Iceland v Switzerland: Women's EURO facts
Monday, July 17, 2017
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Switzerland will hope to repeat their form against Iceland from 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying when they face off in Doetinchem in Group C.
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• Each of these teams lost 1-0 on Tuesday, France beating Iceland and Switzerland losing to fellow debutants Austria.
• Switzerland will hope to repeat their form against Iceland from 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying when they face off in Doetinchem.
• Switzerland won 2-0 away and 3-0 at home to qualify for their first senior women's final tournament, despite having started the group seeded below both Iceland and Denmark.
• In their 2-0 victory in Reykjavik in September 2013, Ramona Bachmann and Lara Dickenmann scored for Switzerland.
• When they renewed acquaintances in Nyon on April 2014, Vanessa Bernauer, Vanessa Bürki and Dickenmann got the goals.
• Overall, including friendlies, the teams have met six times with Switzerland winning four, losing one and drawing one, scoring 13 goals to Iceland's five.
• Iceland's victory came back in August 1986 in a home friendly while in their most recent encounter, Switzerland prevailed 2-0 in the 2015 Algarve Cup.
• Switzerland trio Dickenmann, Noëlle Maritz and Bernauer, and Iceland's Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, are club-mates at Wolfsburg.