Wednesday , 30 September 2026

France vs Peru, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
France
1 – 0
Full Time
Peru
Thu 21 Jun 2018 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Blaise Matuidi 16' Y
Y 23' Paolo Guerrero
Y 81' Pedro Aquino
Paul Pogba 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

France vs Peru — Worldcup .

  • France 3 games · 9 pts (2026/26)
  • Peru 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Daniele Orsato
  • Referee Szymon Marciniak
  • Referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
  • Referee Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi
  • Referee Abdelrahman Al Jassim
  • Referee Taleb Salem Al Marri
  • Referee Janny Sikazwe
  • Referee Jerson dos Santos
  • Referee Hasan Mohamed Al Mahri
4 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 15.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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
France 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Peru
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-21 France 1–0 Peru

Recent Form

France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jun Peru H 1–0 W
16 Jun Australia H 2–1 W
05 May Paris Saint-Germain FC H 1–1 D
28 Apr Shaftesbury FC A 2–0 W
21 Apr FC Porto H 1–0 W
14 Apr Galatasaray SK A 1–0 W
Peru
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jun France A 0–1 L
16 Jun Denmark H 0–1 L
20 Aug Hamburger SV H 0–4 L
27 Mar Panama H 0–1 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
France this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

France
0-15
2/1
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
5/1
61-75
6/–
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

France
Kylian Mbappe 10 G 4 A
Ousmane Dembele 6 G 2 A
Bradley Barcola 3 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for France to score. At the same time, Peru does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' France are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Peru backline.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Jefferson Farfan has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 16' The referee shows France player a Yellow card on 16.
  • 21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering France that had 178 games and scored 94 goals.
  • 23' The referee has no hesitation. Paolo Guerrero is booked for Peru — Yellow card on 23.
  • 28' The home supporters are growing impatient. France must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 33' Peru is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 34' The deadlock is broken! Kylian Mbappe gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
  • 39' Samuel Umtiti has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 44' It looks like no one’s ball. Peru is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 46' The Peru manager makes a substitution. Yoshimar Yotun departs to be replaced by Jefferson Farfan.
  • 51' France is showing some good football. However, France are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 56' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 61' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 66' Over 66 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 71' Olivier Giroud is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for France tonight.
  • 75' The supporters are chanting for Ousmane Dembele. He replaces Kylian Mbappe on 75 minute.
  • 80' France ring the changes. Antoine Griezmann has done his job and it is now time for Nabil Fekir to step up.
  • 81' Pedro Aquino catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 81.
  • 82' The Peru bench stirs into life. Miguel Trauco is withdrawn and Raul Ruidiaz gets his opportunity.
  • 86' Paul Pogba was booked on 86.
  • 89' Steven N'Zonzi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Paul Pogba at the 89 minute mark.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Peru Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ricardo Gareca

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.21 France xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.61 Peru xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 72% + Under — clean sheet likely 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
France54% Draw29% Peru17%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes33% 0% No67%
Avg goals/match: 1.82
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 81%
19%
± 1.5 55%
45%
± 2.5 28%
72%
± 3.5 12%
88%
± 4.5 4%
96%

Double Chance

France or Draw
84%
Draw or Peru
46%
France or Peru
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
France32% Draw56% Peru12%
Actual: France win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
18.6%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
12.8%
2 – 0
11.3%
0 – 1
8.5%
2 – 1
7.2%
3 – 0
4.5%
1 – 2
3.5%
3 – 1
3%
0 – 2
2.8%
2 – 2
2.3%
4 – 0
1.4%

Asian Handicap — France

Handicap France covers Push Peru covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 15% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 27% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 13% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

France keeps clean sheet
55% ✓
Peru keeps clean sheet
31% ✓

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