Bosnia-Herzegovina lineup vs. Switzerland: Predicted XI for World Cup clash with potential defensive injury worries

Bosnia-Herzegovina conscionable Switzerland astatine the SoFi Stadium connected Thursday evening for matchday 2 of this summer's FIFA World Cup campaign.

In their opening lucifer against Canada astatine the BMO Field, Sergej Barbarez's men took the pb aft 21 minutes with striker Jovo Lukic heading location from a corner, opening his relationship for the nationalist side.

Despite surrendering astir of the lucifer possession successful the 2nd half, Zmajevi continued to look comfy with their pb successful what was definite to beryllium a hard necktie against the hosts successful Toronto.

However, with 12 minutes of regular clip remaining, Jesse Marsch's broadside levelled the people arsenic Southampton guardant Cyle Larin finished smartly to stock the points.

While a gully would person been a bully effect earlier proceedings kicked off, determination volition undoubtedly beryllium a feeling of disappointment amongst the Bosnia-Herzegovina campy aft being truthful adjacent to boasting a 2 constituent pb atop Group B heading into the 2nd match.

After the 32-year-old limped off precocious connected with a knock, Barbarez volition apt beryllium sweating implicit the fittingness of defender Sead Kolasinac, whose goalline clearance was imperative successful earning his broadside a point.

Zmajevi volition surely beryllium without Nidal Celik though, with the RC Lens defender picking up an wounded successful grooming and having to beryllium replaced successful the squad by Sturm Graz's Arjan Malic.

Elsewhere, it is expected that Bosnia-Herzegovina volition tract a akin squad to the 1 that faced Canada, with Nikola Vasilj being protected by Nikola Katic and Tarik Muharemovic successful the centre of defence.

It is apt that aft netting successful the opening crippled Lukic keeps his spot too, alongside Ermedin Demirovic successful attack.

Bosnia-Herzegovina imaginable starting lineup:

Vasilj; Dedic, Katic, Muharemovic, Kolasinac; Bajraktarevic, Tahirovic, Basic, Alajbegovic; Demirovic, Lukic

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