Switzerland v Costa Rica, 27 June 2018

Kick-off: 9.00pm local Switzerland v Costa Rica was Match 42 of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Refereeing team: Referee: Clement Turpin (France) Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (France) Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth Official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Reserve AR: Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) VAR: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Despite being held to a draw in this final group game, Switzerland had now progressed to the knock-out stage in four of their last five World Cups finals; also 1994, 2006 and 2014. Switzerland had now scored in six of their last seven games at the World Cup finals. Blerim Dzemaili became the third Switzerland player to scored at both the 2014 and 2018 World Cup finals; also Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri. Costa Rica became the last of the 32 nations to score at this World Cup finals. Yann Sommer became the third goalkeeper to 'score' an own goal at the World Cup finals; also Spain’s Andoni Zubizarreta against Nigeria in 1998 and Honduras’ Noel Valladares against France in 2014. Costa Rica remained without a win in their last six games at the World Cup finals (lost two); their worst such run in the competition.