Brazil vs Switzerland Soccer Preview

Tournament favorites Brazil against Switzerland will provide a spectacular setting for the second match in Group E at the FIFA World Cup Russia at the Rostov Arena.

This Sunday game marks the return of the Brazilians after their devastating campaign on home soil in 2014. Two years in recovering from that traumatic match, and then thanks to Tite’s arrival as a coach of Brazil. He restored a sense of calm to the team. The five-time world champions have only six players with World Cup experience in their ranks, just like as was the case four years ago.

Swiss has lost just once since early 2016 and only exited UEFA EURO 2016 on penalties. So facing Brazil will be quite challenging. In the European preliminaries, Switzerland had an excellent campaign and they know what it takes to impress against a big-name team in an opening match. They have already beaten eventual champions Spain in their first outing at South Africa in 2010.

Possible line-ups:

Brazil: Marcelo, Casemiro, Alisson, Danilo, Neymar, Thiago Silva, Paulinho, Philippe Coutinho, Willian, Gabriel Jesus.

Switzerland: Schaer, Akanji, Rodriguez, Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Zuber, Seferovic, Behrami, Xhaka.