The England vs Switzerland match will kick off on Saturday at 7 PM.
England narrowly neat Slovakia to reach the last 8.
Switzerland knocked out defending champions Italy with a convincing Round of 16 display.

England will be hoping for a less dramatic affair when they face Switzerland at the Merkur Spiel-Arena on Saturday evening for a place in the semifinals of the ongoing Euro 2024 tournament.

The Gareth Southgate-coached side only scraped through the Round of 16 following a lucky 2-1 win over Slovakia.

Their escape came when Jude Bellingham scored an acrobatic overhead kick deep in stoppage time to force extra time after his goal canceled Ivan Schranz’s cool first-half finish. Harry Kane then scored just 50 seconds into the additional 30 minutes to snatch an unconvincing 2-1 victory for the Three Lions.

Having kept their hopes in Germany alive, England will be out to keep that run going in a match that will be a special occasion for the underfire Southgate.

The 53-year-old is set to become just the third England manager to take charge of 100 international games after Walter Winterbottom and Alf Ramsey and will be hoping to do that with nothing short of a win.

CLICK HERE TO BET ON THIS GAME ON SPORTPESA

England could also record another landmark as they aim to become the sixth European side to earn 50 victories at major tournaments – after Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands.

Their hopes will be buoyed by the fact that they have lost just one of their last 24 meetings with Switzerland in all competitions (W17 D6) and are unbeaten in 13 (W9 D4) since a 2-1 loss in a World Cup qualifier in May 1981.

Switzerland will have their work cut out as they are set to appear in the quarterfinals of a major tournament for just a fifth time, and only their second at the Euros after 2020.

They will take great pride from the fact that they knocked out defending champions Italy to make it to the last 8.

However, they have been eliminated at this stage in all four of their previous attempts; the most any European nation has featured in quarterfinals of major tournaments without ever participating in a semi-final.

Click this link to place your bet on the game and remember you can get up to 1000% SportPesa bonus on your multi bet of up to 50 games.

What time does England vs Switzerland start?

The match will kick off at 1900EAT on Saturday 7 July.

England vs Switzerland Team News

Southgate is still facing selection problems with Luke Shaw’s fitness continuing to be an issue at left-back.

Ezri Konsa is expected to come into the starting XI alongside John Stones and Kyle Walker in a back three, with Marc Guéhi set to be absent due to suspension.

Switzerland on their part do not have any major concerns to theor squad.

Predicted lineups

England: Pickford (GK), Stones, Walker, Konsa, Trippier, Saka, Rice, Mainoo, Bellingham, Foden, Kane

Switzerland: Sommer (GK), Akanji, Schar, Elvedi, Aebischer, Zakaria, Rodriguez, Ndoye, Xhaqiri, Vargas, Embolo

CLICK HERE TO BET ON THIS GAME ON SPORTPESA

England vs Switzerland Head-to-Head

England have lost just one of their last 24 meetings with Switzerland in all competitions (W17 D6) and are unbeaten in 13 (W9 D4) since a 2-1 loss in a World Cup qualifier in May 1981.

Shaw and Kane were on target in their most recent meeting, a 2-1 friendly victory back in March 2022, as Embolo’s opener was cancelled out by the hosts at Wembley Stadium.

This will be the fourth meeting between the pair at a major tournament, and the third at the European Championship.

England have a favourable record in that respect, too, winning 2-0 in the 1954 World Cup and 3-0 at Euro 2004, while being held to a 1-1 draw at Wembley in the opening game of the 1996 edition.