After a perfectly balanced start left each Group B side with one point at the FIFA World Cup, we look ahead to Thursday’s clash with our Switzerland vs Bosnia-Herzegovina prediction and preview.
Switzerland vs Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Key Insights
Despite making an uncertain start, Switzerland have a 61.6% chance of winning their second group game, according to the Opta supercomputer. So, with just a 17% chance of victory, Bosnia-Herzegovina are not expected to set a new national record of 10 matches unbeaten. Switzerland have lost just two of their last 17 group games at either the World Cup or UEFA European Championship (W7 D8).Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina both let a lead slip in their respective opening fixtures at the 2026 World Cup, making Thursday’s encounter between them in Los Angeles one that neither can afford to lose.
The Swiss will surely feel most unfortunate, as Qatar’s equaliser (93:59) was the third-latest leveller scored during the World Cup group stage since such records began in 1966.
Forced to settle for a 1-1 draw, a tally of 26 shots was also Switzerland’s most in a World Cup match. Of the 16 players who featured, 14 either attempted a shot or created a chance. The only two who didn’t were goalkeeper Jovo Lukic – deputising for unfit all-time top scorer Edin Džeko – netted his first international goal in just his fourth appearance.
Although the co-hosts then struck back and claimed a draw, Bosnia-Herzegovina have now lost just one of their last 12 competitive fixtures (W5 D6), having lost 12 of the previous 15.
Curiously, each of their last six across all competitions have finished level – including two that went to penalties in the play-offs – and no European nation has ever drawn seven consecutive matches.
Avoiding defeat again would also set a new national record run without losing; they’ve previously reached nine twice since gaining independence (in June 2013 and November 2018).
So, despite a ranking deficit of 45 places, Bosnia-Herzegovina can justifiably feel confident before their first World Cup meeting with another UEFA nation.
History suggests it could be an entertaining contest: Switzerland’s last five World Cup matches against European opposition have produced 23 goals, at an average of 4.6 per game.
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