England v Switzerland background

England are on a daunting run of form in qualifying games at Wembley as they welcome Switzerland in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group E.

• Roy Hodgson's men became the first team to qualify for next summer's finals with Saturday's 6-0 victory in San Marino, a result that also maintained their 100% record in Group E and kept the Three Lions on course to become just the sixth side to achieve UEFA EURO qualification with wins in every game.

• Vladimir Petković's Switzerland will join Tuesday's hosts in France if they prevail at Wembley and currently fourth-placed Slovenia draw at home to Estonia, who are third. England will wrap up top spot with a win or a draw.

• The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Raheem Sterling (England), Granit Xhaka and Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).

Previous meetings
• Danny Welbeck scored two second-half goals in Basel as England launched their Group E campaign with a 2-0 success against Switzerland.

• England's record in 23 senior meetings with Switzerland is W15 D5 L3 (W5 D4 L0 in London – W9 D1 L3 in Switzerland). Those fixtures also include a 3-0 win for England in Coimbra, Portugal, at UEFA EURO 2004.

• England beat host nation Switzerland 2-0 at the 1954 FIFA World Cup (Jimmy Mullen 43, Dennis Wilshaw 69), but drew 1-1 against the Swiss at EURO '96. Alan Shearer's 23rd-minute goal at Wembley was cancelled out by Kubilay Türkyilmaz with seven minutes left.

• England are unbeaten in nine games against Switzerland (W6 D3) since a 2-1 loss in a World Cup qualifier in Basel on 30 May 1981. Alfred Scheiwiler (28) and Claudio Sulser (30) struck for Paul Wolfisberg's Switzerland with Terry McDermott (54) registering for Ron Greenwood's England.

• England flirted with defeat when the sides met at Wembley on 4 June 2011, Tranquillo Barnetta (32 35) giving the visitors a 2-0 lead before Frank Lampard (37) and Ashley Young (51) earned the hosts a share of the spoils.

Form guide
• England are unbeaten in 17 qualifying matches in London (W14 D3) since a 3-2 reverse to Croatia in their final UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying fixture at Wembley.

Trivia and links
• Hodgson was Switzerland coach from January 1992 to November 1995, guiding them to the 1994 World Cup – their first since 1966 – and EURO '96. The latter was the first time the Swiss had reached a UEFA European Championship, although he left for Internazionale Milano after qualification had been secured.

• England captain Wayne Rooney equalled Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49 international goals for the Three Lions with a 13th-minute penalty in San Marino on Saturday.

• Switzerland's Valon Behrami (Watford), Gökhan Inler (Leicester City) and Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) are based in England.

• In 11 meetings in UEFA age-group competitions, Switzerland's record against England reads W1 D2 L8.

• Swiss and English clubs have met in 50 UEFA games, with the Swiss sides' record reading W12 D11 L27.