Albania Albania make their major tournament debut. Albania’s midfielder Taulant Xhaka set to face his brother, Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka. This is a really interesting encounter for more reasons. The biggest is that 10 of Albania’s squad were born or grew up in Switzerland.
De Biasi knows that “the game will be really difficult, like all opening games, because there is the factor of added pressure. It is a strange game where footballers of Albanian origin will play against each other. There are two brothers that play for two different countries. It will be a massive game for us. If we manage to get through the group stage it would be a surprise. For me, success would be our people being as proud of us at the end of this competition as they are now at the beginning. I would like to say that all our players have honoured the shirt, that they have given 110% and fought together – it made all the difference in qualifying.”
Possible line-ups
Albania: Berisha; Hysaj, Cana, Mavraj, Agolli; Kukeli, Xhaka, Roshi, Abrashi, Lenjani; Sadiku.
Switzerland
Switzerland have won 5 of the teams’ previous 6 meetings, drawing one. They finished 2nd in the Qualifiers behind England.
Vladimir Petković, Switzerland coach said:
“The first couple of games are always hard to predict. There are always so many emotions involved – particularly in this match. It’s our aim to make history together, but it will be difficult. Hopefully people back home will be talking about this team for many years to come. Our aim is clear: to play better than Albania and win the game. To do that, we need to keep our cool and remain focused.”
Possible line-ups
Switzerland: Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodríguez; Behrami, Džemaili, Xhaka; Shaqiri, Seferović, Mehmedi.
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| 02/11/2026 | ITA - A | Sassuolo - Fiorentina | GG & Over 2.5 | 1.75 | 9/10 | ✅ |
| 01/11/2026 | ITA - A | Juventus - Napoli | BTTS (GG) | 1.75 | 8/10 | ❌ |
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| 31/10/2026 | GER - BL | Bayern - Dortmund | BTTS (GG) at HT | 3.25 | 6/10 | ❌ |
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| 18/10/2026 | ITA - A | Milan - Atalanta | GG & Over 2.5 | 2.10 | 8/10 | ✅ |
| 17/10/2026 | BRA - A | Athletico - Palmeiras | BTTS (GG) | 1.75 | 9/10 | ❌ |
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| 16/10/2026 | FRA - A | Le Mans - Toulouse | X | 3.60 | 5/10 | ❌ |
| 16/10/2026 | ENG - CH | Burnley - Wolves | X | 3.55 | 5/10 | ❌ |
| 15/10/2026 | EUL | Celta - Juventus | BTTS (GG) | 2.00 | 8/10 | ✅ |
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| 13/10/2026 | CHL | Atletico - Man Utd | 1 | 1.97 | 8/10 | ✅ |
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| 13/10/2026 | CHL | Lens - Sporting | X | 3.75 | 5/10 | ❌ |
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