Day 4 Pre-match stats: ARG vs BOS, FRA vs HON, SUI vs ECU

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June 15 – Messi vs Dzeko, Msssi has scored once in 571 mnutes of World Cup football, Dzeko scoed 10 in qualifying. France have never played Honduras beore, the Swiss have never played Ecuador.

Argentina v Bosnia and Herzegovina

Head to Head games

14/05/98 Argentina v Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-bosnia-herzegovina-14-may-1998-265478/
18/11/13 Argentina v Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-bosnia-herzegovina-18-november-2013-305874/

FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
Argentina: Rank: 5 Points: 1175
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rank: 21 Points: 873

World Cup 2014 Qualifying
Argentina
First in CONMEBOL Group with 32 points (P16 W9 D5 L2 GF35 GA15)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
First in UEFA Group G with 25 points (P10 W8 D1 L1 GF30 GA6)

Argentina v Bosnia stats
Argentina have won 9 and lost just 1 of their last 12 World Cup group games, scoring 24 and conceding just four in total in this run.
The great Lionel Messi has only scored one goal in 571 minutes of World Cup football.
Argentina scored more goals than any other South American side in qualifying (35).
Bosnia-Herzegovina are the only country making their World Cup debut in 2014.
The 5-0 loss to Argentina in 1998 remains Bosnia’s heaviest defeat.
Dzeko scored 10 goals in qualifying.

Last 10 Matches

Argentina
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15/06/13 Guatemala 0 – 4 Argentina (International)
14/08/13 Italy 1 – 2 Argentina (International)
11/09/13 Paraguay 2 – 5 Argentina (World Cup Qualification South America)
12/10/13 Argentina 3 – 1 Peru (World Cup Qualification South America)
16/10/13 Uruguay 3 – 2 Argentina (World Cup Qualification South America)
16/11/13 Ecuador 0 – 0 Argentina (International)
19/11/13 Argentina 2 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (International)
05/03/14 Romania 0 – 0 Argentina (International)
04/06/14 Argentina 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago (International)
07/06/14 Argentina 2 – 0 Slovenia (International)

Goals for: 23 Goals against: 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina
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07/06/13 Latvia 0 – 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Cup Qualification Europe)
14/08/13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 – 4 United States (International)
06/09/13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 – 1 Slovakia (World Cup Qualification Europe)
10/09/13 Slovakia 1 – 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Cup Qualification Europe)
11/10/13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 – 1 Liechtenstein (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/10/13 Lithuania 0 – 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Cup Qualification Europe)
19/11/13 Argentina 2 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (International)
05/03/14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 – 2 Egypt (International)
31/05/14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 – 1 Côte d’Ivoire (International)
04/06/14 Mexico 0 – 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (International)

Goals for: 18 Goals against: 12

France v Honduras

Head to Head games

First meeting between these two countries.

FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
France: Rank: 17 Points: 913
Honduras: Rank: 33 Points: 731

World Cup 2014 Qualifying
France
Second in UEFA Group I with 17 points (P8 W5 D2 L1 GF15 GA6)
Play-off v Ukraine: Ukraine 2-0 France, France 3-0 Ukraine

Honduras
Third in CONCACAF Group with 15 points (P10 W4 D3 L3 GF13 GA12)

France v Honduras stats

This will be the 1st ever meeting between France and Honduras.
France have only won 1 of their last 9 games in the World Cup group stages (2-0 v Togo in 2006).
Franck Ribéry was France’s top scorer during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with 5 goals in 10 games. He is injured & out of the French squad.
Since winning the World Cup in 1998, France have failed to score in 3 World Cup openers, drawing two 0-0 and losing 1-0 to Senegal in 2002.
Honduras failed to score in the 2010 World Cup.
Jerry Bengtson was Honduras’ top scorer in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with 9 goals in 12 games.

Last 10 Matches

France
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06/09/13 Georgia 0 – 0 France (World Cup Qualification Europe)
10/09/13 Belarus 2 – 4 France (World Cup Qualification Europe)
11/10/13 France 6 – 0 Australia (International)
15/10/13 France 3 – 0 Finland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 Ukraine 2 – 0 France (World Cup Qualification Europe)
19/11/13 France 3 – 0 Ukraine (World Cup Qualification Europe)
05/03/14 France 2 – 0 Netherlands (International)
27/05/14 France 4 – 0 Norway (International)
01/06/14 France 1 – 1 Paraguay (International)
08/06/14 France 8 – 0 Jamaica (International)

Goals for: 31 Goals against: 5

Honduras
WDWDLDWLLD

07/09/13 Mexico 1 – 2 Honduras (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
11/09/13 Honduras 2 – 2 Panama (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
11/10/13 Honduras 1 – 0 Costa Rica (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
16/10/13 Jamaica 2 – 2 Honduras (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
17/11/13 Honduras 0 – 5 Brazil (International)
20/11/13 Honduras 2 – 2 Ecuador (International)
06/03/14 Honduras 2 – 1 Venezuela (International)
30/05/14 Honduras 0 – 2 Turkey (International)
02/06/14 Honduras 2 – 4 Israel (International)
07/06/14 England 0 – 0 Honduras (International)

Goals for: 13 Goals against: 19

Switzerland v Ecuador

Head to Head games

First metting between these two countries.

FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)

Switzerland: Rank: 6 Points: 1149
Ecuador: Rank: 26 Points: 791

World Cup 2014 Qualifying

Switzerland
First in UEFA Group E with 24 points (P10 W7 D3 L0 GF17 GA6)

Ecuador
Second in CONMEBOL Group with 25 points (P16 W7 D4 L5 GF20 GA16)

Switzerland v Ecuador stats

This will be the first ever meeting between Switzerland and Ecuador.
Switzerland have only conceded one goal in their last 7 World Cup games.
Switzerland were unbeaten in World Cup qualification, winning 7 and drawing 3 of their 10 qualifiers.
Ecuador have never drawn a World Cup game (W3 D0 L4).
Felipe Caicedo scored 7 goals in 9 games in qualification (including 3 penalties).
Switzerland’s only defeat in their last 18 internationals came away to South Korea in November (W12, D5, L1).
Ecuador failed to win any of their eight matches outside Ecuador in the qualifying campaign.
Ecuador’s only win in the last 7 matches was against Australia: They beat Australia 4-3 in March after being 3-0 down.

Last 10 Matches

Switzerland
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08/06/13 Switzerland 1 – 0 Cyprus (World Cup Qualification Europe)
14/08/13 Switzerland 1 – 0 Brazil (International)
06/09/13 Switzerland 4 – 4 Iceland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
10/09/13 Norway 0 – 2 Switzerland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
11/10/13 Albania 1 – 2 Switzerland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/10/13 Switzerland 1 – 0 Slovenia (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 Korea Republic 2 – 1 Switzerland (International)
05/03/14 Switzerland 2 – 2 Croatia (International)
30/05/14 Switzerland 1 – 0 Jamaica (International)
03/06/14 Switzerland 2 – 0 Peru (International)

Goals for: 17 Goals against: 9

Ecuador
LDWLDDWDLD

06/09/13 Colombia 1 – 0 Ecuador (World Cup Qualification South America)
10/09/13 Bolivia 1 – 1 Ecuador (World Cup Qualification South America)
11/10/13 Ecuador 1 – 0 Uruguay (World Cup Qualification South America)
16/10/13 Chile 2 – 1 Ecuador (World Cup Qualification South America)
16/11/13 Ecuador 0 – 0 Argentina (International)
20/11/13 Honduras 2 – 2 Ecuador (International)
05/03/14 Australia 3 – 4 Ecuador (International)
17/05/14 Netherlands 1 – 1 Ecuador (International)
31/05/14 Mexico 3 – 1 Ecuador (International)
04/06/14 Ecuador 2 – 2 England (International)

Goals for: 13 Goals against: 15

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