Switzerland Vs Ecuador at Estadio Nacional, Brasilia
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- This is the first ever meeting between Switzerland and Ecuador.
- Their only defeat in the last 18 internationals since May 2012 came away to South Korea in November (W12, D5, L1).
- Only eight members of the World Cup squad were not born outside Switzerland or to foreign parents.
- Switzerland have only conceded one goal in their last seven World Cup games.
- Ottmar Hitzfeld's side were unbeaten in World Cup qualification, winning seven and drawing three of their 10 qualifiers.
- Their tally of seven clean sheets in the preliminaries was only bettered in Europe by Greece (8).
- They have never beaten South American opposition in five attempts at the World Cup, losing the last four.
- Ecuador have never drawn a game at a World Cup, winning three and losing four so far.
- They had an unrivalled 201 shots and 396 crosses in South American qualification.
- Reinaldo Rueda's side did not win any of their eight matches outside Ecuador in the qualifying campaign.
- Their only win in the last seven matches was against Australia in March, when they came from 3-0 down to win 4-3 at The Den in Millwall.
- Felipe Caicedo scored seven goals in nine games in qualification, including three penalties.
Goal Scorers
For Switzerland - Admir Memedi(47) and Haris Seferovic(90)
For Ecuador - Enner Valencia (22)
Enner Valencia put Ecuador into a shock lead in the first-half
Admir Mehmedi gets ahead of Ecuador's goalkeeper to equalise for Switzerland
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