Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Saturday, June 13, 2026, 11:12 / Updated Saturday, June 13, 2026 11:12
Tonight, Qatar and Switzerland will meet in the second match of Group B of the FIFA World Cup. The game will start at 22:00, it will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and televised by Antena 1.
The duel will take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The arena has a capacity of 68,827 seats.
In the first match of the group, on Friday evening, Canada and Bosnia drew1-1. Jovo Lukic, striker of U Cluj, he scored for the Bosnian national team.
LIVE 22:00 » Qatar – Switzerland
Qatar v Switzerland, probable teams:
QATAR (4-3-3): Abunada – Al-Oui, Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel, Ahmed – Laye, Fathi, Gaber – Abdurisag, Afif, Edmilson
Coach: Julen Lopetegui
SWITZERLAND (4-2-3-1): Kobel – Widmer, Akanji, Elvedi, R. Rodriguez – Xhaka, Freuler – Vargas, Rieder, Ndoye – Amdouni
Coach: Murat Yakin
Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)
The national team of Qatar played for the first time in a World Championship in 2022, as the host country of the competition. He built on that participation and qualified for the second edition in a row, now facing Switzerland, Canada and Bosnia to advance to the knockout stages of the competition.
The team is coached by Julen Lopetegui, former Spain coach and coach at FC Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Wolves and West Ham.
Qatar's preparation did not go encouragingly: the friendly with Ireland was lost, 0-1, and the one with El Salvador ended without a goal scored.
On the other hand, Switzerland has become a regular at the World Championships, having qualified for the last 6 editions. At the previous 3, the Swiss stopped at the round of 16 stage. Their best results remain the quarters of 1954, 1938 and 1934.
As a group, Qatar is the weakest team at the World Cup
The team coached by Murat Yakin starts as heavy favorites tonight. Observing the shares of the two groups, there is no surprise: Qatar's is valued by Transfermarkt at 19.9 million euros, Switzerland at 332.5 million.
Referring to the odds, Qatar is the weakest team in this final tournament. The only player more “eastern” is the winger Akram Afif from Al Sadd, valued at 8 million euros.
We are a close team and have been together for some time. We have many experienced players who play at big clubs and know what is at stake. Obviously, it's fantastic to be here. We are a close group and we enjoy playing football. We earned our place at the World Championship with our performances in every stage and every match.
– Murat Yakin, Switzerland coach
When we arrived here about a year ago, our goal was to qualify. This was our dream. Inshallah, I made it. With the help of this group. They wrote history.
Now we don't want to stop. We know what kind of opponents we face. We know we are in the World Championship, but we want to follow our dream.
At the same time, we think that no one gives us gifts here. Now we want to be as competitive as possible, starting with the first game.
– Julen Lopetegui, Qatar coach
