Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina under head coach Sergej Barbarez settled into a disciplined, deep block 4-4-2 out of possession as the World Cup qualifying campaign reached its final stages. But in an oddly explosive final against Italy, the complexion of the game changed entirely with the sending-off of Andrea Bastoni, and Zmajevi enjoyed a prolonged spell of control leading to an equaliser from Haris Tabaković and an eventual victory in penalties.

With the ball, Bosnia rely heavily upon the trio of centre-back Nikola Katić, fullback Amar Dedić and winger Esmir Bajraktarević. Katić functions as the deep-lying custodian of the ball, while Dedić shifts into the right half-space to act as the intermediary between midfield and attack. Bajraktarević is the ultimate outlet on the right wing, looking to play crosses and through balls into the box for the striker duo of Edin Džeko and Ermedin Demirović. Transition between phases is largely achieved by packing the central areas with the midfield duo and support from Sead Kolašinac coming central.

The group is not exactly full of ball-retentive sides, and Barbarez may be tempted to test youngster Kerim Alajbegović as a starter to augment Bosnia's possession phase, but otherwise the setup shouldn't see many drastic changes.