Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Switzerland 3rd with 9, Czech Republic 4th with 4. The last five rounds placed Czech Republic no better than 46th for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, Switzerland were scoring 1 and conceding 1.5, Czech Republic 0.83 and 2.17, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Czech Republic. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for Switzerland against 1/15 for Czech Republic.
St. Jakob-Park in Basel staged the fixture, a ground that holds 19,456. I. Peljto took charge of the match — our records show 93 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. Switzerland led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.