Switzerland vs Norway UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group A preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, predicted line-ups

All you need to know about the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group A game between Switzerland and Norway.

Where to watch Switzerland vs Norway on TV

Fans can find their local UEFA Women's EURO 2025 broadcast partner(s) here.

What do you need to know?

Switzerland will hope that a home crowd in Basel can help them to start with a positive result as they seek a first-ever Women's EURO win against Norway. The sides have not met in the competition since 2000, their first four encounters having all ended in Norway wins (by a daunting 21-0 aggregate score). The Swiss have won only once in eight subsequent encounters (2-1 in a 2016 Olympic play-off in Rotterdam), and Norway have beaten them twice this year already: 2-1 at home and 1-0 away in Women's Nations League fixtures.

Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage is also hoping that her side can step up without talismanic forward Ramona Bachmann, who suffered an ACL injury in the run-up to the finals, but can take courage from the fact that the host nation has won the last two Women's EUROs – and that two-time winners Norway have not survived the group stage in the last two editions.

Predicted team line-ups

Switzerland: Peng; Beney, Calligaris, Stierli, Maritz, Riesen; Reuteler, Ivelj, Wälti, Vallotto; Schertenleib

Norway: Fiskerstrand; Hansen, Harviken, Mjelde, Bjelde; Engen, Bøe Risa; Reiten, Graham Hansen, Maanum; Hegerberg

Reporters' views

Judith Tuffentsammer, Switzerland reporter
Excitement couldn't be higher for the hosts; after years of anticipation, their home EURO is finally about to begin. Norway may have come out on top in their two Nations League encounters earlier this year, but with the buzz of the tournament and plenty of local support, anything is possible. Questions remain over the availability of captain and recently-crowned Women's Champions League winner Lia Wälti, who missed last Thursday's 4-1 friendly win over Czechia due to injury.

Sara Nilssen Kilen, Norway reporter
Norway kick off their campaign against the hosts and will be eager to impress from the start. Captain Ada Hegerberg, the all-time UEFA Women's Champions League top scorer, leads an attack also featuring leading lights Caroline Graham Hansen, Guro Reiten and Frida Maanum. Entering her ninth consecutive major tournament, Maren Mjelde brings invaluable experience and leadership. How Norway respond in this opener could set the tone and shape their path forward in the tournament.

What the coaches say

Pia Sundhage, Switzerland coach: "Both teams will want to make this a great event – so they will be a tough opponent. We played them a couple of times and we have a little bit of an idea of how they are going to play and we are prepared for that. We're talking about covering certain spaces and we have to be compact. In the middle of the park, if we can be solid as a rock when it comes to being compact we have a big chance to win. But we need to score some goals so it's a bit of a gamble on how big a risk we can take."

Gemma Grainger, Norway coach: "We're ready for the game and our final preparations are in place. We’re very excited to be here and play in front of the fans tomorrow. Our focus is on ourselves. We have our standards and mentality and that's what we can control. Throughout the tournament, many different things will change but we will stay focussed on our team and what we deliver because that's what we hold ourselves accountable to."