World Cup preview report: Ndoye passes and shoots, Xhaka shoots, Switzerland beats Sweden 4-1

6686 Sports reported on November 16 that in the 9th round of Group B of the 2026 World European Qualifiers, the Swiss home team defeated Sweden 4-1. In the first half of the game, Embolo opened the scoring for Switzerland, and Nygren shot to equalize; in the second half of the game, Xhaka scored with a shot, Ndoye completed the pass, and Manzambi scored the icing on the cake. Switzerland leads the way with 13 points with 4 wins and 1 draw. Kosovo, which is behind the leader, has 3 points. It also has a large lead in goal difference and firmly holds the initiative to qualify for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Key events

30’ Sweden created a murderous opportunity in the three-second zone and tried to send it to the goal, but was resolved by the defender

31’ Switzerland sent a threat to pass the ball in the penalty area, but Widmer hit the goal with a header but missed the target position

37' Swanberg headed the ball in front of the goal and directly deflected the ball

43' Nygren ambushed the three-second zone and outflanked the goal, but hit the ball on the side net

45' Bernhudson dribbled the ball into the three-second zone, and then hit the goal and was saved by the goalkeeper

47' Swanberg dribbled the ball to break through, and the goalkeeper directly got it

56' Nygren volleyed in the three-second zone, but was blocked by the defender

61' Embolo broke into the three-second zone after stealing the ball, but was blocked by the goalkeeper from the end line

63’ is a hair’s breadth! The Swiss sideline kick was taken into the three-second zone, forming a continuous threatening offensive

69' Zenelli volleyed in the three-second zone and hit the ball directly high

90+2' Warning Sign-Forsberg (Sweden) Violation

Technical Statistics

Player list

Switzerland starting lineup: 1-Kerber, 13-Rodriguez (70’2-Muheim), 3-Widmer, 4-Elvedi, 5-Akanji, 10-Xhaka, 20-Abicher, 17-Vargas (85’16-Fasnacht), 22-Ridder (70 ’15-Sowu), 11-Ndoye (90’14-Zezili), 7-Embolo (85’9-Manzembi)

Swiss reserve lineup: 12-Mwogo, 21 -Keller, 2-Muheim, 6-Omelakic, 23-Schmidt, 18-Amanda, 16-Fasnacht, 15-Sou, 8-Som, 9-Manzenby, 19-Eton, 1 4-Zezili

Swedish starting lineup: 12-Johnson, 4-Shin, 6-Holm (50’5-Gudmundsson), 2-Lagerbirke, 8-Svensson, 16- Carlstrom, 21-Bernhudson (78’17-Liedberg), 18-Ayari (63’22-Zenelli), 11-Elanga (78’10-Forsberg), 1 9-Svanberg (62’9-Isaac), 7-Nygren

Swedish reserve lineup: 23-Nordfeldt, 1-Zettersterer, 3-Kraft, 15-Stafeldt, 5-Gudmundsson, 10-Forsberg, 13-Sema, 20-Lundgren, 22-Zenelli, 17-Liedberg, 9-Isaac, 14-Baldeji