Ireland-Switzerland is a friendly and is played Tuesday at 8:45 p.m.: news, stats, likely lineups, predictions, live TV and streaming.
Ireland has not yet decided who will be the successor to former coach Stephen Kenny, who was exonerated last November after a disappointing Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.
In the meantime, former Manchester United defender John O’Shea, interim selector of the Boys in Green, is doing what he can to convince the federation to extend his contract and rely on him ahead of the upcoming fixtures, the Nations League-Ireland will start from League B with England, Finland and Greece-and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Much will depend on the outcome of the friendly with Switzerland, in which O’Shea’s men will be looking for their third consecutive useful result after two draws with New Zealand and Belgium. Last Saturday, Ireland played a great game against a better-equipped selection such as the Red Devils, shining especially in non-possession of the ball (0-0). O’Shea wants to see the same determination against the Helvetians, also coming off a scoreless draw.
At Copenhagen’s Parken, Denmark’s “home,” emotions were counted on the fingers of one hand, with the two teams almost never really dangerous.
The fact of the matter is that Murat Yakin’s Nati continues to postpone their appointment with victory, and since June they have had the better of only the modest selection of Andorra. Switzerland, unlike Ireland, managed to qualify for the German European Championship, although in the qualifiers, despite a far from prohibitive group, everything did not go smoothly. Yakin will once again put faith in AC Milan striker Noah Okafor, who will play in tandem with former Basel player Amdouni. On the other side, O’Shea could field the same eleven as last Saturday.
The prediction
Switzerland has some problems in attack – just one goal in the last three matches – and will probably struggle to pierce the Irish defense, which has already held its own against top-ranked Belgium. We expect another low-tempo match, which could end in a draw.
Ireland-Switzerland
likely lineups.
IRLAND (3-4-2-1): Bazunu; Omobamidele, Collins, O’Brien; Coleman, Cullen, Smallbone, Manning; Ogbene, Szmodics; Ferguson.
SWITZERLAND (3-5-2): Mvogo; Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez; Ndoye, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer, Vargas; Okafor, Amdouni.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-0
