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Group B of the 2026 World Cup continues on Thursday, as Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina meet at the Los Angeles Stadium.  

Each of the four teams in Group B, which also includes Canada and Qatar, have one point after the first round of matches, so it’s all to play for.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

There are two changes to the Switzerland team that drew against Qatar in their opening match.

Silvan Widmer and Fabian Rieder come into the starting XI, replacing Denis Zakaria and Ruben Vargas.

Gregor Kobel is the only Switzerland player who won’t qualify for the Scouting Bonus.

Bosnia bring in Ivan Sunjic, Kerim Alajbegovic and 40-year-old Edin Dzeko.

Ivan Basic, Esmir Bajraktarevic and Jovo Lukic drop to the bench.

No Bosnia player has ownership greater than 3.3%.

LINE-UPS

Switzerland XI: Kobel, Widmer, Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez, Aebischer, Xhaka, Freuler, Rieder, Ndoye, Embolo

Subs: Mvogo, Keller, Comert, Amenda, Jaquez, Vargas, Fassnacht, Zakaria, Manzambi, Jashari, Sow, Okafor, Amdouni, Itten

Bosnia and Herzegovina XI: Vasilj, Dedic, Muharemovic, Katic, Kolasinac, Memic, Tahirovic, Sunjic, Alabegovic, Demirovic, Dzeko

Subs: Jurkas, Zlomislic, Hadzikadunic, Mujakic, Malic, Radelkjic, Basic, Gigovic, Hadziahmetovic, Mahmic, Burnic, Lukic, Tabakovic, Bajraktarevic, Bazdar


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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    MD3 could be a great week for Scouting bonus players!! (If on WC)

    1. Leo14CFC
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Exactly that

    2. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      ...and picking captains since many of the games are on the same time per day...

  2. Leo14CFC
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 23 days ago

    To be clear , if I play my wildcard gw3 , do I get all my gw2 players back in gw4 ??

    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Gameweek 4 is unlimited transfers

      1. Leo14CFC
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Cheers

    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      No, it does not work like free hit, it's a standard wildcard.

      Plus like the previous poster said, round of 32 (round 4) you will have unlimited transfers.

      1. Leo14CFC
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Thanks

  3. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    I have Gunn playing tomorrow but don’t have him in the line up. Stupid really but scared he will get a RC and then I can’t get rid of him. Don’t expect him to keep CS vs Morocco. What do you think? Put him in the line up?

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      I took the Captain off Rangel for the same reason
      Maybe Your right to eliminate the threat
      I can see Sonny in alone on him

    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Goalkeeper red cards are quite rare though. But i don't think he will keep a clean sheet either.

    3. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Thanks fellas. I will leave him on the bench and not give myself a headache.
      All the best to you!

    4. Aido1975
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      I could easily be wrong but I thought I heard that a red card doesn't prevent subbing a player out in this game, and I do not see anything in the rules about it. It was definitely a rule for a previous tournament, the last Euros I think. Might be worth checking the rules yourself.

      1. bso
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Thanks Aido

  4. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    I live in the Armpit of Florida
    If there was a match in this weather, there would be death
    93 degrees, 70% Humidity, UV Very High, Pollen Very High
    The air outside is thick

  5. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Going to be fun with only 12 sets of fixtures to pick captains from in MD 3.

  6. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    How does the Max Cap chip work? I can still pick a C and a VC.. Why is that?

    1. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      I think it will still default to the highest scorer whether you change it or not.

      The ability to change captain is probably possible because it is linked to the ability to make subs between matches.

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Think so too, but it's a little bit confusing

    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      The Captain is on autopilot
      You are no longer in charge

  7. Winging it
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    The word max is surely a big clue as to how it works, it must the player who scores the highest amount of points, in a match day/week.

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      I get that! But why am I still able to pick a cap. It's supposed to be automatic.

      1. FPL Brains
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        You won't be able to once the GW starts mate

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 23 days ago

          I activated it before it started! It's active

  8. HVT
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Assume if I WC in MD3, I can’t play Max C?
    Hoping for a glitch in the matrix….

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Max Cap will be good when the top squads play each other

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Yeah, but it might be useful to use it before because those games could be low scoring

    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Only 1 per round. You cannot use Max Captain if you wildcard.

  9. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Lol now they score

  10. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Elvedi CS wipe out after 90 mins in both games......now he will get a CS in MD3 when I take him out on my WC

  11. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Widmer off with my cleanie
    I'll allow it
    9 jammy points

    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      You are so lucky! My Elvedi wiped.

    2. HVT
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      The last time I had Jam was when I was 10years old ;-(

  12. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Widmer, 9pts.
    "We move" - LR

  13. HVT
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Widemer -> Coufal 🙁

  14. Yozzer
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Would you stick on 30 points captaincy?I'm guessing I have to?

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Would stick with that

      1. Yozzer
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        Yeah, thanks. Think it will be beaten by Mbappe , Vini or someone but I'll try and resist

  15. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    I really like this 5% rule. FPL should do something similar!

    1. Yozzer
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Agree but I think it would cause a few issues for the guys who create content as people who buy them before they get hold of it and make their percentage go up. They would kill every good option really.

      1. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        A content creator put Manzambi in his team, about an hour before the MD1 deadline. Ownership percentage wasn't even close to the limit. Meanwhile I'm sitting here with James Rodriguez as my 5th mid, having seen the stream, "Manzambi? No".

        So many content creators out there, it would be a great way to separate the like minds/cartels from the true visionaries.

        1. Yozzer
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 23 days ago

          I saw FPL Fran did it but this was a very last minute change on his stream. There was no time for anyone to catch on. I was a bit annoyed as I already had him but there wasn't enough time anyway. Looks like he took him out this match day lol

      2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 23 days ago

        For sure, but there will be MANY different low owned options content creators are promoting, which means a wider pool of players, less template looking teams all over

  16. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Pain Pain Pain...

  17. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    I just cannot buy a break in this game,
    Started Round 1 with two Swiss players...

    GK Kobel loses his clean sheet points by conceding a last-minute goal against Qatar. Now repeats the trick against 10-man Bosnia.

    The other punt was Manzabi. But he was only a sub in Round 1 and I reckoned he would be again tonight, so transferred him out.

    Aaaggh!

  18. -GK22-
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 23 days ago

    Move armband to Vasquez or Rangel?

    1. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 23 days ago

      Former.

  19. lewisbigwcffs
    1 month, 22 days ago

    For MD3 I’d separate minutes risk from matchup strength first. Clean-sheet calls have been too fragile in these games.

    I’ve been using a small live-data model as a sanity check before locking fantasy choices: team lean, draw risk, likely score band, then I only chase defenders if the match state and attacking route both line up.