Portugal v Switzerland, 06 December 2022

Kick-off: 10.00pm local (7.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Portugal 9, Switzerland 15 . Portugal had now reached the Quarter-finals of the World Cup for the third time, previously 1966 in England and 2006 in Germany. . Portugal had lost their last four knockout games at the World Cup since eliminating England in the Quarter-final in 2006 on penalties. . Portugal scored five or more goals in a knockout game at the World Cup finals for the second time; previously in a 5-3 win against Korea DPR at Liverpool (Everton FC) in their Quarter-final in 1966. . This was Portugal’s biggest win at the World Cup finals since a 7-0 victory against Korea DPR in Cape Town in 2010. . Gonçalo Ramos became the fourth player to score a hat-trick for Portugal at a World Cup tournament after Eusebio (four) against Korea DPR in 1966, Pauleta against Poland in 2002 and Cristiano Ronaldo against Spain in 2018. . Gonçalo Ramos became the first player to score a hat-trick on his first start in a game at a World Cup tournament since Germany’s Miroslav Klose against Saudi Arabia in Sapporo in 2002. . Portugal had now opened the scoring in nine of their last ten games at the World Cup finals (won five, lost two). . Aged 39 years and 283 days, Pepe became the oldest-ever player to score in a knockout game at the World Cup finals. Cameroon’s Roger Milla was aged 42 years and 39 days when he scored in a group game against Russia in Palo Alto in 1994. . Cristiano Ronaldo was not selected in Portugal’s starting line-up for a game at a major tournament for the first time since they played Switzerland in Basel in a group game at the UEFA European Championship in 2008. . Switzerland failed in their attempt to win three games at a World Cup tournament for the first time. . Switzerland conceded six or more goals in a game at the World Cup finals for the second time; previously a 7-5 defeat by Austria in Lausanne in 1954. . Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri became the first players to make 12 appearances for Switzerland at World Cup tournaments. . Portugal had won four and lost three of the nine World Cup qualifiers that they had played against Switzerland. .