Thursday , 2 July 2026

England vs France, Worldcup 2022 QUARTER FINALS

FIFA World Cup · 2022
England
1 – 2
Full Time
France
Sat 10 Dec 2022 · 19:00 UTC Al Thumama Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 43' Antoine Griezmann
Y 46' Ousmane Dembele
Y 47' Ousmane Dembele
Y 82' Theo Hernandez
Harry Maguire 89' Y

Overview

Match Preview

England vs France — Worldcup at Al Thumama Stadium.

  • England 3 games · 7 pts (2026/26)
  • France 3 games · 9 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Bruno Boschilia
  • Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
  • Referee Bruno Pires
  • Referee Juan Martinez
  • Referee Nicolas Gallo (Colombia)
  • Referee Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
England 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals France
Last 5 meetings
2022-12-10 England 1–2 France

Recent Form

England
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec France H 1–2 L
04 Dec Senegal H 3–0 W
29 Nov Wales A 3–0 W
25 Nov United States H 0–0 D
21 Nov Iran H 6–2 W
11 Jul Italy A 3–4 L
France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec England A 2–1 W
04 Dec Poland H 3–1 W
30 Nov Tunisia A 0–1 L
26 Nov Denmark H 2–1 W
22 Nov Australia H 4–1 W
28 Jun Switzerland H 7–8 L

Season Stats

England France
#45 Position #33
7 Points 9
3 Played 3
2 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 3 / 0 / 0
6 Scored 10
2 Conceded 2
+4 GD +8
2.33 PPG 3.00
67% Win % 100%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
England this season
50% Clean Sheets
France this season

England are 45th (7 pts). France are 33rd (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

England
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
France
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
2/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
3/–
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. England is hosting France for another epic battle.
  • 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. England needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 10' It looks surprising France does not make any changes. Aurelien Tchouameni has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' England is showing some good football. However, England are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 17' France is taking the lead after the goal scored by Aurelien Tchouameni on 17.
  • 22' France is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
  • 32' Luke Shaw needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 42' It’s high time Gareth Southgate made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 43' France player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 46' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ousmane Dembele on 46.
  • 47' It’s a booking for France player. Ousmane Dembele gets a Yellow card.
  • 52' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 54' Goal! Harry Kane scores his 270 goal in 385 matches.
  • 59' England seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 64' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 69' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 74' Supporters expect more eagerness from Raphael Varane, as he is very good at scoring at Al Thumama Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 78' Goal! Olivier Giroud scores his 97 goal in 409 matches.
  • 79' It is a substitution in England team. Jordan Henderson is replaced by Mason Mount on 79 minute.
  • 82' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Theo Hernandez.
  • 85' The whistle greets Phil Foden as he departs to be replaced by Marcus Rashford.
  • 89' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Harry Maguire.
  • 90' Time for substitution for England. John Stones is replaced by Jack Grealish.
  • With this win, France is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

England Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gareth Southgate

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.24 England xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 France xG
I would bet for: England or France 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
England32% Draw29% France39%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.7
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

England or Draw
61%
Draw or France
68%
England or France
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
England23% Draw47% France30%
Actual: France win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.1%
0 – 1
8.9%
0 – 0
8.7%
1 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
7.3%
2 – 1
7.2%
0 – 2
7%
2 – 2
5.3%
2 – 0
5%
1 – 3
4.2%
0 – 3
3.4%
3 – 1
3%

Asian Handicap — England

Handicap England covers Push France covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 9% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 17% 69%
-0.5 31% — 69%
+0.5 59% — 41%
+1 59% 21% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

England keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
France keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.