Opta facts

• Switzerland have only lost one of their six previous home meetings with Republic of Ireland (W3 D2), keeping four clean sheets in that time.
• Republic of Ireland are unbeaten in their last four meetings with Switzerland in all competitions (W1 D3), since a 0-2 loss in October 2003.
• Switzerland have lost just one of their last 15 home games in all competitions (W12 D2 L1), losing 0-1 to Qatar in November 2018.
• Republic of Ireland have scored just eight goals in their last 13 away matches in all competitions, never netting more than once in a game and failing to score on five occasions.
• Republic of Ireland are unbeaten in their last nine matches in all competitions (W4 D5 L0), their longest such run since June 2012 (15 games).
• Republic of Ireland have only lost once in their last 12 competitive away matches (W4 D7 L1), keeping a clean sheet in six of their last nine such games.
• Haris Seferovic has been directly involved in nine goals in his last seven home appearances for Switzerland (7 goals, 2 assists), scoring a hat-trick in his last such game vs Belgium in November 2018.
• Republic of Ireland’s last 13 goals in all competitions have all been scored by different players (including one own goal).