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Euro 2016 fixtures on Sunday: Kick-off times, TV channels and team news including Switzerland vs. France
What Euro 2016 matches are being played on Saturday June 18th?
The curtain falls on Group A with the first of six simultaneous kick-offs to conclude the opening stage.
A Dmitri Payet inspired France look to top the group by avoiding defeat against the toughest of their group opponents Switzerland, who count Arsenal new boy Granit Xhaka in their ranks.
The other Xhaka, older brother Taulant, takes the field in Lyon for Albania ‘s match against Anghel Iordanescu’s hard-working Romania.
What stadium will Albania vs. Romania be in?
Romania will hope to grasp their slim chance of second place against the backdrop of Northern Ireland’s historic 2-0 victory over Ukraine, in the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon.
What stadium will Switzerland vs. France be in?
Another field of home nation victory will host Group A’s finale. The Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, hosted England’s last gasp win over Wales on Thursday.
What TV channel is Switzerland vs. France on?
Switzerland vs France kicks off at 8pm, and is available on BBC One, and BBC One HD.
What are the betting odds?
Romania vs. Albania
Bookies make Romania favourites to plunder the points in Lyon and send Albania packing. Albania will need to rediscover the form that steered them to an unlikely 1-0 away victory over Portugal in qualifying if they’re to stand a chance against a dogged Romanian seeking a win could see them pip rivals Switzerland, with whom they shared a 1-1 draw, into second place.
Romania win: 6/5 Albania win: 5/2 Draw: 11/4
Switzerland vs. France
France are heavy favourites to top Group A with a perfect record. Whilst the Swiss will undoubtedly pose a sterner test than either Albania or Romania, conventional wisdom dictates that French flair through the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Kingsley Coman, and a seemingly unstoppable Dimitri Payet will win the day.
Switzerland win: 47/10 France win: 1/1 Draw: 21/10
Head-to-head records
Romania wins: 11 Albania wins: 2 Draws: 3
The history of this fixture makes grim Albanian reading; the last time their beat their Group A opponents, 1-0 in the defunct Balkan Cup, Clement Attlee was British Prime Minister.
Romania’s 11 wins include 6-1, 5-1, and 6-0 margins; with their most recent 2014 encounter a far closer 1-0 triumph. Albania will have to break a winless streak of over 50 years if they’re to stand any chance of progressing.
Switzerland wins: 12 France wins: 16 Draws: 9
This fixture is almost 100 years older than the stadium it’s being played in. The first meeting between the two was a 1-0 victory for the French in 1905; the first of 16 victories that give them the upper hand in this historic match-up.
France haven’t lost in the last 6 meetings, with their most recent encounter a 5-2 win for the French in World Cup 2014.
Switzerland’s last victory came in May 1992.