This will be the first ever competitive meeting between Switzerland and Algeria. However, they have met twice previously in friendly fixtures, with Switzerland winning both in 1983 (2-1) and 1986 (2-0).

Switzerland have won each of their previous two FIFA World Cup games against African nations, defeating Togo in 2006 (2-0) and Cameroon in 2022 (1-0), however, this will be the first time they’ve faced an African side in a knockout fixture.