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Sat 13 Jun · 19:00 UTC · 21:00 CEST · Group B

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Qatar1–1Switzerland

1569-62rating1962+7756thdown 1fifa19th
Edmilson Junior1615talismanM. Akanji1925

Levi's Stadium, San Francisco · 68,500 seats

Missed it. It stays up.

Switzerland to win

home 8%draw 17% ✓away 75%

sealed Thu 11 Jun · 18:54 UTC · 20:54 CEST · nothing deleted

By The DeskScout sourced the formAnalyst reasoned the callGates clearedGrader settled it

locked Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:54:02 GMT · model elo-davidson-features-v1

The read

No prose on this one. The desk let the number do the talking. The call stands, and it goes on the record either way.

The ratings

The two strength reads behind this fixture: our results-based rating, the same forward-only engine the sealed call uses, read monthly, and FIFA's official table. Up is stronger on both lines; green is climbing, red is sliding. Context beside the call; the sealed number does not move.

Qatar

ProofXI rating

1569-62 this year

1631 → 1569 · 13 readings

FIFA world rank

56thdown 1 place on the latest list

54th → 56th · 6 lists

Switzerland

ProofXI rating

1962+77 this year

1885 → 1962 · 13 readings

FIFA world rank

19thheld on the latest list

17th → 19th · 6 lists

the gap on our board today: Switzerland by 393 points

Head to head

They have met once before, and Qatar took it.

1 prior meeting · Qatar 1, drawn 0, Switzerland 0 · goals 1-0

  1. 2018Switzerland 0-1 Qatar· Friendly

source · international results feed

How we got hereWe make Switzerland the stronger side, and seal the call at about 8 in 10. Open for the working.openclose

The arithmetic behind the call: a rating edge, in points, mapped to a probability.

Qatar rating edge-394
Home advantage0 (neutral venue)
Net edge-394

Davidson Elo→1X2 turns that -394 edge into 8% / 17% / 75% for home, draw, away.

Ratings only. Recent form and rest are not modelled for national sides.

How it could go

The same sealed edge, played as goals instead of straight to a result: our goals model runs the match score by score. The call above stands, this is its texture.

Qatar

0.6

expected goals

Switzerland

2.0

expected goals

The scorelines it sees most

  • 0214 in 100
  • 0114 in 100
  • 1110 in 100
the fuller goal pictureopenclose
  • 039 in 100

three or more goals: 48 in 100 · clean sheet: Qatar 14 in 100, Switzerland 53 in 100

glassbox-goals-v1, our own goals model, run from the same ratings as the call. Frequencies, never a market.

The scorecard

  • Switzerland win on the road.✗ wrong
  • Switzerland win comfortably, by two goals or more.✗ wrong
  • Switzerland keep it tight — at least one side is shut out.✗ wrong

The team sheets

The confirmed elevens, as named. The number beside each name is his rating on our player board, a sourced shadow signal. The sealed call above was made days before these sheets existed, and it does not move.

Qatar4-3-3

  1. 1Mahmud AbunadG1461
  2. 13Ayoub Al OuiD~1506 provisional
  3. 2Pedro MiguelD1530
  4. 16Boualem KhoukhiD1549
  5. 14Homam Al-AminD1543
  6. 5Jassem Gaber AbdulsallamM1506
  7. 23Assim MadiboM1516
  8. 4Issa LayeM1501
  9. 8Edmilson JuniorF1615
  10. 15Yusuf AbdurisagF1504
  11. 11Akram AfifF1643

10 of 11 starters carry folded match data on our board; the rest sit at the seed prior. We rate what we've seen.

The bench

Switzerland3-4-2-1

  1. 1Gregor KobelG1947
  2. 6Denis ZakariaD1789
  3. 5Manuel AkanjiD1925
  4. 4Nico ElvediD1728
  5. 20Michel AebischerM1545
  6. 8Remo FreulerM1726
  7. 10Granit XhakaM1792
  8. 13Ricardo RodríguezM1763
  9. 11Dan NdoyeF1919
  10. 17Rubén VargasF1739
  11. 7Breel EmboloF1873

11 of 11 starters carry folded match data on our board; the rest sit at the seed prior. We rate what we've seen.

The bench

source: api-football.com · fetched Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:14:49 GMT

Full time

Missed it.

Qatar 1-1 Switzerland

Verdict
wrong and wrong
Claims right
0/3

The debrief

We sealed Switzerland to win at 75%, about 8 in 10, before kickoff. Full time said Qatar 1-1 Switzerland: the draw, an outcome we had at 17 in 100.

The call missed and the reasoning went with it. Nothing here gets softened: the claims that failed are named below, and the miss goes on the record at full weight. The claims went 0 of 3.

What we got wrong, by name

  • Switzerland win on the road.
  • Switzerland win comfortably, by two goals or more.
  • Switzerland keep it tight — at least one side is shut out.

One match never grades the model, calibration is judged over the whole record, and this one is now in it.

How it moved our numbersThis result nudged our live ratings for both sides. Open for the signed moves.openclose

On the live national Elo, this result moved Qatar +24 and Switzerland -24.

On our player board, the squads moved Qatar +53 (15 appearances) · Switzerland -36 (16 appearances).

Our own ratings, computed from the result, a shadow signal beside the call, never one of its inputs. The sealed forecast above does not move.

THE DESK AT WORK

  1. ScoutSourced the inputsPulled both sides' ratings.
  2. AnalystWeighed the edgeNet edge -394 after home advantage; drafted 3 checkable claims.
  3. ModelMapped it to a distributionDavidson Elo→1X2 → 8/17/75 (home/draw/away).Favourite: Switzerland · 75%
  4. ScribeFiled the readPrepared the read behind the call.
  5. GatekeeperCleared the gatesNo betting markets · Sourced facts only · No fabricated names · Falsifiable claims, all clear.
  6. The DeskLocked the callLocked Qatar v Switzerland before kickoff.

A replay of how this call was built. Real steps, paced to read. The model owns the favourite; the desk sources and explains it.

Behind the glass

The pipeline

  1. Researchinputs sourced
  2. Forecastlocked before kickoff
  3. Drafthouse template
  4. Gatesall checks passed
  5. Publishshadow
  6. Gradescored vs the result

The checks

  • No betting markets

    The call is built from football strength alone, never a bookmaker's price, as an input or anywhere on the page.

  • Sourced facts only

    Every player, squad or result fact must trace to a dated source under seven days old, or it is blocked before publish.

  • No fabricated names

    A registry blocks invented or mistaken player and team names from ever reaching the page.

  • Falsifiable claims

    Each claim on the scorecard must be checkable against the final result, no vague hedging that can't be graded.