Slovenia vs Switzerland Prediction & Preview - Nations League
Switzerland's summer finished 3-1 to Argentina, a defeat that came after they had beaten Colombia 4-3, Algeria 2-0 and Canada 2-1 at the World Cup. Three months on, Slovenia are the first side to face them since, when the two meet in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday 24 September 2026.
- Fixture: Slovenia v Switzerland
- Competition: UEFA Nations League
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Kick-off: 19:45 BST
- Match page: Slovenia vs Switzerland
Switzerland's World Cup run
Switzerland played six matches at the World Cup this summer and won four of them. A 4-1 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina and a 1-1 draw with Qatar opened their campaign, before a 2-0 win against Algeria and a 2-1 win over Canada kept them moving. The 4-3 win over Colombia was their most eye-catching result of the lot, seven goals in one match, before Argentina beat them 3-1 in what our archive shows as their last game of the tournament. That is a side that has scored freely all summer, even in defeat.
Slovenia without a win since March
Slovenia's recent record in our archive reads very differently. A 2-3 defeat to Montenegro in March was followed by a 1-1 draw with Cyprus in June and a 2-1 loss to Croatia four days later. None of Slovenia's last three matches on record have been wins, and two of them have been defeats. That run puts real pressure on Thursday's game before a ball is kicked.
Squad news
Matjaž Kek's Slovenia squad for this window includes two Premier League players, Benjamin Šeško at Manchester United and Jaka Bijol at Leeds United. Murat Yakin has named a 25-man Switzerland squad built around Granit Xhaka, Breel Embolo, Manuel Akanji and Zeki Amdouni, the core of the group that went so deep at the World Cup.
Slovenia vs Switzerland prediction
Switzerland should beat Slovenia when the two meet in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday. Switzerland arrive with a World Cup summer that produced four wins in six and goals in almost every match, while Slovenia haven't won any of their last three games on record. The gap in current form is wide enough that Slovenia's home fixture is unlikely to close it on its own.
Our prediction: Slovenia 1-2 Switzerland
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