgaria in 1994
• Defender Andreas Granqvist is the first Swede to score two or more goals in a single World Cup campaign since Henrik Larsson scored three in the 2002
• The Swiss last reached the quarterfinals at their home World Cup in 1954 while Sweden reached the semifinals in 1994

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England vs Colombia

Head to head

5 The two sides have met five times, with three wins for England and two draws. Their only competitive match was at the 1998 World Cup, when England won 2-0. Their most recent match was a 3-2 win for England in 2005

Did you Know 

2 Colombia’s last two meetings with European opponents at the World Cup have ended in 3-0 wins — against Poland at the current tournament and against Greece four years ago

23 All 23 members of England’s squad are based at English clubs. Colombia have just three home-based players in their squad 

66 England’s Round of 16 encounter with Colombia will be the 66th World Cup match they have contested. No England fan needs to be reminded of what the number 66 (or rather 1966) means to the Three Lions 

• England have not won a knockout match at a major championship since they beat Colombia’s neighbours Ecuador 1-0 in 2006
• Pekerman is coaching at a World Cup for the third time and reached the quarterfinals on both previous occasions — with his native Argentina in 2006 and with Colombia in 2014.
• Radamel Falcao is Colombia’s all-time leading scorer with 30 goals. He is playing at his first World Cup at the age of 32 and scored his first goal against Poland

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