The countdown to the World Cup continues when England play Switzerland at Wembley.
Every member of Gareth Southgate’s 24-man squad can expect to feature in friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast, and Southgate says now it gets serious with less than eight months until the tournament in Qatar starts.
Marc Guehi and Kyle Walker-Peters both start and make their England debuts tonight.
Southgate has to had to deal with a number of dropouts for this camp, including Bukayo Saka because of Covid.
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But with the World Cup so close and players are fighting for their places in the squad, it should make for an interesting few games.
Here’s all you need to know about this one...
Date, kick-off time and venue
The friendly is scheduled to kick-off at 5.30pm GMT on Saturday March 26, 2022.
Wembley Stadium in London will host.
Where to watch England vs Switzerland
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HD.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to watch it through the Sky Go App.
LIVE coverage: Get minute-by-minute updates through Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.
England vs Switzerland team news
England XI: Pickford, Walker-Peters, Guehi, Coady, Stones, Shaw, Gallagher, Henderson, Mount, Foden, Kane
Subs: Pope, Forster Maguire, White, Mings, Grealish, Rice, Bellingham, Watkins, Sterling, Ward-Prowse, Mitchell
Switzerland XI: Omlin, Rodriguez, Akanji, Frei, Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Steffen, Shaqiri, Vargas, Embolo.
Subs: von Ballmoos, Kobel, Mbabu, Elvedi, Okafor, Zuber, Sow, Lotomba, Comert, Gavranovic, Zeqiri, Aebischer.
England vs Switzerland prediction
The Swiss certainly gave a good account of themselves at Euro 2020 and are undoubtedly a solid enough international side.
Still, with England on a roll, a home win looks likely.
England to win 3-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
England wins: 18
Draws: 5
Switzerland wins: 3
