France vs Senegal, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Alireza Faghani
- Assistant 1 George Lakrindis
- Assistant 2 James Lindsay (Australia)
18 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Sweden 2 3 23 Japan 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
France Senegal #34 Position #35 3 Points 0 1 Played 1 1 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 1 3 Scored 1 1 Conceded 3 +2 GD -2 3.00 PPG 0.00 100% Win % 0% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
France this season0% Clean Sheets
Senegal this seasonFrance are 34th (3 pts). Senegal are 35th (0 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
France0-15–/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-751/–76+2/1■ Scored ■ ConcededSenegal0-15–/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/176+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. France is hosting Senegal for another epic battle.
- 5' France 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.
- 10' France started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dayot Upamecano, as he is very good at scoring at MetLife Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' The travelling Senegal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Idrissa Gana Gueye needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' France looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kylian Mbappe scoring 2 goals.
- 35' 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.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Theo Hernandez suffering a number of foals already.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' It looks surprising Senegal does not make any changes. Lamine Camara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 65' Adrien Rabiot has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 66' France is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kylian Mbappe on 66.
- 71' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pape Gueye made 428 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 76' It looks like no one’s ball. France is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 81' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 82' What a strike from Bradley Barcola! The score is 2-0.
- 87' 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.
- The final score is 3-1.
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Lineups
France Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Desire Doue ↓ Rayan Cherki 87'
Bench
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Rayan Cherki ↑ 87'
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Bradley Barcola ↑ 80'
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Coach Didier DeschampsSenegal Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Lamine Camara ↓ Habib Diarra 75'
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Idrissa Gana Gueye ↓ Pathe Ciss 88'
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Pape Gueye ↓ Iliman Ndiaye 83'
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Ismaila Sarr ↓ Ibrahim M'Baye 75'
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Bench
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Pathe Ciss ↑ 88'
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Habib Diarra ↑ 75'
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Iliman Ndiaye ↑ 83'
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Ahmadou Bamba Dieng ↑ 83'
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Ibrahim M'Baye ↑ 75'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kylian Mbappe 2 Bradley Barcola 1 Ibrahim M'Baye 1 Head to Head
France Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 44.71 France xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.85 Senegal xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 89% + France to win 82%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: France winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.56Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 97% 3% ± 2.5 89% 11% ± 3.5 76% 24% ± 4.5 59% 41% Double Chance
France or Draw 92%Draw or Senegal 18%France or Senegal 90%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 124 – 0 8.7%5 – 0 8%3 – 0 7.7%4 – 1 7.2%5 – 1 6.7%3 – 1 Actual6 – 0 6.2%6 – 1 5.3%2 – 0 5.3%7 – 0 4.2%2 – 1 4.2%7 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — France
Handicap France covers Push Senegal covers -2.5 66% — 34% -2 66% 16% 19% -1.5 81% — 19% -1 81% 10% 8% -0.5 92% — 8% +0.5 97% — 3% +1 97% 2% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
France keeps clean sheet 43% ✓Senegal keeps clean sheet 1% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.