2018 FIFA World Cup Group E

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2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting Group E of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

Group E of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018. [1] The group consisted of Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Serbia. The top two teams, Brazil and Switzerland, advanced to the round of 16. [2]

Contents

Brazil, Serbia, and Switzerland played in the same group at the following FIFA World Cup. [3]

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotConfederationMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
October 2017 [nb 1] June 2018
E1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin winners28 March 201721st 2014 (fourth place)Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)22
E2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2 UEFA UEFA second round winners12 November 201711th 2014 (round of 16)Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)116
E3Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3 CONCACAF CONCACAF fifth round runners-up7 October 20175th 2014 (quarter-finals)Quarter-finals (2014)2223
E4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4 UEFA UEFA Group D winners9 October 201712th [nb 2] 2010 (group stage)Fourth place (1930, 1962) [nb 3] 3834
Notes
  1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. This is the 2nd appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia, who qualified on 8 occasions, and Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified on 2 occasions.
  3. Serbia's best result is group stage in 2010. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 321051+47Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 312054+15
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 31022423
4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 30122531
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are local time. [1]

Costa Rica vs Serbia

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Aleksandar Kolarov scored the lone goal and won the Man of the Match award

The two teams had never met before. [4]

Both defences were tested in the opening moments - Aleksandar Mitrović seeing an effort hooked off the line before Giancarlo González headed straight at Vladimir Stojković at the other end. The Serbian team was almost punished for their lack of penetration when Francisco Calvo dragged a strike wide as Costa Rica enjoyed a short spell of possession just before the break. Aleksandar Kolarov’s left-footed free kick from the right flew into the top right corner. [5] [6] Serbia's Nemanja Matić, meanwhile, was involved in a confrontation with a member of the Costa Rica coaching staff in injury time as he tried to retrieve the ball after it went out of play. [7]

Serbia have won their opening game at a World Cup tournament for the first time since 1998, when they did so as Yugoslavia against Iran (1–0). Costa Rica suffered their first defeat at the World Cup since 2006 (1–2 v Poland), ending a run of five games unbeaten in the competition (W2 D3). Kolarov's strike was the first direct free-kick scored by a Serbia/Yugoslavia player at a World Cup tournament since 1998, when Siniša Mihajlović netted against Iran. Kolarov's goal for Serbia was the third direct free-kick scored at this year's World Cup (after Russia's Aleksandr Golovin and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo), which is already as many as there were in the entire 2014 tournament in Brazil. [6] [7]

Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg0–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
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  • Kolarov Soccerball shade.svg56'
Cosmos Arena, Samara
Attendance: 41,432 [8]
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
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Costa Rica [9]
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Serbia [9]
GK1 Keylor Navas
SW3 Giancarlo González
CB2 Jhonny Acosta
CB6 Óscar Duarte
RWB16 Cristian Gamboa
LWB15 Francisco Calvo Yellow card.svg 22'
CM20 David Guzmán Yellow card.svg 56'Sub off.svg 73'
CM5 Celso Borges
RW11 Johan Venegas Sub off.svg 60'
LW10 Bryan Ruiz (c)
CF21 Marco Ureña Sub off.svg 66'
Substitutions:
MF7 Christian Bolaños Sub on.svg 60'
FW12 Joel Campbell Sub on.svg 66'
MF9 Daniel Colindres Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Óscar Ramírez
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GK1 Vladimir Stojković
RB6 Branislav Ivanović Yellow card.svg 59'
CB15 Nikola Milenković
CB3 Duško Tošić
LB11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c)
CM21 Nemanja Matić
CM4 Luka Milivojević
RW10 Dušan Tadić Sub off.svg 83'
AM20 Sergej Milinković-Savić
LW22 Adem Ljajić Sub off.svg 70'
CF9 Aleksandar Mitrović Sub off.svg 90'
Substitutions:
MF17 Filip Kostić Sub on.svg 70'
DF2 Antonio Rukavina Sub on.svg 83'
FW8 Aleksandar Prijović Yellow card.svg 90+8'Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Mladen Krstajić

Man of the Match:
Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) [8]

Assistant referees: [9]
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
El Hadji Samba (Senegal)
Fourth official:
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Video assistant referee:
Clément Turpin (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Brazil vs Switzerland

The two teams had met in eight matches, including one game at the 1950 FIFA World Cup group stage, a 2–2 draw. [10]

Paulinho's close-range effort forced Yann Sommer into a save. The first goal was scored shortly after when Philippe Coutinho scored from outside the penalty area with a right foot shot. Brazil also came close before the break as Thiago Silva headed inches over the crossbar. Five minutes into the second half, Steven Zuber equalised with a controversial header after a corner from the right decided by VAR review when he appeared to push Miranda in the back. More controversy was caused in the 73rd minute, after Gabriel Jesus was denied a penalty after being hacked down by Manuel Akanji in the penalty area. [11] Brazil came close several times during the closing minutes, but Neymar, Roberto Firmino, and Miranda were unable to garner goals. [12] [13]

Brazil have failed to win any of their last three World Cup matches (D1 L2), their worst winless run since June 1978, when they went four games without a win. [13] Valon Behrami is the first Switzerland player in history to appear at four World Cups. [14] Brazil failed to win their opening match at the World Cup for the first time since 1978, when they drew 1–1 with Sweden. [15]

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
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Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 43,109 [16]
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
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Brazil [17]
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Switzerland [17]
GK1 Alisson
RB14 Danilo
CB2 Thiago Silva
CB3 Miranda
LB12 Marcelo (c)
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CM15 Paulinho Sub off.svg 67'
RW19 Willian
AM11 Philippe Coutinho
LW10 Neymar
CF9 Gabriel Jesus Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
MF17 Fernandinho Sub on.svg 60'
MF8 Renato Augusto Sub on.svg 67'
FW20 Roberto Firmino Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
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GK1 Yann Sommer
RB2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c)Yellow card.svg 31'Sub off.svg 87'
CB22 Fabian Schär Yellow card.svg 65'
CB5 Manuel Akanji
LB13 Ricardo Rodríguez
CM11 Valon Behrami Yellow card.svg 68'Sub off.svg 71'
CM10 Granit Xhaka
RW23 Xherdan Shaqiri
AM15 Blerim Džemaili
LW14 Steven Zuber
CF9 Haris Seferovic Sub off.svg 80'
Substitutions:
MF17 Denis Zakaria Sub on.svg 71'
FW7 Breel Embolo Sub on.svg 80'
DF6 Michael Lang Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) [16]

Assistant referees: [17]
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
Fourth official:
John Pitti (Panama)
Reserve assistant referee:
Gabriel Victoria (Panama)
Video assistant referee:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Brazil vs Costa Rica

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Goalscorer and Man of the Match Philippe Coutinho, followed by Johnny Acosta

The two teams had met in ten matches, including two games at the FIFA World Cup's group stages, in 1990 and 2002, with both ending in a victory for Brazil's (1–0 and 5–2, respectively). [18]

Celso Borges shot an effort wide of the target from a Cristian Gamboa cutback after 13 minutes. Gabriel Jesus shot into the back of the net from an offside position in the 25th minute. Marcelo shot a low drive five minutes from the break, which Keylor Navas stopped. After the break, Jesus headed against the crossbar before Navas diverted Philippe Coutinho's follow-up wide. Neymar curled around the right-hand post from 18 yards in the 72nd minute, before the officials arrived at the correct decision via VAR to deny him a penalty. Coutinho gave Brazil the lead in the 91st minute, when he burst into the box to get on the end of a Roberto Firmino nod down and a touch from Jesus before poking the ball low to the net. Neymar then tapped home Douglas Costa's chipped cross from the right from close range deeper into the stoppage time. [19]

Neymar's strike seven minutes into stoppage time was the latest ever at a World Cup in regular time. [20] This was Brazil's first World Cup victory thanks to a goal scored in the 90th minute. [21] Costa Rica were knocked out of the tournament after this game for the first time since 2006, with a game to play. In addition, with Germany having won the all-time record of most World Cup goals by any team with 224 goals after their win against Argentina in the final of the previous World Cup, Neymar's goal successfully tied up the record with Germany.

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg2–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
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Brazil [23]
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Costa Rica [23]
GK1 Alisson
RB22 Fagner
CB2 Thiago Silva (c)
CB3 Miranda
LB12 Marcelo
CM5 Casemiro
CM15 Paulinho Sub off.svg 68'
RW19 Willian Sub off.svg 46'
AM11 Philippe Coutinho Yellow card.svg 81'
LW10 Neymar Yellow card.svg 81'
CF9 Gabriel Jesus Sub off.svg 90+3'
Substitutions:
FW7 Douglas Costa Sub on.svg 46'
FW20 Roberto Firmino Sub on.svg 68'
MF17 Fernandinho Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Tite
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GK1 Keylor Navas
SW2 Jhonny Acosta Yellow card.svg 84'
CB3 Giancarlo González
CB6 Óscar Duarte
RWB16 Cristian Gamboa Sub off.svg 75'
LWB8 Bryan Oviedo
CM20 David Guzmán Sub off.svg 83'
CM5 Celso Borges
RW11 Johan Venegas
LW10 Bryan Ruiz (c)
CF21 Marco Ureña Sub off.svg 54'
Substitutions:
MF7 Christian Bolaños Sub on.svg 54'
DF15 Francisco Calvo Sub on.svg 75'
MF17 Yeltsin Tejeda Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Óscar Ramírez

Man of the Match:
Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) [22]

Assistant referees: [23]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Mark Geiger (United States)

Serbia vs Switzerland

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Swiss players and fans celebrating Shaqiri's goal

The two teams had never met. Playing as Yugoslavia, the two teams met 13 times, including one game at the 1950 FIFA World Cup group stage, a 3–0 victory for Yugoslavia. [10]

Dušan Tadić checked back onto his left foot to send in a cross from the right that Aleksandar Mitrović met with a header into the left side of the net. Blerim Džemaili shot wide from inside the penalty area. Serbia pressed and Sergej Milinković-Savić shot narrowly wide with a rising 20-yard drive. With almost half an hour played Steven Zuber passed the ball to Džemaili who drew a one-handed save from Vladimir Stojković down to the goalkeeper's right. After 52 minutes, Xherdan Shaqiri's shot rebounded back to Granit Xhaka and the midfielder curled a right-footed shot into the far corner of the net from 25 yards. Shaqiri hit the frame of the goal with a bending effort from the right. Switzerland substitute Mario Gavranović was flagged offside as he hit the side-netting. And, in the final minute of normal time, Gavranović played a throughball to Shaqiri, who outpaced Duško Tošić and ran from near the half-way line into the box before nutmegging Stojković with a low finish from the left. [24] [25]

Stephan Lichtsteiner made his ninth World Cup appearance for Switzerland in this game, breaking the national record held by Charles Antenen since 1962. [26]

Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
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Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 33,167 [27]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
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Serbia [28]
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Switzerland [28]
GK1 Vladimir Stojković
RB6 Branislav Ivanović
CB15 Nikola Milenković
CB3 Duško Tošić
LB11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c)
CM21 Nemanja Matić Yellow card.svg 45+2'
CM4 Luka Milivojević Yellow card.svg 39'Sub off.svg 81'
RW10 Dušan Tadić
AM20 Sergej Milinković-Savić Yellow card.svg 34'
LW17 Filip Kostić Sub off.svg 64'
CF9 Aleksandar Mitrović Yellow card.svg 87'
Substitutions:
MF22 Adem Ljajić Sub on.svg 64'
FW18 Nemanja Radonjić Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Mladen Krstajić
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GK1 Yann Sommer
RB2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c)
CB22 Fabian Schär
CB5 Manuel Akanji
LB13 Ricardo Rodríguez
CM11 Valon Behrami
CM10 Granit Xhaka
RW23 Xherdan Shaqiri Yellow card.svg 90+1'
AM15 Blerim Džemaili Sub off.svg 73'
LW14 Steven Zuber Sub off.svg 90+4'
CF9 Haris Seferovic Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
FW18 Mario Gavranović Sub on.svg 46'
FW7 Breel Embolo Sub on.svg 73'
FW19 Josip Drmić Sub on.svg 90+4'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match:
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) [27]

Assistant referees: [28]
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Reserve assistant referee:
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Clément Turpin (France)

Serbia vs Brazil

The two teams had met once, a 2014 friendly won by Brazil 1–0. Playing as Yugoslavia, the two teams met 18 times, including four times at FIFA World Cup's group stages in 1930, 1950, 1954 and 1974, with one victory each and two draws. [18]

Marcelo was replaced with Filipe Luís in the 10th minute, due to a back spasm. Gabriel Jesus created a chance for Neymar, whose cross-goal strike was pushed away by Vladimir Stojković. Jesus cut inside of Miloš Veljković and saw his shot blocked behind by Nikola Milenković. In the 36th minute, Paulinho raced between two defenders and poked Philippe Coutinho's delivery beyond the onrushing Stojković. Neymar had a low drive kept out by Stojković at the near post five minutes into the second period. Aleksandar Mitrović headed a cross from Antonio Rukavina straight at the feet of the keeper in the 65th minute. Thiago Silva headed home at the near post from Neymar's left-wing corner in the 68th minute. [29] [30]

Brazil have qualified from the group stage of the World Cup for the 13th consecutive tournament, a run stretching back to 1970. Brazil have now won back-to-back World Cup matches for the first time since 2010, when they won their opening two group matches. [31] For Serbia, this was the second consecutive elimination from the group stage in their World Cup history as an independent nation. Also, after Germany's previous match with Sweden where Germany initially managed to restore the all-time record of World Cup goals by any team with 226 goals, just as Brazil have managed to tie up the record of 224 goals after Neymar's goal in the match against Costa Rica, they have done it again in this match with Thiago Silva's goal that has now brought them to 226 goals with Germany.

Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg0–2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Otkritie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 44,190 [32]
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
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Serbia [33]
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Brazil [33]
GK1 Vladimir Stojković
RB2 Antonio Rukavina
CB15 Nikola Milenković
CB13 Miloš Veljković
LB11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c)
CM21 Nemanja Matić Yellow card.svg 48'
CM20 Sergej Milinković-Savić
RW10 Dušan Tadić
AM22 Adem Ljajić Yellow card.svg 33'Sub off.svg 75'
LW17 Filip Kostić Sub off.svg 82'
CF9 Aleksandar Mitrović Yellow card.svg 70'Sub off.svg 89'
Substitutions:
MF7 Andrija Živković Sub on.svg 75'
FW18 Nemanja Radonjić Sub on.svg 82'
FW19 Luka Jović Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Mladen Krstajić
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GK1 Alisson
RB22 Fagner
CB2 Thiago Silva
CB3 Miranda (c)
LB12 Marcelo Sub off.svg 10'
CM15 Paulinho Sub off.svg 66'
CM5 Casemiro
RW19 Willian
AM11 Philippe Coutinho Sub off.svg 80'
LW10 Neymar
CF9 Gabriel Jesus
Substitutions:
DF6 Filipe Luís Sub on.svg 10'
MF17 Fernandinho Sub on.svg 66'
MF8 Renato Augusto Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Tite

Man of the Match:
Paulinho (Brazil) [32]

Assistant referees: [33]
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
Fourth official:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Reserve assistant referee:
Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Switzerland vs Costa Rica

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The Costa Ricans celebrating Waston's goal

The two teams had faced each other twice, most recently in a 2010 friendly won by Costa Rica 1–0. [10]

Two Costa Rican shots hit the woodwork, one of which was tipped on to the post by Sommer, before Stephan Lichtsteiner's right-wing cross was headed back across goal by Breel Embolo, and the unmarked Blerim Džemaili lashed home from eight yards. Keylor Navas blocked Embolo's effort at his near post, before Kendall Waston headed Joel Campbell's outswinging corner from six yards after 56 minutes. Josip Drmić slotted into the bottom corner from Denis Zakaria's low cross. Switzerland then hit the frame of the goal in the 78th minute. Referee awarded a spot-kick after Bryan Ruiz had been bundled over in the area, only for the decision to be reversed after replays showed that he had strayed into an offside position when he received the ball. [34] Ruiz did get a chance from the spot in the third minute of stoppage time when Campbell was felled in the box, his penalty hit the bar and then bounced in the net off of Yann Sommer's head as an own goal. [35]

Waston's goal for Costa Rica was their first in 424 minutes of play in World Cup matches (not including penalty shootouts), with their previous goal scored by Ruiz in the last 16 of the 2014 tournament against Greece. [36] Switzerland have avoided defeat in each of their three group stage matches at the World Cup for the first time since 2006. Costa Rica became the last side to score a goal at Russia 2018. Sommer is just the third goalkeeper to score an own goal at the World Cup, after Honduras' Noel Valladares against France in 2014 and Spain's Andoni Zubizarreta against Nigeria in 1998. [35]

Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–2Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
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Switzerland [38]
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Costa Rica [38]
GK1 Yann Sommer
RB2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c)Yellow card.svg 37'
CB22 Fabian Schär Yellow card.svg 83'
CB5 Manuel Akanji
LB13 Ricardo Rodríguez
CM11 Valon Behrami Sub off.svg 60'
CM10 Granit Xhaka
RW23 Xherdan Shaqiri Sub off.svg 81'
AM15 Blerim Džemaili
LW7 Breel Embolo
CF18 Mario Gavranović Sub off.svg 69'
Substitutions:
MF17 Denis Zakaria Yellow card.svg 75'Sub on.svg 60'
FW19 Josip Drmić Sub on.svg 69'
DF6 Michael Lang Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
SUI-CRC 2018-06-27.svg
GK1 Keylor Navas
SW3 Giancarlo González
CB2 Jhonny Acosta
CB19 Kendall Waston Yellow card.svg 89'
RWB16 Cristian Gamboa Yellow card.svg 11'Sub off.svg 90+3'
LWB8 Bryan Oviedo
CM5 Celso Borges
CM20 David Guzmán Sub off.svg 90+1'
RW9 Daniel Colindres Sub off.svg 81'
LW10 Bryan Ruiz (c)
CF12 Joel Campbell Yellow card.svg 29'
Substitutions:
MF13 Rodney Wallace Sub on.svg 81'
MF14 Randall Azofeifa Sub on.svg 90+1'
DF4 Ian Smith Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
Óscar Ramírez

Man of the Match:
Blerim Džemaili (Switzerland) [37]

Assistant referees: [38]
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia)
Video assistant referee:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
Yellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svg Red card.svg
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12−3
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 213−6
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 313−7
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 243−9

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 FIFA World Cup Group G</span>

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