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France vs Poland, Worldcup 2022 LAST 16

FIFA World Cup · 2022
France
3 – 1
Full Time
Poland
Sun 4 Dec 2022 · 15:00 UTC Al Thumama Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Aurelien Tchouameni 32' Y
Y 47' Bartosz Bereszynski
Y 88' Matty Cash

Overview

Match Preview

France vs Poland — Worldcup at Al Thumama Stadium.

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

Match Details

  • Referee Mauro Vigliano
  • Referee Jesus Valenzuela
  • Referee Kevin Ortega (Peru)
  • Referee Juan Soto (Peru)
  • Referee Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
  • Referee Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)

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 Curaçao 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
1
France 2 games · Avg 3.0 goals Poland
Last 5 meetings
2022-12-04 France 3–1 Poland

Recent Form

France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
23 Jun Portugal A 2–2 D
Poland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Dec France A 1–3 L
30 Nov Argentina H 0–2 L
26 Nov Saudi Arabia H 2–0 W
22 Nov Mexico A 0–0 D
23 Jun Sweden A 2–3 L
19 Jun Spain A 1–1 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% 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' And we are off! France vs Poland — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Czeslaw Michniewicz will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' France are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' The travelling Poland supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 25' Raphael Varane needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 32' Poor challenge from Aurelien Tchouameni. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 37' Dayot Upamecano has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 42' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 44' Olivier Giroud makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and France are in front.
  • 47' Poland receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 47.
  • 52' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both France and Poland are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 57' Poland is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 62' The home supporters are growing impatient. France must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 64' The Poland bench stirs into life. Sebastian Szymanski is withdrawn and Arkadiusz Milik gets his opportunity.
  • 66' The supporters are chanting for Youssouf Fofana. He replaces Aurelien Tchouameni on 66 minute.
  • 71' The Poland manager makes a substitution. Jakub Kaminski departs to be replaced by Nicola Zalewski.
  • 74' Kylian Mbappe makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and France are in front.
  • 75' Kylian Mbappe adds to his 13 season tally! France lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 76' Time for substitution for France. Olivier Giroud is replaced by Marcus Thuram-Ulien.
  • 77' Another change for France made on 77 minute. Olivier Giroud leaves to be changed by Marcus Thuram-Ulien.
  • 82' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 86' The Poland manager makes a substitution. Jakub Kiwior departs to be replaced by Jan Bednarek.
  • 87' A tactical swap from Poland — Jan Bednarek on, Jakub Kiwior off on 87 minutes.
  • 88' Matty Cash is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
  • 90' Axel Disasi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jules Kounde at the 90 minute mark.
  • Another three points for France.

Lineups

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Poland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Czeslaw Michniewicz

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.15 France xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Poland xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
France57% Draw22% Poland21%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.4
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

France or Draw
79%
Draw or Poland
43%
France or Poland
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
France42% Draw40% Poland18%
Actual: France win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.8%
2 – 1
9.3%
2 – 0
7.7%
1 – 0
6.6%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
5.8%
1 – 2
5.4%
3 – 0
5.4%
0 – 0
4.8%
3 – 2
4.2%
4 – 1
3.6%
0 – 1
3.5%

Asian Handicap — France

Handicap France covers Push Poland covers
-2.5 18% — 82%
-2 18% 17% 65%
-1.5 35% — 65%
-1 35% 21% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 12% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

France keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Poland keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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