Serbia vs. Switzerland live: Remo Freuler puts the Swiss back in front

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There’s everything to play for in this Group G finale as Serbia and Switzerland face off for a spot in the World Cup knockout stages. 

Switzerland are second in the standings and a draw will likely be enough thanks to their victory over Cameroon.

Serbia squandered a two-goal lead against the African nation to draw 3-3, and that means only a win will do if they are to qualify. Both of these teams are also banking on Brazil winning the other game.

Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights for Serbia vs. Switzerland at the 2022 World Cup. Follow for complete results from the Group G match in Qatar.

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Serbia vs. Switzerland latest score

  1H 2H Final
Serbia 2 — —
Switzerland 2 — —

Goals:

Shaqiri — SWI — 20th Min

Mitrovic — SER — 25th Min

Vlahovic — SER — 36th Min

Embolo — SWI — 44th Min

Freuler — SWI — 49th Min

World Cup Group G live standings

Team PTS GP W L D GF GA GD
1. Brazil-Q 7 3 2 0 1 3 0 +3
2. Switzerland 6 3 2 1 0 4 3 +1
3. Cameroon 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 -1
4. Serbia 1 3 0 2 1 5 8 -3

Confirmed lineups:

Serbia confirmed lineup (3-4-2-1, right to left): 23. V. Milinkovic-Savic (GK) — 4. Milenkovic, 5. Veljkovic, 2. Pavlovic — 14. Zivkovic, 20. Milinkovic-Savic, 16. Lukic, 17. Kostic — 10. Tadic — 9. Mitrovic, 18. Vlahovic

Switzerland confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): 21. Kobel (GK) — 3. Widmer, 5. Akanji, 22. Schar, 13. Rodriguez — 8. Freuler, 10. Xhaka — 23. Shaqiri, 15. Sow, 17. Vargas — 7. Embolo. 

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Serbia vs. Switzerland live updates, highlights from 2022 World Cup

86th min: Switzerland happy to wind the clock down as Christian Fassnacht comes on for the excellent Vargas.

81st mins: Serbia beginning to lose their composure here as Sasa Lukic is lucky to avoid a booking.

Switzerland break and win a free kick through Gudelj’s poor challenge, who is carded, and Mitrovic joins him in the book for dissent.

75th min: Serbia with all of the possession as we head into the final 15  — can they find a goal?

On comes Filip Djuricic and Nemanja Radonic for Tadic and Zivkovic.

Serbia’s final roll of the dice.

70th min: Double change from Switzerland as they look to take the sting out of Serbia. On come Denis Zakaria and Edimilson Fernandes as Shaqiri and Sow go off.

66th min: Mitrovic goes down in the box under a challenge from Fabian Schar and the referee wavs away his penalty appeals.

The Serbia bench are furious with the decision, as Predrag Rajkovic gets a booking, and Nemanja Maksimovic comes on for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

63rd min: Serbia are still looking to get forward and create chances as Tadic blasts over the bar and and Kobel grabs Filip Kostic’s cross-shot.

58 mins: Embolo has HUGE chance to wrap up the win as he skies an effort from close range — and his blushes are spared by the offside flag.

55 mins: Double change from Serbia as Luka Jovic and Nemanja Gudelj come on in place of Vlahovic and Strahinja Pavlovic.

A booking for Strahinja Pavlovic means he will miss out in the Round of 16 – if Serbia qualify!

49 mins: SWITZERLAND ARE BACK IN FRONT!!!

The second half picks up where the first half ended…………with another goal!!!!

Embolo does superbly to hold on to a long ball forward — and slip in Shaqiri — he feeds Vargas, and his clever flick is buried by Remo Freuler.

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48 mins: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic picks up a booking for a poor tackle in midfield.

46 mins: WE ARE BACK!!!!

Anyone for another GOAL FEST?

HALF TIME: AN OUTRAGEOUS FIRST 45 MINUTES IN DOHA!!!

Breathless stuff from both sides at Stadium 974, as four goals make it 2-2 at the break, with Switzerland battling back from 2-1 down to level just before the whistle!!!

The BIG half time news is that Switzerland are heading for the Round of 16 as it stands!!!

44 mins: SWITZERLAND ARE LEVEL!!!!! FOUR FIRST HALF GOALS!!!

Widmer bursts in behind the Serbia defence and squares for an easy tap in for Embolo!!!

INCREDIBLE!!

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40 mins: Switzerland have seen plenty of the ball since falling behind, but Serbia look happy to sit off before the break, after forcing themselves into the lead

36 mins: SERBIA HAVE TURNED IT AROUND!!!!!!

SERBIA ARE GOING THROUGH AS IT STANDS!!!

Switzerland are too slow to clear their lines and Vlahovic pounces on the loose ball to calmly steer past Kobel into the far corner!!!

WOW!!!!

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33 mins: A frustrated Vargas picks up a booking for a late tackle.

28 mins: Shaqiri latches on to Ricardo Rodriguez’s lofted ball in behind but his snatched effort flashes wide of the post!

25 mins: SERBIA ARE LEVELLLLLLLLL!!!

An instant response from Serbia!!!

Tadic races away down the left and cross into the box as Mitrovic gets across Manuel Akjani to head home a brilliant leveller.

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20 mins: GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL………..SHAQIRI FOR SWITZERLAND!!!!

SHAQIRI MARKS HIS RETURN WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH!!!!

Despite Serbia looking to turn the tide here in Doha, Switzerland catch them on the break to ease into a 1-0 lead!!!!

Djibril Sow is found in the centre of the box and calmly feeds in Shaqiri to slot past Milinkovic-Savic!!!

IT HAD TO BE HIM!!!!

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15 mins: It is end-to-end here in Doha as Ruben Vargas’ cut back is blocked inside the Serbia box.

Serbia then look to break and Silvan Widmer is cautioned for dragging back Filip Kostic.

10 mins: SERBIA HIT THE POST!!!

So……so close to an opener for Serbia!!!

Dusan Tadic drops the shoulder and feeds Andrija Zivkovic on the edge of the box, his superb effort cannons back off the post, and Aleksandar Mitrovic cannot poke home the rebound!!

7 mins: Serbia have settled down since that rocky start as Nikola Milenkovic gets up highest at a corner but his header bounces wide.

2 Mins: ALMOST A GOAL INSIDE THE FIRST 60 SECONDS!!!!

Breel Embolo finds himself with time and space inside the Serbia box but Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is super sharp to block away his effort!!!

WHAT………A…..START……!!!

Granit Xhaka then tries his luck from distance but Milinkovic-Savic is behind it all the way!!

KICK OFF: WE ARE UNDERWAY IN DOHA!!!

15 mins from kickoff: Can Mitrovic and Vlahovic fire Serbia into the knockouts?

30 mins from kickoff: All set at Stadium 974!!!

1 hr from kickoff: TEAM NEWS IS IN!!!!

Just one change for Serbia as Dusan Vlahovic comes in to bolster the attack and Nemanja Maksimovic drops to the bench.

Three swaps for Switzerland ahead of this one with Gregor Kobel starting in goal, ahead of Yann Sommer, with Fabian Schar and Xherdan Shaqiri brought into the starting side in place of Fabian Rieder and Nico Elvedi.

1 hr 30 mins from kickoff: Portugal and South Korea have confirmed their spots in the Round of 16 – but will it be Serbia or Switzerland as team No.16

2 hrs 15 mins from kickoff: The race to join Brazil in the Round of 16 IS ON – who will make it from Group G?

3 hrs from kickoff: The stage is set at Stadium 974!!

4 hrs 15 mins from kickoff: A pre-match message from ex Serbian star Nemanja Matic 

4 hrs 30 mins from kickoff: Mitrovic has been a GOAL MACHINE for Serbia!!!

4 hrs 45 mins from kickoff: Things are less clear for Serbia: they need to win this match and hope that Cameroon do not spring a surprise and defeat Brazil. There’s plenty of pressure on the likes of Lazio star Sergej Milinkovic-Savic today.

5 hrs from kickoff: Switzerland have been working hard in recovery after their defeat to Brazil, with the state of play for them pretty straightforward: win this game, and they are definitely into the Round of 16.

Serbia vs. Switzerland confirmed lineups

Dragan Stojkovic has opted against major changes for this game with Dusan Vlahovic’s inclusion set to boost Serbia’s firepower in attack.

Serbia confirmed lineup (3-4-2-1, right to left): 23. V. Milinkovic-Savic (GK) — 4. Milenkovic, 5. Veljkovic, 2. Pavlovic — 14. Zivkovic, 20. Milinkovic-Savic, 16. Lukic, 17. Kostic — 10. Tadic — 9. Mitrovic, 18. Vlahovic

Xherdan Shaqiri returns to the Swiss midfield, with Yann Sommer offered a rest in goal, as Gregor Kobel starts.

Switzerland confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): 21. Kobel (GK) — 3. Widmer, 5. Akanji, 22. Schar, 13. Rodriguez — 8. Freuler, 10. Xhaka — 23. Shaqiri, 15. Sow, 17. Vargas — 7. Embolo. 

Serbia vs. Switzerland live stream, TV channel

This final Group G match will be played at Stadium 974. Here’s how you can watch all the action in some of the major global territories.

  Date Time TV Channel Streaming
USA Fri, Dec 2 14:00 ET FS1,
Universo		 fuboTV,
Fox Sports site/app,
Universo NOW, Peacock
Canada Fri, Dec 2 14:00 ET TSN 2, RDS 2 (French) TSN site/app,
RDS app
UK Fri, Dec 2 19:00 GMT ITV 4, STV ITVX, STV Player
Australia Sat, Dec. 3 06:00 AEDT SBS VICELAND SBS On Demand
India Sat, Dec 3 00:30 IST Sports 18 HD Voot, JioTV
Hong Kong Sat, Dec 3 03:00 HKT Now TV (Ch. 619, 617) Now TV
Malaysia Sat, Dec 3 03:00 MYT Astro FIFA World Cup 2 Astro GO
Singapore Sat, Dec 3 03:00 SGT StarHub TV FIFA World Cup,
Singtel FIFA World Cup 142		 Singtel TV GO, CAST,
StarHub TV+, MeWatch
New Zealand Sat, Dec. 3 08:00 NZDT Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports Sky Go, Sky Sport NOW

Watch the match on fuboTV in USA:

  • Q = Qualified to Round of 16
  • E = Eliminated
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