Serbia v Switzerland, 02 December 2022

Kick-off: 10.00pm local (7.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Serbia 21, Switzerland 15 . A win in this final group game would ensure that Switzerland finished as runners-up to Brazil. . Switzerland had now progressed to the knockout stages in five of their last six participations of the World Cup finals since 1994. . Serbia only could have progressed to the Round of 16 if they had won this game. . Serbia lost their final group games in their three previous participations of World Cups finals, conceding at least two goals in each. . The 3-3 draw in the second group game against Cameroon was the first time that Serbia had scored three or more goals in a game at World Cup finals (played 11). . Aleksandar Mitrović had now scored eight goals in his last seven appearances for Serbia. . This was the first time that both teams had scored two or more goals in the first-half of a game at the World Cup finals since England’s Round of 16 tie with Argentina in Saint-Etienne in 1998. . Switzerland had not lost their final group game in any of their last four participations at the World Cup finals (won two). . Switzerland had now not lost more than one group game at a World Cup tournament since 1966 (lost three). . Switzerland avoided losing consecutive games at the World Cup finals for the first time since 1994. . Xherdan Shaqiri became the third player to score at each of the last three World Cup tournaments after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. . The only previous meeting was a group game the 2018 World Cup finals in Kaliningrad. Switzerland came from behind to win 2-1, with a 90th minute winner from Xherdan Shaqiri. .