Switzerland
UEFA·Group B·FIFA #17·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (4/4)
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
FW5,944 min · 32G 5A
Josip Drmić
Norwich City · Premier League
90¢
FW7,105 min · 27G 13A
Eren Derdiyok
Leverkusen · Bundesliga
88¢
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breel Embolo | Monaco | FW | 8,763 | 38 | 13 | 39.6 | 91¢ |
| Josip Drmić | Norwich City | FW,MF | 5,944 | 32 | 5 | 7.0 | 90¢ |
| Eren Derdiyok | Leverkusen | FW | 7,105 | 27 | 13 | 0.0 | 88¢ |
| Haris Seferović | Eint Frankfurt | FW,MF | 7,346 | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 84¢ |
| Innocent Emeghara | Livorno | FW | 4,221 | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 83¢ |
| Xherdan Shaqiri | Lyon | MF | 12,481 | 36 | 34 | 10.7 | 83¢ |
| Granit Xhaka | Arsenal | MF | 25,240 | 19 | 23 | 8.9 | 81¢ |
| Blerim Džemaili | Bologna | MF | 17,023 | 31 | 18 | 3.0 | 79¢ |
| Remo Freuler | Nott'ham Forest | MF | 17,169 | 18 | 20 | 12.9 | 76¢ |
| Adrian Nikçi | Hannover 96 | MF | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 74¢ |
| Valon Behrami | Genoa | MF | 20,766 | 5 | 9 | 2.0 | 74¢ |
| Gelson Fernandes | Eint Frankfurt | MF | 19,849 | 6 | 5 | 0.9 | 72¢ |
| Pirmin Schwegler | Hannover 96 | MF | 16,803 | 7 | 19 | 1.1 | 72¢ |
| Goran Karanović | Angers | FW | 309 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 72¢ |
| Gökhan Inler | Leicester City | MF | 14,658 | 12 | 11 | 0.0 | 71¢ |
| Renato Steffen | Wolfsburg | MF,DF | 6,280 | 16 | 9 | 13.9 | 70¢ |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | Schalke 04 | MF | 7,586 | 10 | 19 | 0.0 | 69¢ |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | Torino | DF | 23,634 | 16 | 27 | 4.1 | 67¢ |
| Ruben Vargas | Augsburg | MF,FW | 6,471 | 14 | 7 | 15.3 | 67¢ |
| Admir Mehmedi | Wolfsburg | DF | 12,142 | 32 | 23 | 7.3 | 67¢ |
| Denis Zakaria | Juventus | MF | 9,736 | 12 | 6 | 11.7 | 66¢ |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | Augsburg | DF | 22,586 | 14 | 24 | 0.9 | 65¢ |
| Daniel Gygax | Nürnberg | FW,MF | 598 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 63¢ |
| Valentin Stocker | Hertha BSC | MF | 3,900 | 8 | 5 | 0.1 | 60¢ |
| Cedric Itten | Greuther Fürth | FW | 635 | 2 | 0 | 2.6 | 59¢ |
| Djibril Sow | Eint Frankfurt | MF | 7,237 | 4 | 8 | 3.4 | 58¢ |
| Nico Elvedi | M'Gladbach | DF | 17,720 | 11 | 6 | 7.8 | 58¢ |
| Dan Ndoye | Nice | FW,MF | 756 | 1 | 2 | 0.9 | 58¢ |
| Pajtim Kasami | Fulham | FW,MF | 2,486 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 57¢ |
| Silvan Widmer | Mainz 05 | DF | 13,804 | 10 | 17 | 6.0 | 57¢ |