Thanks for sticking with us in an at times less than inspiring game. But for Sweden the dream continues, they await the victor of tonight's last round of 16 game England vs Colombia. We'll have all the build up and team news for that one here:
Sweden are through to the quarter finals after a cruel deflection from Manuel Akanji sent Emil Forsberg's shot into the net past a helpless Yann Sommer. The game was far from a classic, but Sweden won't care!
86 mins: Switzerland really going for broke now as they pile numbers into the box. Their most recent attack came to a premature end as Shaqiri slightly over hit his cross, which went out for a corner
67 mins: GOAL! Sweden 1-0 Switzerland (Emil Forsberg)
We have a goal! Forsberg with a poorly hit strike that looks to be heading straight into the arms of Yann Sommer, but it takes a cruel deflection from Manuel Akanji and finds the net!
61 mins: Behrami the next to miss a potential quarter final, the challenge looks to be a fair one, but the referee signals that card is for an accumulation of fouls
59 mins: That early goal we asked for failed to materialise. We are back to the pattern of the first half with few clear chances for either team. On the plus side this is knockout football, so at some point the ball with have to hit the back of the net.
The game will be shown live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with coverage starting from 2.30pm BST.
Odds:
Sweden: 2/1
Switzerland: 7/4
Draw after 90 minutes: 2/1
Prediction:
Sweden 2-1 Switzerland. It will be a close game between the two and despite Switzerland being the higher-ranked side, Sweden’s performances so far look like they could be enough to guide them through. Just.
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