Switzerland is hosting Bulgaria at Swissporarena in round 10 of Group C in the UEFA World Cup Qualifications. Switzerland is undefeated in their last 6 games, they are still in play for the top spot in this group, even if Italy wins their game. Bulgaria has been terrible as usual, they are nowhere near the World Cup, and neither their offense nor defense is doing a good job.
Switzerland is playing well, they are still without a loss in these qualifications, and the way they can end up at the top even if Italy wins their game is if they score more goals than Italy, and honestly, they could. Switzerland has scored a solid 11 goals, and Embolo is their leading goalscorer with 3 goals. Swiss defense has also been outstanding with only 2 conceded goals, and the top spot could come to a wire in this last round. In that game against Italy a few days ago, Switzerland was solid despite having a low possession, only 36%, and they have also had only 2 shots on goal, 1 corner kick, 1 big chance created, and 77% of the correct passes, but Switzerland has scored 1 goal, they defended well, and they got a point out of this game. The final score was 1-1. This game against Bulgaria is do or die for Switzerland, and even though I think they are good enough to go through the playoffs, you never know what could happen, and I think Switzerland will do everything possible to avoid that.
Bulgaria didn’t stand a chance to qualify even before the qualifications started, and of course, they didn’t qualify. Bulgaria did have some solid results in this group, but they are now in 4th place, which is where they will most likely finish. Bulgaria’s defense has been horrible with 10 conceded goals, and their offense is simply not good enough to compensate with only 6 scored goals. Nedelev and Despodov are the leading goalscorers for Bulgaria with 2 goals each, and they will both probably be in the starting lineup. Bulgaria was playing against Ukraine in a friendly game a few days ago, and that match ended in a 1-1 draw. as I’ve mentioned, Bulgaria has had some good results in these qualifications, they have only 1 loss in their last 6 games, but this story is over for them.
Switzerland has never lost to Bulgaria, they are undefeated in these qualifications, and they need a win here with a few scored goals. Switzerland will attack, they must attack because hoping that Italy won’t beat Northern Ireland is dumb, and for that reason I see Switzerland getting a nice win at home.