Switzerland — Canada: What Do Thirteen Shots Buy?

What do thirteen shots buy at a World Cup? For Canada, exactly nothing: Switzerland won 2:1 with less than half that volume, and the distance between the two performances earned this group-stage match a Crime Index of 77%.

Canada Owned The Penalty Area

The xG count favoured the losers: 1.66 for Canada, 1.11 for Switzerland. Twelve of Canada's thirteen attempts came from inside the box. Corners ran 7 to 2 the same way. This was no sterile circulation around the perimeter — the visitors kept reaching the stage where goals are usually written.

Switzerland Struck From Almost Nothing

Six shots all evening. Five of them came from inside the box, four found the target. Two became goals. The conversion rate of 1.80 nearly doubles what those chances promised, while Canada finished at 0.60 — barely more than a third of their due. Both teams performed the same script from opposite ends: one side overplayed its part, the other simply never missed a line.

The Goalkeeper Answered Almost Everything

Canada put seven shots on target. Six were saved and only one got through — the busiest evening anyone on that pitch had. The Canadian keeper, by contrast, faced four attempts and stopped two. The defensive workload was split wildly unevenly, and the scoreline survived because of it.

Nineteen Fouls Kept The Rhythm Broken

Switzerland committed 19 fouls to Canada's 13 — the quiet backbone of this result. Promising Canadian moves kept meeting stoppages, and the total price was a single yellow card. Add 55% possession built on short, safe passing, and the winning formula becomes readable: slow the game down, strike rarely and precisely, trust the keeper with everything else.

Canada brought the better attack to this match. Switzerland brought a colder plan — and at a 77% Crime Index, the points went to the plan rather than to the balance of play.