Switzerland have a very good chance of qualifying as they take on Honduras, but need a favour from France.
Group E concludes this evening and the tie kicks off in Manaus at 21.00 UK time.
The Swiss were seeds in this group, but are currently joint second with Ecuador going into the final games.
Switzerland have a very good chance of qualifying as they take on Honduras, but need a favour from France.
Group E concludes this evening and the tie kicks off in Manaus at 21.00 UK time.
The Swiss were seeds in this group, but are currently joint second with Ecuador going into the final games.
They can be considered favourites to qualify, as they face a Honduras side that has lost both encounters so far while Ecuador go up against Les Bleus.
Ex-Palermo defender Steve Von Bergen is out of action, so Basel centre-back Fabian Schaer steps in to partner Johan Djourou rather than Philippe Senderos.
Napoli duo Valon Behrami and Gokhan Inler start together, with Blerim Dzemaili ready to come off the bench, and Juventus” data-scaytid=”15″>Juventus right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Honduras welcome back Wilson Palacios from suspension after his red card in the 3-0 defeat to France.
Carlo Costly and Jerry Bengtson are again picked up front, but Emilio Izaguirre is dropped in favour of Juan Carlos Garcia.
Honduras: Valladares; Beckeles, Bernardez, Figueroa, J Garcia; B Garcia, W Palacios, Claros, Espinoza; Bengtson, Costly
Switzerland: Benaglio; Lichtsteiner, Djourou, Schaer, Rodriguez; Inler, Behrami; Mehmedi, Xhaka, Shaqiri; Drmic