Honduras v Switzerland predictions, tips, lineups and free bets (World Cup - June 25, 2014)

Wednesday, 25 June 2014 00:05
Written by Simon Bettarini

Honduras will take on Switzerland at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus and the Swiss side will advance on the next round of the competition in case of win. Don't miss our HONDURAS v SWITZERLAND betting preview with tips, predictions, best odds, probable line-ups, free bets and no deposit bonuses on the match!

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HONDURAS v SWITZERLAND BETTING PREVIEW

The match against Switzerland will be just for glory for Honduras, since they already have no chances of walking through to the next round of the competition. They have lost their previous two games to France and Ecuador respectively. Their backline has made several mistakes that simply aren’t acceptable at this level.

Honduras will have all 23 men available for selection come Wednesday night’s encounter with Switzerland. Wilson Palacios returns from suspension and is expected to come into the starting XI though Emilio Izaguirre will be replaced at left-back by Juan Carlos Garcia..

Switzerland has started this World Cup with a lucky victory that came in injury time and it was supposed to be a big boost but they were crushed 5-2 against France with only a couple of late Swiss consolation goals giving the scoreline any sort of respectability. Ottmar Hitzfeld’s men must take three points against the winless Concacaf side and hope les Bleus beat Ecuador in the other match in Group E.

Stopper von Bergen had early left the match against France because of an injury and he will replaced by Schar. Blerim Dzemaili came on at half time and netted late on and could be rewarded with a start, while Drmic could return in the attack.

Their has only ever been one meeting between these two clubs over the years, of which the game ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw, which was played in the last World cup (2010) in South Africa.

HONDURAS v SWITZERLAND PROBABLE LINEUPS

Honduras (4-4-2): Valladares – Beckeles, Bernardez, Figueroa, Izaguirre – Garrido, W. Palacios – Espinoza, O.Garcia – Bengtson, Costly

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Switzerland (4-2-3-1): Benaglio – Lichtsteiner, Djourou, Schar, Rodriguez – Dzemaili, Inler – Shaqiri, G.Xhaka, Mehmedi – Drmic