While Spain were left disappointed with their result against the Czech Republic, their starting XI will have a more familiar feel to it this time around, which is more than can be said for their hosts.
Schar's suspension only adds to Yakin's defensive dilemma while his side struggle for inspiration in all areas of the field, and we can only envisage La Roja picking up their first victory of the group in comfortable fashion.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Spain win with a probability of 42.1%. A win for Switzerland had a probability of 29.77% and a draw had a probability of 28.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Spain win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.34%) and 0-2 (8.16%). The likeliest Switzerland win was 1-0 (10.3%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.11%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 12.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Spain in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Spain.
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