This will be the fourth meeting between England and Switzerland at a major tournament, and third at the UEFA European Championship. England won 2-0 in the 1954 World Cup, 3-0 at EURO 2004, and had a 1-1 draw at EURO 1996.
England have lost just one of their last 24 meetings with Switzerland in all competitions (W17 D6), and are unbeaten in 13 (W9 D4) since a 2-1 loss in a World Cup qualifier in May 1981.
England have now reached the quarter-final in all four of their major tournaments under Gareth Southgate, the first time they’ve ever reached the last eight at four consecutive EUROs/World Cups. They’ve progressed from two of their four EURO quarter-final matches, with three of the four such games being decided on penalties.
Switzerland have reached only their fifth ever major tournament (World Cup/EUROs) quarter-final, and second at the UEFA European Championship, after EURO 2020. They have been eliminated at this stage in all four of their previous attempts; this is the most any European nation has featured in quarter-finals of major tournaments without ever participating in a semi-final.
Having lost six of their first eight matches (D2) at the UEFA European Championship, Switzerland have lost just one of their last 14 in the competition (W5 D8). Two of those eight draws, however, have resulted in penalty shootout defeats.
England have won 49 of their 116 matches at major international tournaments (World Cup/EUROs – D37 L30), and would be the sixth European nation to reach 50 with a victory here after Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Netherlands.
This will be Gareth Southgate’s 100th match in charge of the England national team, the third manager to reach that milestone. Walter Winterbottom drew his 100th match (3-3 with Northern Ireland in 1958), while Alf Ramsey won his 1-0 against Wales in 1972.
Kieran Trippier has created more chances (7) and made more line breaking passes behind the defensive line (6) than any other England player so far at EURO 2024.
Granit Xhaka has created more chances (8), completed more passes (254) and made more line breaking passes (51) than any other Switzerland player so far at EURO 2024.
Seven different players have scored for Switzerland at EURO 2024 (Shaqiri, Freuler, Ndoye, Duah, Embolo, Aebischer and Vargas), their most different scorers at a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs).