Durban (ANTARA News / Reuters) – Spain will be against Switzerland in their first match in World Cup Group H on Wednesday.

Place: Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Capacity: 69 000

Time: Wednesday, June 16, 1600 local time (1400 GMT)

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Ranking the world: Spain 2, Switzerland 24

Team: possible formation, costume numbers, age, strengthening the national team, goals:

Spain (4-5-1) Switzerland (4-4-2) 1-Iker Casillas 1-Diego Benaglio 29-104-0 26-27-0 24-60-5 15-Sergio Ramos 13-Stephane Grichting 31-35 Gerard Pique -1 3-2-Stephan Lichtsteiner 23-16-4 26-28-0 32-83-2 5-Carles Puyol 4-Philippe Senderos 11-Joan Capdevila 25-40-5 32-45-4 17-Reto Ziegler 21-David Silva 24-12-1 24-36-7 25-52-6 7-Tranquillo Barnetta 14-Xabi Alonso, Gokhan Inler 8 28-69-9 25-36-3 30-87-8 8-Xavi 6-Benjamin Huggel 16-Sergio Busquets 32-38-2 21-13-0 23-24-1 16-Gelson Fernandes 6-Andres Iniesta 19-Eren Derdiyok 26-43-6 22-21 -7-David Villa 10-Blaise Nkufo 28-58-38 35-31-7

Which can also be selected: 2-Raul Albiol 21-Johnny Leoni 24-23-0 25-0-0 30-59-2 4-Carlos Marchena 12-Marco Woelfli 27-5-0 9-Fernando Torres 26-73-24 Mario Eggimann 22-10-Cesc Fabregas 29-8-0 23-50-6 31-62-3 3-Ludovic Magnin 12-5-Victor Valdes 28-1-0 27-11-0 Steve von Bergen, 13-Juan Mata 18-Albert Bunjaku 22-8-3 26-3-0 27-15-0 17-Alvaro Arbeloa 14-Marco 18-Pedro Padalino 26-8-1 22-3-1 23-4-0 20-19 Pirmin Schwegler Fernando Llorente-23-Xherdan Shaqiri 25-7-3 18-3-0 21-2-0 20-Javi Martinez, 15-Hakan Yakin 22-Jesus Navas 33-81-20 24-6-1

23-Pepe Reina 27-20-0

Coach – Vicente del Bosque Ottmar Hitzfeld

Injury – no 11-Valon Behrami 25-27-2

9-Alexander Frei 30-75-40

Forbidden to play – no no

Changes:

* Andres Iniesta on track to play after a thigh muscle twist when his side victory over Poland on Tuesday, but Cesc Fabregas and Juan Mata will be disimpan.

* Fernando Torres returning from knee surgery and may be absent because of Vincente del Bosque chose to play David Villa as the only striker.

* Alex Frei has been set aside because of an ankle injury so Eren Derdiyok and Blaise Nkufo likely to initiate action on the front lines.

Key notes:

* Switzerland has never defeated Spain in 18 attempts, losing 15 times.

* Switzerland has never had one goal conceded in 394 minutes during the World Cup. The last goal to break their goal at the finals of the tournament occurred in 1994 when Spain Txiki Beguiristain player scored the third when his side won 3-0 in the round of 16 large.

Previous meetings:

1:06:25 Berne, Switzerland 0 Spain 3

17:04:27 Santander Spain 1 Switzerland 0

3:05:36 Berne, Switzerland 0 Spain 2

28.12.41 Valencia, Spain 3 Switzerland 2

20:06:48 Zurich, Switzerland 3 Spain 3

18:02:51 Madrid, Spain 6 Switzerland 3

19:06:55 Geneva Switzerland 0 Spain 3

10:03:57 Madrid, Spain 2 Switzerland 2

24.11.57 Lausanne, Switzerland 1 Spain 4

15.07.66 Sheffield Spain 2 Switzerland 1

26.03.69 Valencia, Spain 1 Switzerland 0

22.04.70 Lausanne Switzerland 0 Spain 1

21.09.77 Berne, Switzerland 1 Spain 2

Valencia 28.04.82 Spain 2 Switzerland 0

26.05.84 Geneva Switzerland 0 Spain 4

05.06.88 Basel Switzerland 1 Spain 1

13.12.89 Tenerife, Spain 2 Switzerland 1

07/02/1994 Washington, Spain 3 Switzerland 0

Group H Standings:

(Played, won, draw, lost, enter, entry, points)

Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group matches

June 16

Honduras v Chile, Nelspruit, 1130

June 21 Switzerland v Chile, Port Elizabeth, in 1400 Spain v Honduras, Ellis Park, 1830

June 25

Chile v Spain, Pretoria, 1830 Switzerland v Honduras, Bloemfontein 1830

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