This will be Switzerland and Canada’s first World Cup meeting. Their only previous encounter came in a May 2002 friendly in St Gallen, Switzerland - Canada won 3-1, with current Swiss head coach Murat Yakin playing at centre-back in that game.

Switzerland are unbeaten against CONCACAF opposition at the World Cup (W2 D3). It includes a 1-1 draw against the USA in Detroit in 1994, which is the last time the Swiss faced a host country at the World Cup.