Match Report
The table read 1st (Spain, 16 pts) against 4th (Switzerland, 2 pts), 14 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Switzerland: only 45th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Spain ran at 2.17 scored and 0.67 conceded, Switzerland at 1 and 2.33.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Spain. Switzerland had gone 6 games without a win. Over the last five, Spain had taken 13 of 15 points to Switzerland's 2.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Spain, 1 by Switzerland, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lopéz in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with room for 22,824 spectators. On the scoreboard, Spain led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Spain: Yéremy Pino (32'), Bryan Gil (68'), Bryan Zaragoza (90') · Switzerland: Joël Monteiro (63'), Andi Zeqiri (85')