DURBAN (Reuters) - Spain play Switzerland in their opening Group H match of the World Cup on Wednesday. Where: Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Capacity: 69,000 When: Wednesday June 16, 1600 local (1400 GMT) Referee: Howard Webb (England) World ranking: Spain 2, Switzerland 24 Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals: Spain (4-5-1) Switzerland (4-4-2) 1-Iker Casillas 29-104-0 1-Diego Benaglio 26-27-0 15-Sergio Ramos 24-60-5 13-Stephane Grichting 31-35-1 3-Gerard Pique 23-16-4 2-Stephan Lichtsteiner 26-28-0 5-Carles Puyol 32-83-2 4-Philippe Senderos 25-40-5 11-Joan Capdevila 32-45-4 17-Reto Ziegler 24-12-1 21-David Silva 24-36-7 7-Tranquillo Barnetta 25-52-6 14-Xabi Alonso 28-69-9 8-Gokhan Inler 25-36-3 8-Xavi 30-87-8 6-Benjamin Huggel 32-38-2 16-Sergio Busquets 21-13-0 16-Gelson Fernandes 23-24-1 6-Andres Iniesta 26-43-6 19-Eren Derdiyok 22-21-2 7-David Villa 28-58-38 10-Blaise Nkufo 35-31-7 Also available: 2-Raul Albiol 24-23-0 21-Johnny Leoni 25-0-0 4-Carlos Marchena 30-59-2 12-Marco Woelfli 27-5-0 9-Fernando Torres 26-73-24 22-Mario Eggimann 29-8-0 10-Cesc Fabregas 23-50-6 3-Ludovic Magnin 31-62-3 12-Victor Valdes 28-1-0 5-Steve von Bergen 27-11-0 13-Juan Mata 22-8-3 18-Albert Bunjaku 26-3-0 17-Alvaro Arbeloa 27-15-0 14-Marco Padalino 26-8-1 18-Pedro 22-3-1 20-Pirmin Schwegler 23-4-0 19-Fernando Llorente 25-7-3 23-Xherdan Shaqiri 18-3-0 20-Javi Martinez 21-2-0 15-Hakan Yakin 33-81-20 22-Jesus Navas 24-6-1 23-Pepe Reina 27-20-0 Trainer - Vicente del Bosque Ottmar Hitzfeld Injured - None 11-Valon Behrami 25-27-2 9-Alexander Frei 30-75-40 Suspended - None None Changes: * Andres Iniesta is on track to play after tweaking a thigh muscle in Tuesday's win over Poland but Cesc Fabregas and Juan Mata are on standby. * Fernando Torres is coming back from knee surgery and will probably miss out with Vincente del Bosque opting to play David Villa as a lone striker. * Alex Frei has been ruled out with an ankle injury so Eren Derdiyok and Blaise Nkufo are likely to start up front. Key stats: * Switzerland have never beaten Spain in 18 attempts, losing 15 times. * Switzerland have not conceded a goal at a World Cup for 394 minutes. The last goal they conceded at the finals was in the 1994 tournament when Spain's Txiki Beguiristain scored the third in a 3-0 win in the last 16. Previous meetings: 01.06.25 Berne Switzerland 0 Spain 3 17.04.27 Santander Spain 1 Switzerland 0 03.05.36 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 28.04.82 Valencia 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 02.07.94 Washington Spain 3 Switzerland 0 GROUP H STANDINGS: P W D L F A PTS 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 fixtures June 16 Honduras v Chile, Nelspruit, 1130 June 21 Chile v Switzerland, Port Elizabeth, 1400 Spain v Honduras, Ellis Park, 1830 June 25 Chile v Spain, Pretoria, 1830 Switzerland v Honduras, Bloemfontein 1830 - - - - (Editing by Patrick Johnston; To query or comment on this story email [email protected])
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