Football prediction Switzerland vs Spain: The away team is too strong

Spain will look to return to winning ways on Sunday evening when Luis de la Fuente's side continue their 2024-25 UEFA Nations League campaign with a match against Switzerland.

The defending champions were held to a goalless draw by Serbia in their opening match on Thursday, while Switzerland suffered a 2-0 defeat to Denmark, who currently lead League A Group 4.

Latest Switzerland vs Spain team information

Switzerland coach Murat Yakin will be forced to make at least two changes for this game, with Elvedi and Xhaka suspended after receiving red cards against Denmark. Gregory Wuthrich and Denis Zakaria are expected to replace them, with the rest of the line-up likely to be the same as the previous game.

Breel Embolo, who has scored 15 goals for the national team, will continue to feature up front, while Fabian Rieder and Ruben Vargas are also expected to fill attacking roles.

For Spain, coach Luis de la Fuente has hinted at a number of changes following the draw with Serbia. Pedri and Alejandro Grimaldo could come in, replacing Marc Cucurella and Ayoze Perez. Dani Olmo could take the false nine role, with Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams continuing to operate on the flanks.

Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored the winner in the Euro 2024 final against England, will also be an option for De la Fuente. Goalkeeper David Raya is likely to continue in the starting line-up as Unai Simon is out injured. Manchester City's Rodri could be used, but is unlikely to start as he has not played this season.

Latest expected lineup for Switzerland vs Spain

Switzerland:

Kobel; Wuthrich, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Zakaria, Aebischer; Rieder, Embolo, Vargas

Spain:

Raya; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Grimaldo; Pedri, Zubimendi, Ruiz; Yamal, Olmo, N Williams

Latest football commentary Switzerland vs Spain

Switzerland played their first game since losing to England on penalties in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals on Thursday night, when they began their Nations League campaign against Denmark. The match looked set to end in a draw, but Denmark scored twice in the final 10 minutes to win 2-0, leaving Switzerland bottom of the group after Nico Elvedi and Granit Xhaka were sent off.

Under Murat Yakin, Switzerland finished fourth in the inaugural Nations League season of 2018-19, but they have only finished third in their group in the last two campaigns, including the 2022-23 campaign when they also faced Spain.

Switzerland will be looking to pick up their first points in Group 4 of League A next Sunday, before they have games in October against Serbia and Denmark.

Switzerland last beat Spain 2-1 in the Nations League in September 2022, but they have won just two of their 25 meetings with Spain since 1925.

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said he was "not worried" about Thursday night's goalless draw with Serbia, describing it as a "pre-season" game. Despite dominating, Spain failed to score, and are now third with one point.

Spain have not advanced beyond the last 16 of a World Cup since winning it in 2010, but they have won Euro 2024 and Olympic gold in Paris. They are also the reigning Nations League champions, having beaten Croatia in June 2023.

Spain have not lost a game since a friendly defeat to Colombia in March, and have not lost a competitive match since March 2023. While the match is unpredictable at this point, especially after a major tournament, Spain are determined to get back to winning ways before facing Denmark in October. We believe Switzerland will cause them some trouble, but Spain will take all three points.

Switzerland vs Spain score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Switzerland vs Spain match:

• Sportsmole: Switzerland 1-2 Spain

• WhoScore: Switzerland 1-3 Spain
• Our prediction: Switzerland 1-2 Spain

When and where to watch Switzerland vs Spain live?

To watch live the match Switzerland vs Spain in the Nations League taking place at 1:45 a.m. on September 9, viewers can watch on TV360 here, Mytv system here or on online sports channels. Wishing viewers happy moments of watching football.

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