World Cup match updates: Brazil 1 Switzerland 1

Philipe Coutinho’s curling strike put the men in yellow ahead before a second-half header by Steven Zuber put the teams on level footing.

In all fairness, Brazil mostly dictated the pace of the game but they never exerted full dominance on Switzerland.

Switzerland also had a bit of space to explore at times during the game but did not seem to pose any real threat going forward.

Neymar was fouled a total of 10 times in the game causing him to miss his next training and also bringing up concerns over his fitness.

Key Opta stats:

– Brazil failed to win their opening match at the World Cup for the first time since 1978 when they drew 1-1 with Sweden; they had won nine in a row between 1982 and 2014.
– Switzerland has lost only one of their last 23 matches (W16 D6), a 2-0 defeat to Portugal in October 2017.
– Brazil has failed to win any of their last three World Cup matches (D1 L2), their worst winless run since June 1978, when they went four games without a win.
– Switzerland hasn’t lost their opening World Cup match in any of their last five tournaments (W2 D3).
– Valon Behrami became the first Swiss player to appear in four different World Cup finals – he also appeared in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
– Brazil has won only one of their last seven World Cup matches against European opposition (D2 L4), a 3-1 win over Croatia in the opening match of the 2014 World Cup.