Preview: Switzerland - Turkey

Switzerland - Turkey (Group A)
We 11.06.08 20:45 Stadion: St. Jakob-Park (Basel)

A victory for the UEFA EURO 2008™ co-hosts would rekindle their hopes of progress from the group stage. Magnin is ready to take over the captain's armband in place of the injured Alexander Frei. But also for the Turkish team it’s a game with finale character, because they also lost their first game versus Portugal. Still in mind is the last game between Switzerland and Turkey in World Cup Qualification 2006. After a 2-0 home win for Switzerland, Turkey won the return game 4-2 and Switzerland was qualified for the World Cup 2006 in Germany. At all Turkey won 3 of the last 6 games versus Switzerland.

Possible Linups:

Switzerland:
1 Benaglio - 5 Lichtsteiner, 20 Müller, 4 Senderos, 3 Magnin - 19 Behrami, 8 Inler, 15 Fernandes, 16 Barnetta - 11 Streller, 10 Yakin

Turkey:
23 Volkan Demirel - 22 Hamit Altintop, 2 Servet Cetin, 15 Emre Asik, 3 Hakan Balta - 18 Kazim Kazim, 7 Mehmet Aurelio, 5 Emre Belözoglu - 21 Mevlüt Erdinc, 8 Nihat Kahveci, 17 Tuncay Sanli

Analysis:

Switzerland had bad luck versus Czech Republic while Turkey had no chance versus Portugal. With the home advantage I prefer Switzerland tonight.

Pick: win for Switzerland – expect.com Odds 2.30 + £25 for all new customers