Switzerland vs Panama (Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips) / 27.03.2018

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Switzerland vs Panama Prediction & Betting tips

On Tuesday, Switzerland in Lucerne will receive the first World Cup participant Panama. Both teams have already played a friendly match in this international break. The home team dueled with Greece, with Switzerland winning 1-0 thanks to a dream goal from Dzemaili. Panama played against Denmark and suffered a defeat. The outsider kept up a long fight – only in the 69th minute met Sisto for the Danes.

In the match of Tuesday Switzerland is to be seen as a favorite. The betting odds for a win in Switzerland are in the 1.3 range. Nevertheless, the Central American opponent should not be underestimated, after all, Panama qualified for the World Cup and read, for example, the United States of America behind. Switzerland qualified only in the playoffs for the finals in Russia. In Group B, Portugal and Switzerland had the same number of points. The troupe around superstar Ronaldo had a better goal difference and thus qualified directly for the World Cup. The Swiss still had to take the detour via Northern Ireland.

Switzerland:

The team of Vladimir Petkovic spent the last days in training camp in Greece. As a conclusion, the Swiss dueled against each other in the friendly match against the hosts. Greece had a similar opponent as Serbia. Petkovic wanted to prepare his team for this World Cup match. This test succeeded for the most part, the Swiss used their few shots on goal for a hit. Dzemaili scored in the 59th minute and scored the winner for the Swiss. In this game, Switzerland lacked some key players due to injury. However, Admir Mehmedi, Denis Zakaria, Eren Derdiyok and Xherdan Shaqiri will all be fit again until the start of the World Cup. In this first Test 2018 debuted the 20-year-old Dimitri Oberlin in the senior team. The striker from FC Basel replaced Breel Embolo in the 73rd minute. Even today’s opponent should simulate a group counterparty from the World Cup. Panama will have a similar style of play as Costa Rica. The two countries met in qualifying for the World Cup on each other, with Panama won their home game. This will allow Switzerland to draw some conclusions from the Central American style in this friendly match.

Switzerland met in their qualifying group on the reigning European champion Portugal. In the first game of this qualification, the two favorites of Group B dueled Switzerland won the home game earned 2-0, with the Portuguese missing the best player. In the return match – the last and decisive group game – Ronaldo was on the court. However, he was directly involved in any goal, but Portugal won. Thanks to this victory, the Portuguese also had 27 points in the account, as Switzerland had the much worse goal difference, the landlocked had in the playoffs. The two matches against Northern Ireland did not offer a football spectacle. Switzerland narrowly prevailed in the first leg thanks to Rodriguez’s penalties. In the finals in Russia, Switzerland will meet Brazil, Costa Rica and Serbia. Thus, the move into the second round is quite possible.

Panama:

Panama is not a name in the football world. The small state in Central America has only about four million inhabitants. Particularly famous is the area in terms of area about twice as large as Switzerland for the Panama Canal. The 82-kilometer canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean and gives vessels a significant shortcut. The national team of Panama also caused a sensation in the qualification for the World Cup. For the first time Panama has qualified for a final. In the North and Central American groups, the small state was particularly enthralling in the domestic stadium. No game Panama has lost in the Estadio Rommel Fernandez. Thus, Panama fought nine points in five games. With this yield, they secured the third qualifying place. Where Honduras also had thirteen points in the account and the US came to twelve points. It was particularly bitter for the United States that they could have achieved third place in the last game. With a win against Trinidad and Tobago, they would have moved past Panama and Honduras. Thus, Panama qualified only with much luck and a better goal than Honduras for the World Cup.

Panama will meet in Group G on Belgium, England and Tunisia. Especially against the European representatives, the small state will bite its teeth. Already in the last friendly game Panama traveled to Europe. On Thursday, they dueled with Denmark, with the Danes with a goal in the 69th minute decided the game. Panama had no chance in this game, this is shown by the view of the statistics. Only one shot had the Central Americans in 90 minutes. In addition, a ball possession share of only 36 percent. This could be similar in the match against Switzerland.